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In reply to the discussion: Sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in Germany [View all]The2ndWheel
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Like everything, it's subjective. If white Christian males did this, especially in America, you'd probably see multiple threads that are hundreds of posts long. Hell, the site might shut down. Some substantive discussion, some +1's and racist, bigot, one word posts, etc, etc. It's in Europe though, it's not white males, but it is still part of the global male patriarchy, but not that white leadership part that really gets people going. Then you add the immigrant/refugee part to it, and you're not supposed to not welcome people, and the brown skin, and that's a huge part of the fight for "we, the people" against the oligarchy, but then everything gets confused. When narratives slam into each other like that, like you say, it's difficult to say something.
It's not white male privilege, it is male privilege though, but, it's immigrant/foreign male privilege. That's the tricky part. Now you're talking clash of cultures, and that means judgment. Judging others is wrong, especially if they're a minority. Nobody really wants to be on the white side, because of white privilege. Who does one attack in this instance? Males, certainly. White males, not this time. Religion, obviously, but again, the Muslim/Christian thing is tricky. Certainly inside the US. Minority vs. majority, power imbalance, that sort of thing. Unless you can blame white males for the state of the Middle East, which you sort of can, even outside of the US, but not really as an excuse for whatever happened on new year's eve in Germany.