• AdelleChattre (edited 8 years ago)
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    Sources? Okay, let’s have a look at this factual basis.

    1. The source is The Daily Express, a down-market British supermarket tabloid not known for moderation. The astonishing news in sporadic all caps here is that: anonymous, threatening notes were left for literally dozens of people, including Muslims, in some other country, citing sources like the Arabic version of Russian state propaganda; that there had been a disturbance in a refugee camp that one time; and that serious allegations were being investigated to do with someone thought to’ve sneaked into Europe by riding his bike across the Arctic Circle.

    2. Here we find that, exactly as you claim, there is an immigrant crime wave and the police are helpless. Mind you, the source is an Islamophobic so-called think-tank founded by  Nina Rosenwald, run by Yosemite Sam celebrity impersonator John Bolton and all-time greats like Alan Dershowitz. Citing secret reports, confidential this, classified that, and a certain head of a policemen’s union in-the-know, we are told of shocking offenses like that one time those two Muslims tried shoplifting in Freiberg, and sundry and various crimes commited, we are told, by people with “black hair,” “a dark skin type,” “brown skin color,” and, most damningly of all, “in broken German.”

    3. Not content relying on the modern day version of Soviet Tass before, now we’re treated to the work of another state-owned Russian ‘known agency.’ Or, rather, what they’re prepared to say was reported as having been leaked to The Telegraph and what they have on absolute authority was said by a certain head of a policemen’s union to someone else. Despite this, they are able to articulate a policy idea: separating immigrant communities by gender, ostensibly to prevent sexual assault, though one does get the impression that’s not the main idea.

    4. Now, this is a 100% genuine fake news site. Which you would’ve known in an instant, if you’d bothered to even look at this linkjacked, clickbait blogspam.

    5. Here we are told that a certain head of a German policemen’s union has some very sharply-worded things to say. Though, since this is an actual article, we also find that there are no details, no official figures, swirling rumors, unfounded suspicions being countered by the Interior Minister, and hearsay allegations supposedly from unnamed “women’s rights groups” about the huge numbers of sexual assaults that are, actually not, being reported. When the headline is about accusations of downplaying accusations, we’re getting further away from primary sources, aren’t we? I’m sympathetic to the need to read between-the-lines in news accounts, but fifth- and sixth-hand hearsay? Please.

    6. Because when you look to establish the facts of a situation, the first place you look is Islamphobic contributors to Fox News and Pam Gellar’s blog. What’s next, separately citing every single fading echo?

    7. All right. We’re going to use the core of Islamophobia in America to substantiate reasons for Islamophobia. Great. And we’re going to base that on the number of sexual assaults in Sweden. Super. Some things to know, though. For one, Sweden distinguishes levels of sexual assault all the way down to claimed later regret for consensual sex. Moreover, this very broad definition is an aspect of a Nordic willingness to both discuss and report ostensive ‘sexual assault,’ and a policy that charges every instance separatel...

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