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Can we have a sensible discussion about Cologne.

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HelenaDove · 07/03/2016 00:18

I feel very uneasy about the way the discussions on the news board are going.

Can we have a discussion on the events of Cologne that isnt racist or sexist (meaning no sexism towards British OR refugee women) I find it very hard to believe that a feminist would refer to young women as girlies or talk about them as if their pregnancies were immaculate conceptions. Yet i have seen someone refer to young British women in this way as well as ask why some of the refugee women are pregnant.

Some of the comments ive seen are making me very uneasy and i hope i am articulating this in the right way that it is intended.

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VertigoNun · 07/03/2016 08:39

I would have challenged comments more had it not been for an extreme left wing poster.

PalmerViolet · 07/03/2016 08:37

It would be nice to think that we can, however, given that every single thread about it has descended very quickly into racism, sexism and abusive language toward people who offer any type of alternative viewpoint than "All refugees are economic migrants, all economic migrants are Muslims, all Muslims are bastards" when not one of those statements is anything like correct, I doubt it.

VertigoNun · 07/03/2016 07:57

New posters too.

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HelenaDove · 07/03/2016 01:05

I dont either. Some of the comments about women would NEVER be said by someone who really self identifies as a feminist.

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VertigoNun · 07/03/2016 00:59

I don't think they were women posters.

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HelenaDove · 07/03/2016 00:29

I meant hijacked BY people to the right.

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HelenaDove · 07/03/2016 00:26

No Its a general feeling of uneasiness ive got. I cant really articulate it except i have seen some very worrying attitudes on other threads and downright misogyny towards working class women.

I am worried that a lot of these issues are getting hijacked people to the right.

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VertigoNun · 07/03/2016 00:21

I am pleased you started this. I raised concerns a while back, about some of those posters. It didn't go well.

Did you only want to talk about Cologne?