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Bradical79

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15. People get confused

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:55 PM

Feb 2017

I've come across some who have gotten the Cologne and Frankfurt reports intertwined and mixed up. When talking to Americans who are generally pretty shit when it comes to foreign geography, it's not a bad reminder with two extremely similiar incidents have been reported.

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Mass sexual assault in Frankfurt by refugees 'completely made up' [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2017 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1

Kick Squinch Feb 2017 #2

the assaults the prior year were very real starshine00 Feb 2017 #3

What does that have to do with these vicious and false reports now? Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #6

are you serious? starshine00 Feb 2017 #7

You make no sense. Illogical to compare what happened to what did not. Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #8

logic escapes you, darling starshine00 Feb 2017 #9

Confirmation bias and anchoring. ck4829 Feb 2017 #10

People get confused Bradical79 Feb 2017 #15

Damn, I've been there before Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #4

Germany has hate speech laws so these hate mongers would be prosecuted. Not so in America? Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #5

If they filed false police reports they can (and should) be prosecuted for that. n/t Coventina Feb 2017 #11

Putin's disinformation campaign at work Yavin4 Feb 2017 #12

Yep! pandr32 Feb 2017 #13

K & R JHan Feb 2017 #14