i heard of a uk staffer who was asked recently why the conservatives consistently refused to call out the violence and rapes committed by sub-saharan africans and pakistani muslims.  his response was that they were afraid to be called racist in the media. when it was pointed out that the media was already going to call them racist anyway, the staffer apparently had a little brain malfunction, like the thought had never actually occurred to them that there was literally no consequences to just describing reality as it was. these are the humans we're dealing with.
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