ewerk 26284 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I'm sure this is fine. Is this about the muslim ban or Ivanka being dropped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12765 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26284 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 https://twitter.com/caseyjohnston/status/829842972506255360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26284 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 "Immensley dignified African-American" What he failed to mention was that Rupert Murdoch was in the room with him the whole duration of the interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26284 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 This is genuinely Breitbart's White House correspondent. No, the one on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 ? All the journalistic gravitas of a sportsdirectnews.com article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The bit at the end in particular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Impressive stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Like a scene from "The thick of it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12452 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Like a kid on work experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19813 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Makes Ryder's videos look slick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Shame, shame, shame Edited February 10, 2017 by Anorthernsoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19813 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 You couldn't make it up, unless you work for the Trump administration http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-supporters-bowling-green-massacre-real-kellyanne-conway-misspoke-masterminds-white-a7573701.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17745 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I wonder if this post truth, alternative fact world is here for good. Depressingly it probably is. I blame Parky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I wonder if this post truth, alternative fact world is here for good. Depressingly it probably is. I blame Parky. You lot have been living in it all your lives you just never noticed. But yes I am the fulcrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26284 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I'd like to know how that question was worded. It could have been very leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Having an argument with some goon on twitter that said Middle Easterners are bigger rapers than Americans. I Point out that the stats are 30x higher in America. That's because rape is legal in the Middle East apparently. I pointed out that it's actually punishable by death in most of the countries. Now it's because ladies who report rape are murdered so the stats are skewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Not sure the two definitions of rape are the same there, mind. Is unwanted sex in marriage considered to be rape in the Middle East? Could be arguing apples and oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19813 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Aye, because it isn't rape if they're married ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) I refer you to 'countries where marital rape is not a criminal offence', which looks broadly to be made up of middle eastern countries to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape#Countries_where_spousal_rape_is_not_a_criminal_offence Edited February 11, 2017 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Let's pretend were arguing about non-Marital rape if that makes it easier? The general point was he didn't want Middle Easterners into America cos he thinks they are all savages, which they aren't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) There's a lot of talk from the 'right' about how immigrants from the ME coming into Western democracies leads to a spike in sexual assaults and so on. I don't know how true it is but it's not surprising that some people will believe it. The Cologne attacks didn't help with the spreading of this concept. Edited February 11, 2017 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Looking at it, it's hard to say. Sweden refuses to register crimes based on ethnicity so we can only say that since immigrants started entering the country in substantial numbers, incidences have increased. However, that may also be because the definition of what constitutes a rape has increased: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-and-denmark-have-highest-number-of-sexual-assaults-in-europe-a6800901.html Here's the Guardian's Cologne report: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/tensions-rise-in-germany-over-handling-of-mass-sexual-assaults-in-cologne I think it's important to be honest in all this one way or the other, not that I'm actually saying that any of this constitutes proof that the guy you were arguing with has a point. Edited February 11, 2017 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19813 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I refer you to 'countries where marital rape is not a criminal offence', which looks broadly to be made up of middle eastern countries to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape#Countries_where_spousal_rape_is_not_a_criminal_offence I refer you to my previous comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I refer you to my previous comment Er... ok. So my original point was that we're likely comparing two different numbers if we look at rape statistics from the two countries. One of which will include marital rape, and the other of which, will not (as it is not recognised as a crime and therefore won't be reported). As a journalist, presumably you can see that these are therefore not comparable figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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