Ken Berwitz
I have blogged several times over the past week and a half about the gangs of young men – mostly, it appears “refugees” from Syria and other hellholes – who decided that crowds in the streets during New Year\’s Eve presented an excellent opportunity to molest, rob and rape young women.
And I have pointed out that there seems to be a major effort to cover this reality up, as if people are better off not knowing the truth.
Here are the first four paragraphs of his article (but I strongly urge you to use the link and read it all):
The news from Cologne, of the mass, semi-coordinated sexualassault of women revelers on New Year\’s Eve started dripping out on January 4and 5. And those first news stories, the ones that quoted the mayor of Cologne,or the ones that appeared in premier publications, like the The New YorkTimes, had something strange in common. They allframed the story in this way: Something regrettable happened in Cologne on NewYear\’s Eve, and it could be really bad because it will cause people in Europeto think bad thoughts about immigrants, refugees, and migrants, or about thepoliticians who are committed to swelling their ranks in Europe. “Reportsof Attacks on Women in Germany Heighten Tension Over Migrants,” said the respectable media.
The real scandal, it was implied, was not that thesehundreds of allegedly North African and Arab men had groped, harassed, robbed,and raped women in the street. Or that the police were inept or unwilling tostop it. It was that this minority of a minority had, inadvertently, cooperatedwith the real evil stalking Europe: the populist backlash against massimmigration and its political enablers. Less than a handful of the rapists havebeen arrested for the crimes they committed in the sight of police that night.Europe\’s political class has already set about firmly scolding anyone who drawsthe wrong conclusions.
But more drips of the story are coming out. And each onemakes it worse. Non-sensational news sources admitted thatpolice had originally sought not to publicize the “politicallyawkward” crime spree. They were right to fear it was politically awkward.Leaked police reports reveal a man involved in the assault allegedly scoldedpolice: “I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs. Merkel invitedme.” Another tore up his residency permit and reportedly taunted,”You can\’t do anything to me, I can get a new one tomorrow.” As ofthis writing, just over 30 of the attackers have been identified by police.Eighteen of them were asylum-seekers.
Oh, and here\’s something I haven\’t mentioned yet: It was notjust Cologne. Hamburg andStuttgart also experienced something like what happened in Cologne on a smallerscale. And it wasn\’t just Germany.Helsinki\’spolice department was tipped off about a similar planned spree.
What do these people think they are accomplishing by pretending this did not happen?
Do they actually believe the people in those places…and people elsewhere….don\’t know?
This is the European equivalent of stories we read in U.S. media about flash mobs and violent crimes, where descriptions of the people conspicuously exclude race. We all know when we read things like “large numbers of youths”, with nothing further, that the “youths” involved are Black. Not because Black people commit all crimes, but because that exclusion is a dead giveaway that this particular crime was committed by Black people.
Similarly, people in Europe, are going to realize that carefully excluding descriptions of the molesters/thieves/rapists is, itself, a dead giveaway as to whom they are.
Does it mean that all Muslims and all refugees are sexual deviates and thieves? Absolutely not. But what it does mean is that media, for whatever their reasons, are scared to say when they are.
Maybe they think it makes them more politically correct. Maybe they think is spares them from being the next Charlie Hebdo. I don\’t know.
But I do know that it destroys their credibility, just as behavior like this has destroyed the credibility of media in the United States.
Evidently, European media are impressed with that level of “trust”. Because their actions seem to show a commitment to being in the same situation.
