AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Jumpin said:
Sorry, I was being facetious. Unfortunately Germans aren't blessed with comedic skill =(
The Muslim situation in Europe is essentially this. If you live in areas where there are Muslims, you're probably not worried about them (Around 9/10 chance), you hear some news about shit that happens, but that isn't about 99.99% of them; just like other people - look at all the mass shootings in the US, thousands of them in the last decade, it doesn't mean you need to be suspicious of every American. If you live in areas where Muslims generally don't exist, you feel like you're fucking terrified, feeling under siege, and wonder when you are going to be the next victim - if Muslims were dangerous, it is the people who who have almost no chance of being harmed by them that are the most afraid.
For comparison's sake, the refugee crime is no where near the huge spike that was seen after East Germany was let back in. I think part of the big issue with refugees who commit crimes is a lot of them are very young, and do not have a proper upbringing. There is definitely no benefit to being Muslim, as there is much more scrutiny on behaviour.
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See, this is why i'm confused. I generally try to follow some politics in European countries, but on the situation of terrorism is seems like 50% of the people on the internet think there's a legit issue, whereas the other 50% just call them no-life bigots who sit on their computer all day. I don't know what's true! Damn fearmongering.
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From my perspective, which honestly may be very wrong because I'm an American looking at it from the outside the crime caused my refugees seems to be way more isolated than some would have you believe. Yes there are issues with both Islamic terrorism and the amount of people some nations let in within a short period of time but when you take into account all of the rapes and murders and major terrorist attacks it really is no worse than a typical day in the United States. I feel as if there are many truths behind the problems people typically bring up in regards of the refugee crisis but part of the problem probably comes down to the media making more money off of fear and violence than good news.
