1/ If you're wondering why news about the Solingen knife rampage suddenly disappeared from the mainstream media overnight, it's because a suspect was identified and was, predictably, a Muslim foreigner.
2/ At that point, mainstream journalists suddenly lose all curiosity and move on to more important stories such as gay penguins or Ozempic prices.
3/ But for anyone who actually wants more facts -- [record scratch noise] Wait, why are you so interested in just some random everyday knife-rampage the likes of which have always occurred in Germany (ever heard of dueling)? What is your agenda here precisely?
4/ Don't you realize you're playing into the hands of the extreme- ultra- far-right?
Well *if you insist*, here's the man suspected of ramming a long knife directly into the throats of random festival-goers at the Festival of Diversity in Solingen.
5/ His clothes are still stained by the victims' blood. Issa al H. is a 26-year-old Syrian who arrived in 2022 and, like all Syrians, was granted immediate residency with no background check.
6/ Islamic State has already taken credit for the attack, although that hasn't been confirmed. Witnesses report Issa screamed "Allahu Akbar" as he stabbed the victims.
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1/ Here's an incomplete list of things that would be happening right now if the murder rampage at the Solingen Diversity Festival had been committed by a right-wing German:
2/ 1. Politicians would have already promised to allocate hundreds of millions of Euros for "right-wing radicalization prevention" measures. tagesschau.de/inland/faeser-…
3/ 2. Pop stars would be organizing a substitute festival (the previous one was called off after the stabbing) to fight racism. bmu-musik.de/fileadmin/user…
1/ 8000 SEXUAL ASSAULTS BY ASYLUM SEEKERS IN GERMANY SINCE 2015
Back in 2015, as a million young males from the most unstable and sexually repressed nations on earth streamed into Germany without any background checks, I predicted we might have a problem. welt.de/politik/deutsc…
2/ You see, these young males would have basically never seen any woman in public with her ankles or hair uncovered, much less her midriff or legs. But they *do* get Western pornography on their cellphones. So, I asked, what are we to expect when arrive in Germany?
3/ Because of Germany's extremely liberal asylum policies, these young men would be spread across the country and no restrictions would be placed on their movement in town or between towns. They would also receive €400 in "pocket money" for daily expenses.
1/ So, a short legal primer. I am a US lawyer who has lived in DE for 20 years and translated German constitutional-law treatises, so I am an expert. Like most European countries, Germany has laws prohibiting group libel (Volksverhetzung).
2/ Article 5 of Germany's post-war constitution, the Basic Law, protects freedom of speech.
3/ The Basic Law was, by the way, adopted under the careful oversight of the American and British governments, and Article 5 was inspired by the First Amendment, although adapted to Germany's historical and cultural circumstances.
1/ 400,000 YOUNG AFGHAN MALES IN GERMANY -- WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
One of the many taboos in the German immigration debate is why it's mostly young males (73% males, 78% under 34) who apply for asylum in Germany -- a trend which is becoming more pronounced.
2/ If you point out this fact, you will be met with feel-good moralizing ("Asylum has no gender") or puerile strawmanning ("Oh, so you're going to exclude them just because they're males. Great. Now I understand who I'm dealing with.")
3/ If you press the point, open-borders supporters will revert to further lines of defense, including "There's compulsory military service in country X" (so?) or "Young men are the only ones strong enough to make the journey".
A tendency of Germans and especially their bureaucrats is a fixation with enforcing rules to the exclusion of common sense and (in certain eras) basic humanity. Wait for the 2 stingers at the end of this insane tale. swr.de/swraktuell/bad…
2/ This is a story told by Boris Palmer, the Green Party mayor of Tübingen, Germany. Former Green, actually -- he was basically forced out of the party for questioning Green orthodoxy.
3/ One example was his book about immigration called "We Can't Help Everyone". You'd think that was common sense, but no, it was (groan) a "racist dog whistle". Palmer recently unveiled a €250 million plan to extend Tübingen's main hospital, the University Clinic.
1/ Federal crime stats for Germany from 2023 have been leaked to a German newspaper prior to general publication. Here are the year-on-year increases over 2022:
✅ Overall crimes: +5.5% vs. 2022, +9.3% vs. pre-pandemic 2019, welt.de/politik/deutsc…
2/ ✅ # of criminal suspects: +7.3% (2,246,000)
✅ # of suspects w/o German nationality: 41% (+ 17.8% yoy)
✅ % of recent immigrants among suspects: 18% (+ 29.8% yoy)
✅ Burglaries: 77,819 (+ 18.1%); burglaries in Berlin: +35.2%
✅ Violent crimes: 214,099 (+8.6%)
3/ ✅ Aggravated assault: 154,541 (+6.8%, record high)
✅ Simple assault: 429,175 (+7.4%, record high)
✅ Robbery: 44,857 (+17.4%)
✅ Knife assaults: 8951 (+9.7%)
✅ Homicide: + 2.1%; rape +2.4%
✅ Proportion of non-Germans among violent crime suspects up 14.5%