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romanic

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39. Ain't that the truth.

Sat Jan 16, 2016, 07:28 PM

Jan 2016

I'm seeing major deflection going on in this thread and many threads about these subjects regarding the news coming from Germany. It seems like its more poltically correct to defend the fuckery of Islam versus women and the lgbt community. :-/

I wonder which group will be thrown under the bus to make excuses for these crimes. The Jewish community? Syrian women?

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Two German transgender women 'are STONED in the street' by a gang of three North African teenagers [View all] smirkymonkey Jan 2016 OP

Not much difference between Sharia Law and the religious right here in the good ol' USA world wide wally Jan 2016 #1

Sure - we had in stoning in our town just last week... jonno99 Jan 2016 #2

No, we pass laws to arrest and jail people for moral crimes. Totally different. cheapdate Jan 2016 #3

? you mean as opposed to "immoral crimes"? I'm not following... jonno99 Jan 2016 #4

Moral crimes as opposed to property crimes and crimes of violence. cheapdate Jan 2016 #7

Yes because trans women are never assaulted or murdered in the US MillennialDem Jan 2016 #8

Obviously it is true and very sad that it happens here in the US. However, jonno99 Jan 2016 #10

I think you give short shrift cheapdate Jan 2016 #18

I have no doubt that you are correct. But neither have I heard of any so-called leaders jonno99 Jan 2016 #28

There are without a doubt dramatic outward differences cheapdate Jan 2016 #55

Would it really matter to you if you were stoned to death or just "humanely" beaten to death? world wide wally Jan 2016 #22

Again, I must have missed the news where church members in the US were beating jonno99 Jan 2016 #25

Read it for yourself world wide wally Jan 2016 #36

I'll try again. That these deaths occured is horrific, jonno99 Jan 2016 #40

You are the only one that mentioned "church" world wide wally Jan 2016 #41

Fair enough. So in the end you consider attacks like jonno99 Jan 2016 #45

Not even close world wide wally Jan 2016 #48

How about these? Dretownblues Jan 2016 #78

Many christians have advocated killing all gay people or trans people. Many more have advocated MillennialDem Jan 2016 #35

Do you not see the contradictions - even in your own post? jonno99 Jan 2016 #38

Well before I go down this rabbit hole, how many would it take for you to be MillennialDem Jan 2016 #49

Sentiments are the same, the degree of violence or of acting on those sentiments is different LanternWaste Jan 2016 #114

"the agenda of a large part of the religious right would...entertain religious law in the US" If jonno99 Jan 2016 #120

And yet the one does not mitigate the other. When these murders are reported in the US, no one Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #11

Gee - did I miss a stoning 840high Jan 2016 #59

Well one huge fucking difference is the religious a set of laws currently being used anywhere CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #76

You sure know how to take the focus off a story yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #77

If this story were about the religious right in the good ol' USA melman Jan 2016 #82

The very first reply is so typically DU Democat Jan 2016 #85

Some people are slapping old patterns willy nilly onto new phenomena. sibelian Jan 2016 #92

Exactly! So predictable. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #95

It's become like bad parody around here. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #103

The Daily Mail (FOX News - UK), quoting a report from RW rag - Breitbart - does a great job pampango Jan 2016 #5

Don't be daft, Boudica the Lyoness Jan 2016 #83

This story has been reported in many news outlets, not jsut RW. totodeinhere Jan 2016 #97

Germany is in for very rough times. hifiguy Jan 2016 #6

The German anti-immigrant right-wing madville Jan 2016 #19

And the left hides its head in the sand hifiguy Jan 2016 #20

YES Dems to Win Jan 2016 #37

Hillary definitely denounced it. AngryAmish Jan 2016 #52

Do you have a link? Dems to Win Jan 2016 #53

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #43

...^ that 840high Jan 2016 #60

The anti-immigrant right wing all over Europe (and the US for that matter) is loving this. pampango Jan 2016 #23

Then prosecute them as you would Kelvin Mace Jan 2016 #9

When you prosecute a crime, don't the prosecutors bring up the motive? FrodosPet Jan 2016 #111

Well, the motive seems to be because they were horrible, violent bigots, Kelvin Mace Jan 2016 #112

The culture they grew up with encourages those kinds of attacks FrodosPet Jan 2016 #113

Maybe you should then ask males why they rape and do these horrible things. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #115

Damned straight we should FrodosPet Jan 2016 #118

Why do DUers trip over themselves Kang Colby Jan 2016 #12

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #14

LOL! Coventina Jan 2016 #16

Oh my. Aerows Jan 2016 #50

I still harbor a grudge against the "sexy" pinup green M&M girl. Quantess Jan 2016 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #110

If they were a group of Klan members, then DU would be happy to condemn them all. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #15

You know, that is a fantastic point. Aerows Jan 2016 #51

I have seen no one excuse this criminal behavior. I have seen many defend innocent refugees. pampango Jan 2016 #17

Great effort is made to redirect though. Kaleva Jan 2016 #24

Yep. NT Ex Lurker Jan 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #27

Most, not all, of these criminals have been recent arrivals but there are hundreds of thousands pampango Jan 2016 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #30

Well said. n/t pampango Jan 2016 #31

Males overall, yes? LanternWaste Jan 2016 #117

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #121

There is one poster in particular in the migrant threads making lot of excuses. Ace Rothstein Jan 2016 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #34

Tony Clifton Threadjack Time FrodosPet Jan 2016 #119

You're not fooling anyone. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #88

These statements of defence of innocent refugees are applied to men who are not refugees. sibelian Jan 2016 #89

I wish I knew. hifiguy Jan 2016 #21

Ain't that the truth. romanic Jan 2016 #39

Good question. tabasco Jan 2016 #33

Beats me leftynyc Jan 2016 #42

White male Christians are easy The2ndWheel Jan 2016 #56

There's a lot more outrage here when a baker refuses to make a cake for a gay wedding Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #74

True. Dr. Strange Jan 2016 #79

Good question. 840high Jan 2016 #61

Because (1) they are terrified of being seen as "Islamophobic", Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #73

Fake-ass "sensitivity" > calling out misogyny and homophobia. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #105

Likely because America is 'mean' to them... TipTok Jan 2016 #109

the only semi-defense I see of rape comes from MRAs who rationalize it as something else.. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #116

Fuck the Daily Mail. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #44

but, but shanti Jan 2016 #46

Why, because they reported on the crime? branford Jan 2016 #47

Exactly. The reports came from hifiguy Jan 2016 #65

You willing to say the same about 840high Jan 2016 #62

This has been reported by many outlets, not just the Daily Mail. totodeinhere Jan 2016 #99

So many German people who used to be safe walking their streets Dems to Win Jan 2016 #54

Including my fiancee, tabasco Jan 2016 #57

Well there were rapes and gropings in Germany before refugees got there betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #70

Maybe you give us some numbers. Boudica the Lyoness Jan 2016 #84

while i can believe this happened can you use other sources. daily mail is quoting breitbart JI7 Jan 2016 #58

The DM and Breitbart also blow welfare fraud incidents to justify auterity betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #63

This is no different from Donald Trump calling all Mexican men rapists! betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #64

I will save my sympathies hifiguy Jan 2016 #66

Bull. Trump used a particular incident of a mexican man raping a white women to betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #68

You are a bit out of control and extremely wrong. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #94

Wrong. tabasco Jan 2016 #67

Strawman betterdemsonly Jan 2016 #69

LOL! tabasco Jan 2016 #72

Wrong. The article does not allege that all Muslim immigrants do this. totodeinhere Jan 2016 #100

When they are caught... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #71

Yeah but since it happens in America too there is nothing wrong with it CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #75

Check the very first reply in this thread Democat Jan 2016 #86

Yeah, saw it after I posted. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #87

Always, of course. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #101

horrible. Glad victims survived Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #80

Best article I've read on this topic Dems to Win Jan 2016 #81

She says the same thing I have been saying. You have to be there to realize how true it is. DFW Jan 2016 #104

Why are trans people so Islamophobic? Matrosov Jan 2016 #91

This is clearly America's fault. Also, since Christianity is also backwards, Oneironaut Jan 2016 #93

Does the Daily Mail even know who Breitbart is? DFW Jan 2016 #96

Breitbart has branched out. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #98

I wouldn't be too sure DFW Jan 2016 #106

If they exist, I imagine they're careful to keep within the word of the law. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #107

They're new arrivals, who should be respecting the values of the country that took them in Babel_17 Jan 2016 #102

I-i-i-i-t's time for the Big House. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #108