American woman tells how Syrian refugees rescued her from sexual assault
The 27-year-old escaped and attempted to complain to police but they were busy trying to clear the square and shoved her back into the crowd, where another group of men started groping her and pulling her hair.
“I went into a kind of fighting mode, and kicked and hit and pushed until I got away,” she said. “I was getting really scared.”
That was when she was approached by a group of Syrian refugees offering help.
They formed a protective cordon around Ms Duncan to help her through the crowd, offered to phone her boyfriend and searched for him with her when she could not remember his number.
The couple were eventually reunited inside the railway station, with Ms Duncan crying in relief.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-attacks-american-woman-tells-how-syrian-refugees-rescued-her-from-new-years-eve-sexual-a6816221.html
Among the group was Hesham Ahmad Mohammad, a 32-year-old primary school teacher who fled Aleppo and was celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cologne with other Syrian friends who have recently arrived in Germany.
He told the New York Times he was also frightened by the groups committing the attacks, saying they had “lost their minds” on drink and drugs.
“We keep hearing news about refugees all day: ‘They are bad people, they must go back to their home,’ ” he said.
“When I hear that in the news, I am sad. Because we know that there were bad boys and bad people. But the good people, nobody speaks about them.”
^ That's the message of OP.
“I went into a kind of fighting mode, and kicked and hit and pushed until I got away,” she said. “I was getting really scared.”
That was when she was approached by a group of Syrian refugees offering help.
They formed a protective cordon around Ms Duncan to help her through the crowd, offered to phone her boyfriend and searched for him with her when she could not remember his number.
The couple were eventually reunited inside the railway station, with Ms Duncan crying in relief.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cologne-attacks-american-woman-tells-how-syrian-refugees-rescued-her-from-new-years-eve-sexual-a6816221.html
Among the group was Hesham Ahmad Mohammad, a 32-year-old primary school teacher who fled Aleppo and was celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cologne with other Syrian friends who have recently arrived in Germany.
He told the New York Times he was also frightened by the groups committing the attacks, saying they had “lost their minds” on drink and drugs.
“We keep hearing news about refugees all day: ‘They are bad people, they must go back to their home,’ ” he said.
“When I hear that in the news, I am sad. Because we know that there were bad boys and bad people. But the good people, nobody speaks about them.”
^ That's the message of OP.
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Story about refugees doing good = Fully representative of refugees
Story about refugees doing bad = Vicious stereotyping which doesn't represent the real state of affairs
People on the far left are totally hypocritical.
Story about refugees doing bad = Vicious stereotyping which doesn't represent the real state of affairs
People on the far left are totally hypocritical.
Original post by mkap
I wonder what all the people generalizing the migrants for being rapists are thinking...
They don't care. They'll ignore it because it goes against their agenda
Original post by Student403
They don't care. They'll ignore it because it goes against their agenda
Just like people on the other side of the argument ignore things they don't like
Original post by joecphillips
Just like people on the other side of the argument ignore things they don't like
I'm not saying it's a one sided argument
Yes not all refugees are 'bad' only some are.
If someone takes you in, free of charge when you otherwise would be starving/dead you basically have no right to act 'bad'.
Not one refugee.
If someone takes you in, free of charge when you otherwise would be starving/dead you basically have no right to act 'bad'.
Not one refugee.
Original post by ChaoticButterfly
Moron can't do comprehension.
My OP has absoltulty nothing to say on how representative these actions are either way.
Why don't you go round up some Syrian looking brown people and dish out some vigilante justice you far right fascist.
That's how stupid you sound, "far left"... Christ. You guys should hear yourselves.
My OP has absoltulty nothing to say on how representative these actions are either way.
Why don't you go round up some Syrian looking brown people and dish out some vigilante justice you far right fascist.
That's how stupid you sound, "far left"... Christ. You guys should hear yourselves.
mfw centre left
mfw perfect spelling
Original post by SonOfTheGun
mfw centre left
mfw perfect spelling
mfw perfect spelling
I guess the message in my OP is
“When I hear that in the news, I am sad. Because we know that there were bad boys and bad people. But the good people, nobody speaks about them.”
That's it. If doing that is against the rules in right wing land why would I not want to not be an *********? It should have nothing to do with left/right.
You can make some big victim complex thing of how evil the liberals are or how you are bullied by vegan lefties if you like.
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Original post by SonOfTheGun
Story about refugees doing good = Fully representative of refugees
Story about refugees doing bad = Vicious stereotyping which doesn't represent the real state of affairs
People on the far left are totally hypocritical.
Story about refugees doing bad = Vicious stereotyping which doesn't represent the real state of affairs
People on the far left are totally hypocritical.
I haven't seen a single right-winger on this site say that a Syrian refugee raping someone isn't representative of all Syrian refugees. First cast out the plank from thine own eye, then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote from thy brother's eye.
Original post by cranbrook_aspie
I haven't seen a single right-winger on this site say that a Syrian refugee raping someone isn't representative of all Syrian refugees. First cast out the plank from thine own eye, then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote from thy brother's eye.
It's total hypocrisy that people claim using the Cologne attacks is racism and stereotyping, but using some refugees doing something good isn't racism and stereotyping.
OP doesn't care about truth or accuracy, OP cares about creating a narrative to push his agenda.
Original post by SonOfTheGun
OP doesn't care about truth or accuracy, OP cares about creating a narrative to push his agenda.
OP doesn't care about truth or accuracy, OP cares about creating a narrative to push his agenda.
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Original post by ChaoticButterfly
Original post by SonOfTheGun
Maybe you should take up your beef with the American woman.
I literally just posted a the testimony of one of the victims of those attacks. That is the "truth" lol. I posted a fact. I didn't make any kind of political comment on it.
If there is any narrative it is what is physically happened lol ~ Woman assaulted by refugees also helped by refugees.
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Original post by SonOfTheGun
It's total hypocrisy that people claim using the Cologne attacks is racism and stereotyping, but using some refugees doing something good isn't racism and stereotyping.
OP doesn't care about truth or accuracy, OP cares about creating a narrative to push his agenda.
OP doesn't care about truth or accuracy, OP cares about creating a narrative to push his agenda.
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My tears never stop flowing lol.
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My tears never stop flowing lol.
And apparently neither does your bs
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