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Mark Taylor's avatar

George Galloway noted the other day that 86% of the confirmed cases of child sexual abuse in Great Britain have been perpetrated by native-born white British men. Just a little factoid to keep handy when the haters begin spewing.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Thanks. Important note, for sure, Mark.

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Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Upper class paedophiles á la Jeffrey Epstein!

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Exactly, Diane. Stoking the flames of Islamophobia helps the war mongering cause.

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Najwan Abdul Wahab's avatar

May I suggest? Not bombing us silly? So we don’t have to refugee or migrate anywhere. We had homes. We had families. We had lives, dreams and futures. You forced our hand and dislike us anywhere. What a crooked confusing compounding set of realities you create Western world, when your motivation continues to be so beastly simply selfish boring ol’ corporate American greed.

Viva la 🇵🇸. Shukran for all that you do Diana 🙏

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

And thank you, Najwan. I wish the same, as do so many of us who aren't war profiteers or their lackeys.

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Najwan Abdul Wahab's avatar

Ameen inshallah 🙏

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Carina Malatesta's avatar

If the west countries don’t want the countries they have destroyed to migrate, then there’s another solution. Pay them what they’re owed. Pay the costs of colonialism, of the wars you imposed on them, of the inequality you’ve built into the world order, and the carbon you’ve put into the atmosphere. Settle the account, and the creditors will have no reason to come to your house.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Exactly, Carina. Thanks for making that important point.

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Susan T's avatar

I missed that news flash. What has Elon Musk done that is caring about anybody or anything besides his own quest for money and power.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Hi Susan, I just heard about it recently too. It's this grooming issue of working class girls in the UK by Muslim men, being promoted by Elon Musk, I suspect to drum up hatred for Muslim men and justify invasion of Iran. https://zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-is-retraumatizing-the-victims?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=2325511&post_id=154503824&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=aex03&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Susan T's avatar

Actually, I didn't miss that. It didn't occur to me to think that Musk might be protecting working class girls and women. It sounded like he was implying that men of colour made up the rape gangs. He didn't, apparently, mention that most rape gangs are comprised of white men. The patriarchy does not care about skin colour unless they are trying to implicate them in something.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Exactly, Susan.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Did you catch the podcast series about Musk's private investigators. There was disturbing episode about his (lack of) respect for his then girlfriend, Amber Heard.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

No, I didn't, Mike. But I can't say this surprises me.

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Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Fat chance!

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Sadly, tragically, and so racist and unfairly...

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Diane Engelhardt's avatar

What else can anyone expect from narcissists like Musk?

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Exactly, Diane. And when he and others expressed concern about the working class girls, all I could think of was the disdain he and they show for everyone who isn't privileged. It doesn't take much insight to realize that people of this ilk championing the cause of working class girls all of a sudden isn't very credible. Drumming up hatred for Muslim men, on the other hand, is.

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