Dear DU: Please stop echoing the European far right when it comes to immigration.

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how the attacks in Cologne were at first ignored and the authorities had to be dragged into acknowledging what happened, and when they admit it's because they were afraid of the right taking advantage, it showed that women came second - that it was more important to beat the right than to protect women. That is not acceptable. Merkel's immigration policy of a complete open door is a disaster - and has made it harder for women to live their lives in Germany. The mayor giving women advice like always being in a group just made it all worse - she was blaming the victims. Also not acceptable.

As far as what hifiguy said - I agree with him. There were plenty of DUers, perhaps not a majority but I'm not sure of that, who first used phrases like "if the women are to be believed" and then immediately went to the place so many on the left find a legitimate argument - saying people worried about unfettered immigration were right wingers, that we agreed with Donald Trump. You HAVE to have seen these threads - those posters are merely trying to shut down the discussion. That's not acceptable either.