Marine Le Pen May Get a Lift From an Unlikely Source: The Far Left

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20. Thank you! And F the alt left! (or whatever you want to call the pro-Putin, anti-NATO left)

That was an interesting read.

There are some similarities to Germany, which is frightening. Our alt right party describes this country the way you describe Belgium and France. Apparently, there are no go areas where the police will not help you (or they will only arrive with dozens of officers to protect themselves). Personally, I don't really believe that because I've walked through one of the supposed "no go areas" (Northern Dortmund) and it was... very normal. Well, maybe the bad Romanian guys and other migrants from eastern Europe are in their homes and only come out when police is on the street, who knows... I still doubt it.

Anyway, there's at least some truth to it, as always. The recent crime statistics aren't very promising with regards to refugees. Violent crimes are on the rise. Refugees are often victims of violent refugees. The Minister who is in charge of crimes and the police tells us not to worry, because the overwhelming majority of refugees are peaceful, especially those from Syria, while there are only few who are really violent and cause a lot of trouble, mostly from Northern Africa (so we have our own "Moroccans" like in Belgium).

I wonder if our laws and executive forces are ready to handle this. The troublemakers should be either out of the country or in prison, not abusing and hurting peaceful refugees or Germans / tourists / long-time residents. Maybe the alt right party is right that we need to handle this in a different way. First, to make life better for everyone else, and second, to prevent a "Belgium or France" scenario where the mainstream left parties are to blame for huge violent crime problems, leading to election wins of the alt right who then go on to destroy everything I love about this country.

I think this was a problem even before the refugees came here. You seriously hurt someone, then a year passes, then you must go to court and say "I'm sorry" and the judge tells you not to do it again. Maybe you pay a small amount of money, maybe you are forced to do some social work, in extreme cases you might go to prison, but you will be out of prison quite soon (unless you really killed someone). You do it again, you tell the judge that you're sorry again, repeat. I can see how this is okay for first-time offenders who maybe lost control for a short time span and regret it. But we're really quite weak when it comes to violent crime and repeat offenders.