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"I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the BBC or that comes out of Starmer or Blair's mouth." How about instead of attacking credentials we attack the arg
by miningape 1y ago
"I wouldn’t believe everything you read in the BBC or that comes out of Starmer or Blair's mouth."
How about instead of attacking credentials we attack the arguments, you know, with evidence? Or, if your best defence is saying "your ideas/evidence come from unsavoury sources (to me)" maybe your positions are more reflective of your own biases than reality.
- youngtaff 1y agoThe poster implied there is an active cover up whereas the case went to court, was prosecuted and became the subject of a judge led enquiry The accusation that immigrant men from Muslim backgrounds are sex offenders is a well worn trope pushed by the far right and people like Farage and Yaxley-Lennon If you actually look at crime statistics in the UK sex offenders, including grooming gangs are overwhelming white men — if you look closer you often find that a reasonable proportion of people on the far-right have convictions for sex offences
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- youngtaff 1y agoAnd if you want statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs-and-sexual-abuse-statistics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs... 3.7% of sexual abuse cases involved group based abuse Asian or British Asian people account for 5% of offenders while making up 9% of the British populatiin