‘Go-to trope’: how the far right is exploiting violence against women and girls | Far right

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1. Exaggeration happens when on the “far” side of the political spectrum.

   Some people fall for it.

   Most of us ignore it.

   For balance, yes the “far right” have their “go-to trope” as covered in the article, but the “far left” also have theirs.

2. Women and girls are always seen as easy options for exploitation.

   Isn’t the saying that “the left considers women public property and the right considers them private property”?

3. So we’re all supposed to pretend it isn’t happening then?

   I just want to make sure I know what the correct attitude is so I don’t get cancelled.

4. I mean, the fact that the UK establishment enabled child abuse is utterly undeniable, so it’s hardly surprising that populists would exploit that. The funny thing is they’re not going after the CofE or police are they? Never do.

   EDIT: thinking about it further, I don’t generally believe in conspiracy, it’s more why are conservative forces in the US and UK suddenly so bothered about Muslim pedophiles, why are they expending so much money on it now? Clear “look over there stuff.”

5. And the left ignored it for political reasons neither gave a shit

6. There was a clip from their gathering last week wearing they were changing “get your tits out for the lads” to a woman. These people don’t care one bit about women or girls.

7. “We don’t want none of these foreigners comin over ere abusing our women and kids…..their takin our jobs!!!”

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9. Wow, there sure is a lot of Whataboutism in the comments here.

10. It’s incredible that the Guardian managed to write quite a long article about this issue and only included one perfunctory sentence on grooming gangs

11. This does kinda read like: Instead of dealing with the bad thing we will go after those who point out the bad thing.

12. A friend was at one of the counter-marches and had multiple far-right protestors gesturing at her to get her tits out.

    They don’t care about women at all, other than as objects to ‘preserve’, not as people.

13. Sorry, but can you just explain to 1400 kids in Rotherham how they are now just part of a “trope”?

14. I never once heard any of them mention rising child poverty, and when the government announced they were funding youth clubs, these people also said nothing.

15. Here’s an interesting take on WHY the right, so often, leans into this tactic.
    https://thefeministlens.substack.com/p/why-do-far-right-protesters-think?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

16. It’s interesting how the ‘crime rate statisticians’ don’t comment on the correlation between attending these protests and the higher than average DV and (C)SA convictions in their midst.

17. I read this article and was glad to see someone examining the “think of the women and children” trope in connection with anti-immigrant sentiment. I find it insincere and troubling, as it’s an effective message easily hijacked by the far-right as a smokescreen for racism and bigotry.

    Some people may genuinely fear that immigrants and asylum seekers pose a threat to women and children, but I think they’ve been misled by years of selective headlines and right-wing messaging. An objective analysis of risks to women and children would not identify migrants as the main factor.

    If your social feed is full of stories about brown men convicted of sexual abuse, framed as linked to race or religion, while similar or more common crimes by white British men are presented as isolated “bad apples”, it’s no surprise people see asylum seekers as the problem.

    It’s a powerful message because it triggers strong emotions. Most people, sadly, don’t have the awareness or pause to consider the bigger picture when faced with stories of “different looking” people doing bad things.

18. KCC Reform cllrs literally voted down a motion designed to help protect women and girls from violence. The cllrs used their time to blame all increase in violence against women on immigrants and trans women. 

19. So if they have an issue with foreign men coming to the UK and abusing women at far higher rates than British people that’s bad?

    What’s the alternative, they say it’s a good thing? They just ignore reality and don’t mention it?

    This really is a nonsense of an article.

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