Jesus Harold Funkin’ Christ, what have I just read? The police are simultaneously turning a blind eye to crimes committed by Muslims whilst being accused of being institutionally racist? Who’s running the force, Superintendent Schrodinger?
Arguing that you did or didn’t mean really ‘immigrants’ when the Right has been conflating immigration, race, religion, refugees and asylum seekers for decades is some spectacular pin-dancing.
Actually (sadly) I think he’s one of many and not so abnormal. He writes well enough; he has a brain. He’s just a typical Braverman wing if the Tories or Farage acolyte. He’s not a mindless riot type – just the sort of middle englander that now feels emboldened to voice their feelings, no doubt revved up by a certain type of newspaper and social media output. He has no personal experiences to make him feel like this but his inner 1970s bigot has been dusted off and made to feel acceptable again.
He (I’m assuming ‘he’ here, apologies if I’m incorrect) he is smart enough to mostly hold a coherent discussion, but not quite smart enough to unpick the muslamic rayguns narrative. And there’s little more dangerous than a man who isn’t quite as smart as he thinks he is. Because people like that, they’re always right. These arguments always go the same way:
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“Brown people did some bad things.”
Why yes, they did. White people did some bad things too. And various other shades also, no doubt.
“But, but… brown people! I’m not racist, but… ”
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What happened in Rotherham is appalling, it’s a clear miscarriage of justice. Absolutely no-one is disputing that. But the thing about criminal gangs, their defining qualities one might say, is that they are gangs made up of criminals. “Wah wah muslims” butters no parsnips here, because they were criminals. The culprits snagged in Operation Yewtree mostly weren’t known for their swarthy complexion (I could be wrong but I’m struggling to think of any who weren’t white). High-profile white men who walked free for years despite everyone ‘knowing.’ How’s that work?
We can’t have it both ways. Squawking about rape gangs whilst conveniently ignoring all the white nonces says more about the squawker than anything. How many victims do we suppose Savile got through? DLT? Rolf Harris? Gary Glitter? Fred Talbot? Stuart Hall? And what about Russell Brand, why is he still at large? Two-tier policing? Criminals will criminal, nonces will nonce, that’s what they do. And rotten bastards come in all colours.
