Bro, let’s stop pretending.
Muslims make up about 25% of the entire world’s population — over 2 billion people across 50+ countries.
Japanese people? About 1.4% of the world. One single country.
Shinto exists only in Japan.
So when people say “Japan should prioritize minorities and be more accommodating to Islam,” who exactly are we talking about?
The global majority is coming to one of the world’s smallest ethnic and religious groups and demanding that Japan change its culture, food, and traditions for them.
That’s not “protecting minorities.” That’s the majority trying to colonize a tiny minority.
Japan has every right to protect its own people and culture first.
If Muslims want to live under Islamic rules, they already have dozens of countries where they can do that. They don’t need to come to Japan and turn it into another one.
If someone politely asking a basic question about whether or not something has been good for your state brings you to tears, you should not be making decisions for your state.
I still don't think you fully understand just how nasty and deliberate this was by @annesofiero and @asooth.
- Headline omits the subject: awkward in Norwegian, highly ambiguous in English. Designed to mislead at first glance.
- No names in the headline: keeps everything vague and depersonalized while the image does the heavy lifting.
- Manipulative photo choice: Manually selected CCTV still of victim Henry Nowak, cropped to make him look shady with hands low, as if concealing a knife.
- They had clear photos of the actual killer, Vickrum Digwa, but chose not to use them prominently (two photos of Henry come first).
- Minimal fixes even after pushback: Only buried clarifications in the caption. Headline and thumbnail left unchanged.
Classic mainstream media framing: plant the wrong first impression without technically lying.
VG knew exactly what it was doing.
We have been the most generous country in the world, to our detriment.
25% of all Mexicans live in the US. 70% rely on welfare.
~10% of Guatemalans live here. 77% are on welfare
12% of Nicaraguans live here. 75% rely on welfare
12% of Haitians live here. 53% rely on welfare