Technomage wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2017 at 5:58pm:
I can find other, more "reputable" sources that conveys the message, if you'd like.
Yeah I'd appreciate it.
Technomage wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2017 at 6:01pm:
Fox is way too biased and poorly researched, the telegraph is a fish wrap, factcheck is fine if a bit shallow to the point of being easy to twist.
Ideally sources like, the WSJ, Forbes, Bloomberg, NPR, PBS news hour, can answer to issues. I'm secure enough in my conservative values and love of this country I don't need slanted cheerleadering to keep me honest, I prefer facts and relatively unbiased and boring news.
I think the issue here is that Trump didn't whip the crowd up with talk about the rising crime rate, he spoke of a terrorist incident that he implied had sprung from the migrants and refugees Sweden has unwisely saddled themselves with. He was lying, big surprise, he is almost always lying, god help us when he has something true and important to tell us.
Trump's problem (and ours unfortunately) is that he habitually lies. Meanwhile Sweden's problem is that it has unwisely taken refugees and migrants from places they would have done well to avoid. They suffer from the unrest, crime, isolationist, and tremendous aggression of young Somali men, perhaps the most difficult of any troublesome group of migrants to spread across the west in the last 20 years. London, Minnesota, and Scandinavia have all struggled to integrate these gents unsuccessfully for decades with dire results. Sweden and London's politically correct straight jacket mentality have made it even worse. These little bastards have grown extensive criminal networks and pushed out others in all three countries, and used extensive clan connections to launder money across the Somali disport. On the bright side, they tend to put there individual, family, and clan needs well ahead of blind loyalty to radical Islam, but they are still a pack of thugs who need to be kicked out.
I'd recommend Fergusson's "The World's Most Dangerous Place" if you're interested.