• Denjin@lemmings.world
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    It’s interesting to me, though sadly not surprising, that of the thousands of rapes and sexual assaults reported in northern Ireland every year it’s the one that allegedly involves a foreign national that sparks a huge riot.

    Almost as if these people don’t actually care about girls being raped at all and just hate foreigners.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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      Tbh, it’s worldwide because Russia seeks out stories like this everywhere and fans the flames online in their troll farms. I wish there was a way to stop it.

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Funny how cops manage to round up Just Stop Oil protestors for even talking about maybe being disruptive, but they let full-blown race riots carry on for five fucking days.

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      Just stop oil protestors are a lot easier to round up to be fair, generally being quite peaceful and significantly less likely to throw petrol bombs.

  • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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    I swear rioting season starts earlier and earlier every year. Shops will have half bricks on sale as soon as Easter is over soon.

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      Warmer weather means more riots. There’s been multiple times where days of rain or a cold wind has put an end to riots, and they almost never happen in winter.