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Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

The majority of people accused of witchcraft were men, and it wasn't organised, it was local disagreements and hatreds escalating into lynchings. These were almost always halted when anyone with any authority outside the village found out what was going on and put a stop to it.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

The only real blondes I've seen up here are the Golden Retrievers. They've usually got better, silkier lashes too.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I can't even imagine how I would explain having a video of little girls on my phone, let alone recording it, not even to the police, not even if they mugged me, so maybe I'm typical minding my misogyny.

I should have gone with my real objection, which was something like "how do you define statism if modern Britain doesn't count? Do they have to go full on nineteen eighty-four?"

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I would like to get the other side of the story, but preferably not from internet randos.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Gentlemen can buy knives, chavs can't. No need for ID. Class discrimination is what made Britain great.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Being born on the magic soil doesn't make them Bulgarian, no more than Mexicans born in the US makes them Americans.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

That mf definitely sounded like a gypsy and not a Bulgarian. (The gypsies from EE LOVE to identify as citizens of whichever country they came from, see also Romanian gypsies)

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

It has been alleged that the camera man perved on the the 12yo sister and when rebuffed hit her and planted her on the ground, then the older sister went and got her dual wielding setup.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I think the "wanted to impress friends" story from some parallel comments is the most likely, but the "break-in in the making" one is at least like 5%.

"Up to no good" does not imply "extremely dangerous". Without firearms in the picture, a 12 year old girl is not going to be dangerous enough to warrant unconditional avoidance. Note that even if your preferred response would indeed be as you say, it is enough if some people would think as I do (this is a situation where you should confront while filming) to reduce the probability of the scenario the culture warriors wish for ("this video depends a rape by brown immigrant being narrowly averted") precipitously.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

It seems fair to me.

The rest of your post deals with the specifics of the video itself, and I couldn't give less of a shit about what actually happened if I tried, so I apologise if this seems like I'm picking on you, but my intention is to point out that Sunshine made a phenomenally excellent point. Smuggling in 'official statements' with facts and logic, like they are even in the same universe, is beyond ignorant. The difference between smh and the telegram chuds he scoffs at is that the misinformation printed on those telegram channels is written by someone who actually believes it.

An official source is written by a professional. The writers aren't concerned with the truth of a situation, they are concerned with its management. They will omit details, use careful wording ("no evidence to substantiate claims") and construct a story that serves their interests first and foremost. They aren't necessarily lying, but they are absolutely not telling you the whole truth. They are spin doctors, and to take their word as gospel is profoundly naive. Just like trusting a random dude on social media, trusting official sources is just outsourcing your critical thinking to people that have repeatedly proven themselves unworthy of that trust.

Also lol at the idea distrusting the authorities is the modern equivalent of a witch hunt. Was it Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder Footsoldier? Who ran the Spanish inquisition again?

I know everyone wants to talk about this shit, because it's currently popping off. So I don't expect everyone to adhere to my 'wait at least a week before I even consider judging the facts of the situation' stance. But it would be nice if the people who brag about epistemic humility actually employed it.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

The transcript in that video is really weird, though. Her words are aggressive, but he keeps saying variations on, 'yes, yes, show the knife'.

It could be 'get the knife again, I want the world to see what you were threatening me with' but coupled with the weird way she's holding them (face on to the camera, maximum display, minimum threat) and his background as a 'digital artist' I would not be at all surprised if he's paying her.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Minus the extreme browning, that seems to be the current beauty standard among young German women.

Are they all fake blondes with fake eyebrows, too?

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

There are very brown secretaries, almost guaranteed to have fake lashes and nail extensions alongside lips that look like an anaphylactic reaction! Scottish beauty standards for women are wack, some of them are more bronzer than water by body weight.

Wellness Wednesday for August 27, 2025

are there any rationalist discords/meetups etc in NYC?

Just for a laugh: Are there any in southern Germany?

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I was all ready to be impressed with the Mail for actually doing some investigative journalism & finding some facts, and then

Despite rabble rousers such as Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk suggesting that the man who filmed it was a small boat illegal migrant, we can reveal Fatos has lived in the UK for four years

Oh gosh. Four years. How could we be so mistaken?

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

FWIW, and knowing not whether anything about this incident is remotely as it seems to anyone, I can absolutely imagine a scenario in which a perfectly well-adjusted adult films little girls doing stupid shit in order to gather evidence of their misbehavior to present to their parents or to the police. The adult in question repeatedly demanding "Show the knife!" would fit in with that.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

At least in the UK, things were kept reasonably orderly in part because the police were usually local and knew everybody, and because they were freer to make assumptions about who was up to no good.

When you have to apply the laws completely equally and show no evidence of prejudice, the laws are going to have to get a lot more onerous and specific.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Adults doing productive things like filming little girls who ask them to go away?

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Police sources have also confirmed there is no evidence to support the online rumours Mr Dumana is a migrant or committed any offence.

He's only been in the UK 4 years by the article's own admission, but somehow 'not a migrant'. Does he have PR or citizenship? The article only says he has legally been in country for 4 years. I would consider any first generation immigrant to be a migrant.

Anyway, I'm now thinking the girl started it, because apparently the cops reviewed footage from a nearby shop and there was a witness (presumably not his wife, but this article is maddeningly imprecise so who knows):

'They saw from the CCTV cameras from Farmfoods that she was stopping me go on my way to the shop.

'There was one more person also who told them (the police) she was attacking me and calling me a f***** migrant.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

You joke, but I’ve known some very brown farm labourers. 60 years of all-day tanning with do a lot. Though they were Japanese and not super-pale to start with.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I don't have anything to add about Fuentes irrelevance besides what everyone else has already said, I wanted however to comment on this:

Expect the Republican consensus on Israel to crack at least a little bit over the coming decades, again thanks to the Groypers.

I think the opposite is more likely to happen. Yes, it's true that the boomer evangelical constituency will die off in the next decade and they were rabidly pro-israel. However the rest of the republican base is more or less indifferent to this question, the pockets of antisemitism are truly small. OTOH in the Democratic party Hassan (who is actually influent, unlike Fuentes) can go full anti-zionist and face no repercussions, anti-zionism and even anti-semitism make a lot of sense within the internal logic of progressivism (jews are a market dominating, overrepresented, minority, black people hate them because they screw over rappers and israel is the last colonialist project) and disliking palestinans makes a lot of sense on the right.

If europe didn't exists you'd maybe have a chance to keep muslims as a fargroup and push the "muslims are actually based" idea through but I the european right is going to make available to many examples of muslims being non-based for that to be possible.

I think what's more likely to happen is that one of the democratic candidates will eventually break anti-zionist and the the republican party will either consolidate into pro-israel as a reflex or at best remain indifferent.

For your prediction to come true the relationship between israel and palestine needs to normalize and stay normal for a long time.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

I used to be Caucasian before being exposed to the merciless heat of the Caledonian countryside?

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Yeah but he's very firm on trying to escape India (for a myriad of justified reasons inclusive of locals)

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

s per the link from jkf, the dude is a """digital creator"""... The only thing left to find out is if he's working for an NGO.

Thanks for the link I hadn't scrolled. Oh my. Well, if that's the case I suppose the blackpill doesn't taste so bad going down.

Culture War Roundup for the week of August 25, 2025

Because girls don't know a lot about intimidation. Not even on the streets.

I'm saying: not even trying, not trying and failing.

I am suspicious of all short videos.

As per the link from jkf, the dude is a """digital creator""". This video is short, because that's how he wanted it, which means he's hiding something. The quotes in the paper make him sound like OJ Simpson.

I'm calling it / doubling down: the whole thing is fake. She's not Braveheart, and he's not a poor migrant targeted by racist chavettes, which is what this video was originally meant to show, but backfired. The only thing left to find out is if he's working for an NGO.