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In this episode we chat about the current trend of faking hate crimes.  Why would someone do this?  It’s surprisingly more common than you might think.

In the current victim culture climate, a ‘victim’ will always need a ‘victimiser’ and if there isn’t one, well just pay a couple of lads to ‘oppress’ you*.

Begum all you want love, you’re not coming home.

At 15, Shamima Begum left her home in the Bethnal Green district in London to join ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) in Syria.  After ISIL forces were defeated she was found in a Syrian refugee camp where she told reporters that she wanted to return to her place of birth, the UK.

Should we let someone back into a country which she essentially pledged to destroy?  Or is she a victim of grooming by ISIL herself?

Blue in the face

In this post Obama, hyper racialised world we currently live in, is a white person portraying a black person offensive?  Many celebrities including Robert Downey Jr and Jimmy Kimmel have made themselves look black with makeup, Sarah Silverman actually donned blackface for her comedy show.  Also the character Pappa Lazarou from the League of Gentlemen.

The previous examples all fall under the category of comedy, which usually has no rules but what about the Dutch festival that Luxy mentions, Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)?

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Links:

• Shamima Begum says she regrets publicising desire to return to UK
• Professional mouthpiece Katie Hopkins on the jihadi bride Shamima Begum
• Jihadists returning to UK are ‘very dangerous’
• Jihadi-Jack Letts wants to return too
• Isis Austrian poster girl Samra Kesinovic ‘used as sex slave’ before being murdered for trying to escape
• Ant and Dec in blackface?
• Charcoal Face Masks Deemed an Example of ‘Racism’ and ‘Blackface’
• Katy Perry apologises for ‘blackface’ shoe design
• How Robert Downey jr can get away with ‘blackface’
• Coal miners getting in on blackface now too?
• Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) event in Holland
• Jussie Smollett Talks About His Alleged Attack During LA Concert: “I’m OK
• Jussie Smollett FULL Interview on alleged attack | ABC News Exclusive
• Empire star Jussie Smollett says he’s the gay tupac.
• Jussie Smollett arrested
• Emotional reaction to the incident by the Black LGBTQ communituy
• Unhinged outburst on the incident by actress Ellen Page
• Fake hate crimes
• Fake hate crime map

*We are mindful that this is an ongoing case and our opinions are based upon the evidence we have seen so far.

Producer: Sean Dempsey
Music: bensound.com