The Government of Sweden released an article in English attempting to repair the image of Sweden abroad. Let’s go through some of their statements and take a look at how they might be problematic. My sources are hyperlinked so just click the coloured words to reach them.
Göteborgs stad skänker bort pengar till kriminalitet utomlands.Frankrike förbjöd burka och därför ska en svensk tjej åka dit och ha på sig burka, tills hon blir gripen av polis.
People walk through toppled graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Two American Muslim campaigners raised tens of thousands of dollars within hours of launching a campaign to help repair a vandalized Jewish graveyard.
(ANTIMEDIA) German newspaper Bild has emphatically apologized for an article it ran claiming women had been sexually assaulted in Frankfurt on New Year’s Eve by a “rioting sex mob” of Arab refugees. According to Bild, the accusations are baseless, and neither police reports from that night nor an investigation following the report turned up any evidence to support the claims made by alleged “victims.”
MINNEAPOLIS — Remember our former commander in chief — Barack Obama? Well he’s on vacation. After eight years in the Oval Office, he’s decided to unwind with billionaire Richard Branson. His recent kitesurfing adventure seems to be the only news item competing with President Trump’s “Muslim ban” and the opposition to it and the contentious confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Education secretary.
Attention is turning to Obama’s post-presidency antics as we move further into the Trump administration.
“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.” — Friedrich Engels
Members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement hold flags as they salute and shout “Sieg Heil” during a rally in front of the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Photo: Mel Evans/AP
A dozen Democratic US senators on Thursday denounced a Trump administration plan to revamp a government anti-extremism program, saying narrowing its focus solely to Islamic threats could jeopardize security and may be illegal.
Karen Shore holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. A panel of appeals court judges reviewing President Donald Trump’s travel ban hammered away Tuesday at the federal government’s arguments that the states cannot challenge the order. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
Demonstrators chant outside Tom Bradley International Terminal during a protest by airport service workers from United Service Workers West union Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Los Angeles International Airport. The vigil in support of travelers affected by Trump’s Muslim ban. (AP/Chris Carlson)
Trump signed an executive order. Airports filled up with protesters. The media screamed about a Muslim ban. Federal Judges intervened. Anger and chaos erupted.
Comedian Hari Kondabolu grabs audiences with sketches on race, identity and politics. (Photo:: Kyle Johnson/Courtesy of Hari Kondabolu)
Comedian Hari Kondabolu has an evil plan. He can end US President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from Muslim-majority countries by deploying a secret weapon: the English-Irish boy band One Direction.
