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39. maybe it's just our cultural bias against sexual assault

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Sat Jan 9, 2016, 01:34 PM

Jan 2016

"I think women in Berlin should be treated the way women in Cairo are treated" said no one ever.

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Cologne attacks: Merkel proposes tougher migrant laws [View all] FLPanhandle Jan 2016 OP

I think deporting them will prove easier said than done. EL34x4 Jan 2016 #1

And thats why if you cant determine who they are Elmergantry Jan 2016 #3

Exactly! Only families, the very young or the very old. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #40

Its not that lancer78 Jan 2016 #58

That is her weak spot. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #60

Then drop them off onto the Tarmac christx30 Jan 2016 #8

If the passport says Syria, off to Syria with them. Easy enough nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #19

Yep. christx30 Jan 2016 #20

Please explain how you know these are Syrians? trillion Jan 2016 #122

I'm suggesting that rapists carrying Syrian passports/papers get shipped back to Syria nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #124

This entire thread is pretty much saying deport all immigrants so it's nice you at least only want trillion Jan 2016 #128

the stupidity is amazing isn't it Elmergantry Jan 2016 #2

Nothing Trump has ever said could be interpreted as an intelligent point, Elmer. Squinch Jan 2016 #6

Lets just say I do beleive in the Peter Principle...NT Elmergantry Jan 2016 #107

"Trump has a point". When it comes to immigrants and refugees, no he does not. pampango Jan 2016 #7

I didnt say Trump has a point when it comes to immigrants and refugees Elmergantry Jan 2016 #138

I hate to say it, but I am beginning to see why Trump is so popular. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #41

"I am getting pretty tired with the left's blind spot." Our 'political correctness'? pampango Jan 2016 #78

Trust me, I started out here as a bleeding heart liberal. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #79

"The ridiculous left wing bullshit has definitely pushed me to the right." Sorry to hear that. n/t pampango Jan 2016 #81

Believe me, so am I smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #98

I find it interesting that many here were very appreciated of merkle yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #102

The racists just see a chance to rear their ugly heads. There were always racists here. trillion Jan 2016 #130

I don't think I've ever seen a post from you that wasn't well considered and progressive. Squinch Jan 2016 #116

Thanks Squinch! Likewise! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #147

Yeah, another disillusioned long-time DU'er here psychopomp Jan 2016 #119

I go on other left wing websites and news outlets and find the comment sections to smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #148

I've thought for many years, for DU to be allowed (maybe as a safety-valve) to Joe Chi Minh Jan 2016 #151

One doesn't get pushed from bleeding heart liberal to Hortensis Jan 2016 #136

I didn't say I was a social conservative, just less left than I was smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #143

Maybe some of it is inadequate exposure to Hortensis Jan 2016 #145

Throw women's rights to NOT be groped katsy Jan 2016 #109

+1000 FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #113

Sadly romanic Jan 2016 #118

There's no suggestion here of throwing women's rights under the bus FarrenH Jan 2016 #125

Here we go again, Nobody is throwing anyone's right out, and please cite where you know these trillion Jan 2016 #131

Last I looked the Old Testament wasn't the law of the land katsy Jan 2016 #146

thanks. Mary Mac Mar 2016 #155

What point might that be? etherealtruth Jan 2016 #59

Sad that Trump's bullshit is allowed to stand. stone space Jan 2016 #62

Agreed. They also wouldn't hide the racist one I alerted. trillion Jan 2016 #132

I agree with you. When 840high Jan 2016 #67

The stupidity is everyone here blaming the Syrian Immigants when the trillion Jan 2016 #123

Last I heard they have identified 31 of the attackers 6chars Jan 2016 #139

What is the amazing stupidity? trillion Jan 2016 #129

Angela "what could possibly go wrong " Merkel bdwker Jan 2016 #4

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #97

"The anti-immigrant Pegida movement is due to protest in the city." Keep the liberal policies pampango Jan 2016 #5

This kind of crap is going to christx30 Jan 2016 #9

Conservative governments built walls before. They were never going to let in refugees. pampango Jan 2016 #22

And the conservative countries aren't going to have christx30 Jan 2016 #29

Yeah, conservative countries like Hungary are just wonderful places to live. Germany and Sweden - pampango Jan 2016 #80

The leadership of Hungary is christx30 Jan 2016 #82

What is wrong with Hungary? Ace Rothstein Jan 2016 #101

I'd like to visit Budapest someday JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #141

Hungary is lovely, a really beautiful country and the people are very kind as well. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #149

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #51

You don't toughen the rules as needed FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #11

Liberals do sometimes act with their hearts and have to adjust policies later. pampango Jan 2016 #36

Those hearts should extend to the females of their own population first. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #57

Perhaps German liberals do not think of refugees as a group of sexual predators. pampango Jan 2016 #75

Let me guess. You are a guy. This doesn't really matter to you because you will not be the one smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #150

+1000 Agreed smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #96

How do you pressure RW governments to let in more refugees? EL34x4 Jan 2016 #14

Good point. Merkel must have underestimated the resistance of conservative governments pampango Jan 2016 #24

Economic sanctions mwrguy Jan 2016 #42

How exactly are they breaking EU law? branford Jan 2016 #87

Only 20% of the recent wave of migrants are from Syria. The rest are from all over Africa and Asia. CJCRANE Jan 2016 #15

That right there is the problem. I am all for letting in genuine refugees. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #56

they should try to understand the attack in order to best respond to it 6chars Jan 2016 #10

I think Veterans today identifed it as a false-flag. I didn't read the Joe Chi Minh Jan 2016 #12

they don't say who they think did it 6chars Jan 2016 #16

They also identified Sandy Hook as a false flag TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #17

I am posting the results of the jury because, frankly, I don't think all the jurist understood Baitball Blogger Jan 2016 #21

It's a weird one 6chars Jan 2016 #91

Unfortunately melman Jan 2016 #92

I agree with you. I think they are trying to start a fire. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #52

18 out of 151,000 Syrian refugees in Germany were involved yet some here seem ready to azurnoir Jan 2016 #13

Making it easier to deport criminals does not punish "all" immigrants Democat Jan 2016 #23

First off Germany closed its door months ago azurnoir Jan 2016 #30

So treat them as other countries treat christx30 Jan 2016 #37

18 were *arrested*. So far. nt B2G Jan 2016 #27

so just how many or what percentage do you think were involved? azurnoir Jan 2016 #31

Based on the reports, a large number. B2G Jan 2016 #63

Wrong word. Igel Jan 2016 #28

First off that was quite the word salad/gish gallop you went on American means American period azurnoir Jan 2016 #32

It was 4, not 18, were from Syria. It's even less of a Syrian refugee problem. pampango Jan 2016 #77

Those are just the ones they've caught so far. qwlauren35 Jan 2016 #106

where do you get the 200 number from? I've read 120 to 150 azurnoir Jan 2016 #108

Some of the comments being made in this thread make me seriously wonder.... truebrit71 Jan 2016 #152

Yup, you summed it up perfectly. N/t coyote Jan 2016 #18

I didn't expect so much seeming ethnophobism here at DU. Hortensis Jan 2016 #25

Refugees won�t plug German labor gap MowCowWhoHow III Jan 2016 #26

Why are these people so unskilled? Did they not have jobs before they left? smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #53

I wouldn't give up my right to walk the streets freely, safely, to rescue the economy Dems to Win Jan 2016 #33

+1000 FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #34

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #99

Read what you just said in the beginning. WHERE Hortensis Jan 2016 #38

Women of Cologne protest for right to move around safely Dems to Win Jan 2016 #49

Discussions might be an ppropriate place to Hortensis Jan 2016 #64

Skinner will let me know if my posts aren't appropriate for DU Dems to Win Jan 2016 #68

And the tenor of your comments already has my disapproval. Hortensis Jan 2016 #72

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #54

nicely put Mary Mac Mar 2016 #156

Welcome to DU Dems to Win Mar 2016 #157

maybe it's just our cultural bias against sexual assault geek tragedy Jan 2016 #39

+1 Dems to Win Jan 2016 #66

Some really ugly Islamophobia has been showing up here lately mwrguy Jan 2016 #43

Sure has. And it really doesn't belong here. Hortensis Jan 2016 #47

Yep. Can't imagine what might be causing it? EL34x4 Jan 2016 #55

People who have a problem with "Muslims" who aren't Hortensis Jan 2016 #65

But the immigrants targeted here christx30 Jan 2016 #70

What, I'm a sap? This is about mostly Muslim refugees, Hortensis Jan 2016 #71

For one thing, it's a bunch of criminals christx30 Jan 2016 #73

Good. Walk it back. It's only about criminals, Hortensis Jan 2016 #74

I looked in google. christx30 Jan 2016 #76

Every day refugees die. Do you really see no Hortensis Jan 2016 #83

Helping people is good. christx30 Jan 2016 #85

Yes, they will have to handle it. Hortensis Jan 2016 #86

Let Germany handle it. christx30 Jan 2016 #89

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #104

Well said! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #144

Except that this is literally destroying Europe. There's no way to tell the difference between Yo_Mama Jan 2016 #117

I have a problem with anyone who kills, harrasses, assaults others FrodosPet Jan 2016 #90

Is it Islamaphobic to point out that a women can't walk uncovered geek tragedy Jan 2016 #61

Of course not - except on DU. 840high Jan 2016 #69

There are only a few sexual assault apologists here FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #114

According to many on DU, it's racism Democat Jan 2016 #137

What's really ugly melman Jan 2016 #94

Those women didn't expected to be christx30 Jan 2016 #112

Cologne New Year violence cases up to 379: police MowCowWhoHow III Jan 2016 #35

Seems highly unlikely that christx30 Jan 2016 #45

Of course, only the laughably obtuse or the performance artiste set would suggest that. MowCowWhoHow III Jan 2016 #48

There is an old Klingon proverb that says christx30 Jan 2016 #50

I'll wait to hear more. trillion Jan 2016 #133

I'm just glad the Germans are not armed like americans mwrguy Jan 2016 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author christx30 Jan 2016 #46

Were you suggesting that PEGIDA should be massacring Muslims? mwrguy Jan 2016 #88

You replied to yourself. n/t christx30 Jan 2016 #95

I couldn't reply to your deleted post, so I made do. mwrguy Jan 2016 #100

Ahh. OK. christx30 Jan 2016 #103

There was a picture that won picture of the year in seattle about a decade ago.... trillion Jan 2016 #135

Yeah, seems like there should be a reasonable plan Bradical79 Jan 2016 #84

Wow, sanity on this thread! trillion Jan 2016 #134

Merkel and also the Swedish government, have let down their countries, and the people are pissed off Quantess Jan 2016 #93

Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #105

The Islamic religion isn't monolithic, it has many diverse schools of thought, Mc Mike Jan 2016 #110

+1000 katsy Jan 2016 #111

+1000 FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #115

I doubt there are any mosques in the world that would allow raping infidels. trillion Jan 2016 #127

are you sure of that? 6chars Jan 2016 #142

Under sharia law it is virtually impossible to punish rapists geek tragedy Jan 2016 #153

If I was a migrant with a drunk asshole family member, I may be better off if they're deported. Sunlei Jan 2016 #120

Excuse me, they don't even KNOW if this was the Syrian immigrants. They just know trillion Jan 2016 #121

as of a few days ago there were some leads 6chars Jan 2016 #140

The issue is whether they can be integrated given their culture geek tragedy Jan 2016 #154

I guess my question is, why can't we alert on the main post when it's racist and offensive? trillion Jan 2016 #126