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Actually my voting record is a bit all over the place.
We have a multi-party system, offering a choice of many varieties on the political spectrum. I have voted for a more centrist party in the previous election and before that I voted for our main conservative party. That was before a wave of bigotry took over that party.
Locally I voted for a liberal mayor.
I've yet to vote for the same party twice. I make my decisions based on their policies, not where they place themselves on the spectrum.
If the party leadership engages in explicit bigotry or racism, then they've lost my vote until they fix it. Which is why our main conservative party won't be getting my vote anymore after their leader blamed people of color for bringing racism on themselves.
If you actually know me you'd know that I'm quite critical of my country's political failures. I've described the language barrier poisoning our whole political process before. And while I do think our justice system has some major positives (less racial bias than US and soft punishments for non-violent drug offenses for example), it has some very major negatives as well. The language barrier also plays a role here, often leading to procedural errors. In numerous occasions, that has resulted in criminals with terrorism charges getting time off or released due to simple procedural errors. There is great distrust here for our criminal justice system, for good reason. The laws are there, but far too often they are not enforced properly in cases of severe crimes (terrorism, rape, ...) and people feel that there's not enough punishment for crimes of that nature.
Crime has gone up, mostly due to failed political leadership.
You're acting like I'd deny the flaws in my country because I identify as a liberal on the US political spectrum
When you look at notorious areas like Molenbeek, all sides need to do their part to work towards preventing radicalization and crime.
And no that doesn't mean just laissez-faire and hope for the best. The muslims must do their part to combat radicalization, but so do us white people.
Generalizing muslims as a whole and ostracizing them isn't helping anyone. The way I see them being treated sometimes would probably make at risk youth more prone to radicalization. We must work together with the muslim community and involve them in the process. I don't think shutting them out with regulations like closing all mosques is the answer to progress, quite the opposite if anything.
I have nothing to feel "white guilt" about.
I happen to be white and don't support racism. Why would I feel guilt for something racist white people do when that has nothing to do with me? We share the same skin color, that's about it.
