Quote from: Dietlind on April 07, 2019, 09:19:42 PM
I don't know where you get your information from, but I would not be afraid to walk around in any city in Germany today, in which I would have felt safer lets say 20 or 30 years ago. There were always areas in Germany, in which I would not walk alone, and that was when I was still a man! But no matter where in Germany, or for me also the Netherlands, I still feel way safer than in certain areas in the US!
I am sure that other Germans/Europeans here on this forum, will agree with me! To add to this, here we have to be afraid of our own government and some of the law enforcement agencies! For them, we intersex people are just a bunch of weirdos that need to be eliminated!
Yes I am talking about specific areas, particularly the no go zones and immigrant community enclaves. I did not say the whole of Germany is unsafe, I said:
1) the no go zones are unsafe
b) Europe will most likely become less safe over time with more mass immigration, as we have already seen since 2014
c) Denying this and claiming everywhere is safe for trans people is irresponsible.
Sure, I get that you might be proud of where you live etc. but to claim there is no risk when there is mounting evidence that the mass immigration in the last 4 years has brought a spike in crime and sex attacks in the countries most affected including Germany is also irresponsible. I had never heard reports of mass sex attacks upon women happening in modern-day Germany until it happened in Cologne 2015 on New Year, and it's now apparent fact that the German police suppressed information about it at the time. The same can be said of what's happening in Sweden. Where do I get my information there from? Local news which is not translated into English and from people living in those countries as well as the online public crime records since the "migrant crisis" in these places. And other evidence such as the aforementioned video; there are plenty of videos showing the hostility of certain groups towards passers by if you care to search.
Good for you that you feel safe. But I know a lot of people that don't and less so more recently. My female friends in Sweden no longer go out at night alone without male friends present, and have been attacked before. My German friends avoid the no go zones for a reason.
You should certainly be afraid of your own government or the EU if it is suggesting you shouldn't openly criticize Merkel's immigration policies or mass immigration in general. Which I have been hearing increasingly concerning things about from people in Germany that I know.
Denial of potential danger has already cost lives. There are people in Western countries so ignorant or willfully ignorant of any danger from certain groups that they ended up murdered. The most recent cases springing to mind would be the raping and beheading of two women from Norway and Denmark around 5 months ago in Morocco who were backpacking by themselves. On closer look at the case the women appeared on their social media accounts to believe that there was no threat from certain cultures and groups to themselves. I've been to Morocco myself with a large group of seasoned travelers, and my expedition leader made absolutely sure that none of our female members ever went anywhere near a town or tourist area without at least three of the male members for protection from any unwanted attention, as well as impressing upon us how unwise it is to wear revealing Western clothing in towns and villages if female. The murder was recorded on video and the murderers made it quite clear they committed the act opportunistically and purely because the two women were Westerners (stating literally that they were enemies of their culture and religion as islamists). The idea that two Western women can or should walk through Morocco safely on their own is one I've had plenty of contention from "keyboard warriors" of the internet with, but at the end of the day, those two women are still dead. I shouldn't need to stress that if it can happen to regular people, then it can almost certainly happen to us as well (compound the risk of being a Westerner in certain areas, a woman alone in certain areas and and LGBT person in certain areas). The risk is there because a culture clash exists and to pretend it doesn't would have blood on my hands.
