OK this is interesting in quite a few ways.https://twitter.com/nazirafzal/status/1001910632046882819 …
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We do get the impression the authorities are soft on aggressive displays of minority identity. Maybe that's just because we focus on the things that make us angry, but I suspect that action taken (like Mr Azfal's) isn't publicised for the usual reasons.
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i.e. that drawing attention to such misbehaviour stirs up resentments and extremism. But allowing us to believe it is being tolerated stirs up much more, and also undermines the deterrent effect of taking action in the first place.
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The other point, of course, is that in a tweet from a random containing a photograph and a comment, the comment almost never matches the photograph. The US "kids in detention" thing from last week another good example.
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Interesting dude, @nazirafzal . I feel like I ought to have heard more about him.
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Per wikipedia, the reason that the first of the child prostitution cases were prosecuted is because he overruled his predecessor's decision not to.
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