https://nltimes.nl/tags/ryan-al-najjar
If it's not raping children, it's "honor killings" apparently. Yet for some reason the West insists that thousands/millions of people from a society that believes that killing daughters are an appropriate response when one's daughter rebels against the strict family expectations. I'm sure we'll see the "we didn't know it was wrong" defense at some point because it's part of "our culture".
In theory, I have no problem with immigrants who follow the appropriate legal pathways to immigrate to other countries. Yet the only thing I expect of immigrants is that they commit to assimilate into the culture they enter. This doesn't mean completely abandoning their heritage, but it does mean conforming to the laws, customs, and mores of the country you enter. If "honor killings" and child rape are so ingrained in your "culture" that you just can't give that bit of "culture" up and abide by the law, then don't immigrate to a country where things like rape and murder are frowned upon. It's pretty damn simple, follow the laws, learn the language, and don't impose your culture on native born citizens, and things should be fine. Of course, one questions the validity of a "culture" that is so committed to rape and murder that they insist that they be allowed to continue those practices after the immigrate.
Ignorance of the law is never a defense. Ignorance of the fact that rape and murder are frowned upon by the Western world, is simply not possible.
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Research shows that poverty, illiteracy and a devaluation on education are strong predictors of likelihood of embracing violence. Not that poor or illiterate people ARE going to be violent, just that an anti-education, anti-literacy/reading can be predictors.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/03/10/literacy-as-an-anti-violence-strategy/
What a bizarre take on this subject. These people are committing freaking rape and murder and using the excuse that it's "part of their culture" as if it's a get out of jail free card. That you assume illiteracy is the predictor of violence is an interesting excuse all on it's own.
Your study see,s to be focused on juvenile, not adult, behavior.
My question remains. If rape and murder (FGM, and "honor killings") are such critical parts of certain cultures, why would any country invite people to bring those cultures into their country? If literacy is the magic bullet you seem to think, then let's place all immigrants in a transitional setting until they become literate. and them allow them to immigrate.
But, if illiteracy is the excuse you're going to offer then let's look at that.
https://mndaily.com/285541/campus-administration/minnesota-student-literacy-scores-hit-decade-low/
So MN students literacy rates hit a "record low" in 2023 when less than 50% of MN students were not proficient at reading. Well, that seems like a problem, doesn't it? Especially as literacy rates have been dropping since 2018. What if we had an institution that was changed with teaching children how to read proficiently? What if that institution focused it's efforts on things like the basic skills needed to function as an adult in the US? Things like reading, writing, and math?
https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics#mn
Well, MN spends $18,057 per student and the ROI clearly sucks of over half of the students are deficient in reading.
The state of MN spends almost $13,000,000,000 per year on education, not including $2,000,000,000 from the feds and local property and school taxes and levies. For @820,000 students. Considering the fact that @412,000 of those students are not proficient in literacy, that seems like shitty ROI.
Who runs the government in MN? The DFL has had control of the legislature and governors mansion since around 2011. Both Hennipen and Ramsey counties (the urban core of the state) are DFL controlled as are the largest school boards in the metro.
The teachers unions have been controlled by the DFL for god knows how long as well.
So, we have two choices when apportioning blame for the dismal literacy of MN students and the resulting violence.
1. We can blame the parents (which raises the whole "Why is the illegitimacy rate so high in the black community question, and points back to the Great Society era), yet the same parents we could blame vote for the people who can't teach their children to read.
2. We can blame the education establishment. You know, the folx that want to spend school time talking about sex and "trans" crap to elementary school children. The folx that brought us the sub 50% deficiency in reading. The folx that fight against being judged on performance. The folx who control the entire education system. The folx the keep telling us that they should have more control over our kids than parents.
Yeah, y'all (the DFL and teachers unions) have done a number on our kids of late, not to mention how the idiotic COVID response screwed up kids.
In short, if you want to blame violence on illiteracy, then you'd have to blame illiteracy on some parents and the education establishment. Given the fact that (in MN) those two groups are synonymous with the DFL, then it seems clear where the ultimate responsibility lies.
I'd be willing to bet that if you separated the literacy numbers by district that the bulk of the 49% that are deficient are in 2-3 districts. Anoka-Hennepin, St Paul Public Schools, and Minneapolis public schools are very likely the drivers of the poor performance.
In short, you offer one study that claims to show some link between illiteracy and violence in juveniles and pretend that that addresses the cultural excuses for rape and murder that we've seen recently. So, it's the education system that is responsible for violence, brought to you by the DFL.
Strangely enough, Alabama has had an almost miraculous resurgence in education outcomes by focusing on the basics, shocking.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328723/alabama-math-learning-teaching-test-scores
https://www.al.com/educationlab/2025/08/birmingham-schools-say-a-turnaround-effort-is-working-whats-next-this-year.html
https://www.citizenportal.ai/articles/5562064/Alabama/Alabama-Education-Leaders-Outline-Turnaround-Initiative-for-15-Struggling-Schools
Dan's likely going to play the "I studied to be a teacher/education" several decades ago card at some point as if that makes him an expert.
"see's" should be "seems", autocorrect didn't catch it.
For years we've heard and seen some version of this advice, but it seems to apply here as well. There are several practices that are highly likely to keep people out of poverty.
1. Graduate from High School (which should leave people literate)
2. Wait to have children until you get married.
3. Wait until 21 to get married.
4. Have a full time job.
5. Don't abuse drugs or alcohol.
If poverty and illiteracy are the causes of violence, then these 5 suggestions should also significantly cut violence.
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