• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Be very afraid of immigrants everyone!

    Scaremongering immigrants, barf.

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      Here I thought the worst part was a child being sexually assaulted, but I guess the worst part was the idea of outrage being directed at the perpetrator.

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        Assuming you are not trolling:

        The Sun is being criticized for:

        • targeting a group instead of an individual
        • using scare language when describing this group

        Let’s say I want to report on “Police finds wanted man hiding in sofa” (currently on BBC with that headline)

        My hateful newspaper do a quick check of his Twitter, and go with “Wanted criminal TRANS ALLY found CRAWLING inside leather furniture”

      • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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        The outrage is directed at the perpetrator’s identity, not their actions. No sympathy for the perp, but racism is never excusable.

  • popcap200@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    Does anyone have more info on this situation? This article is super sussy.

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        Yeah, I know British news doesn’t have a uhhhhhh great history.

        Based on the article, it sounds like they may be exaggerating the word “assault” given they gave no specifics, and it sounds like the judge legally wasn’t allowed to consider that case during the hearing.

        I’d rather that it be difficult to remove immigrants than too easy to.

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      I mean, I’m sure something happened. But The Sun is not what I’d go to for a calm, objective look at something.

      checks Kagi and Google News

      Nobody else is covering it as of this writing. Now, maybe there’s a really big story here. But given the information I currently have available, I’m kind of inclined to doubt it.

      If there’s something really outrageous, I imagine that other media will also cover it.

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    The juxtaposition of this article, with the other article recent posted about the 13 y/o being harshly sentenced for participation in the riots, is rather nauseating.

    Legal priorities.

    EDIT: It is wild that some of y’all are only one social stepping stone away from being child rape apologists.

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      Do you have any problem with far right thugs who attempted to burn people alive ending in prisons?

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        Absolutely not. This is a 13 y/o kid however, and the circumstances of their involvement seem muddied.

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    Sheikh came to Britain in 2006 as a mature student before overstaying and refusing to leave once his visa ran out in 2011.

    The migrant even attempted to stay by submitting a fake degree diploma which he had never actually achieved, according to Tribunal papers seen by The Sun.

    Should’ve been deported for his first offense long before a kid got raped.