Europe Continues Its Migrant Fueled Suicide
Europe is not merely witness to its own strange death, it is actively orchestrating it.
The Old World’s reckless policies towards unfettered migration have claimed yet more victims.
In Solingen, Germany, a 26-year-old Syrian man turned himself in following a stabbing spree at a “diversity festival” that left three dead and five seriously wounded. Additionally, police arrested a 15-year-old “refugee” from Kyrgyzstan and in the days since, Muslim terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
It’s somewhat surreal that I have to keep writing about this topic. It boggles the mind that following several high profile incidents of migrant violence and an explosive response by native Europeans, governments across the continent have decided to hide their heads in the sand rather than act.
It is, in the words of British commentator Douglas Murrary, symptomatic of “The Strange Death of Europe.” Though, I would classify it less as a strange death and more of conscious suicide.
The stabbing in Germany had many of the hallmarks of recent run-ins between migrants and beleaguered Europeans. Reportedly, authorities didn’t release the murderer’s descriptions until after the suspects were in custody.
From the Guardian, “Police were pressed on giving a description or images of the alleged perpetrator, but declined to do so. ‘Nothing would be more damaging than giving a description and then, during the investigation, it turns out that the person actually looks completely different,’ said the police spokesman.”
I happen to think that if there's a murder on the loose, it’s more damaging to allow him to continue killing people unmolested than potentially appearing racist. Maybe that’s just me.
It’s gotten to the point where keen-eyed observers can tell the motivations, background, and immigration status of a suspect based on whether authorities are willing to divulge the identity of the criminal or not. We all knew before the police released what little info they did that this was probably not a Mormon driven by bloodlust to kill.
And yet, Europe’s leaders will still try and pretend these senseless tragedies are a consequence of lax weapon bans or “racist” speech. Indeed, Germany’s leftist parties have already said the solution to these seemingly endless violent incidents is to ban more knives.
“We must also finally make progress on knife bans,” said Social Democratic Bundestag member Dirk Wiese. “More knife ban zones, an extension of the ban on carrying knives for people who have committed crimes, a ban on carrying them on buses and trains, and rapid prosecution in the event of violations.”
Those knife bans are part and parcel of a plan across the English channel to stop the U.K.’s own spate of Islamist violence.
Keir Starmer’s Labour government has moved to expand the definition of so-called zombie knives which are defined as blades with “a cutting edge, a serrated edge and images or words suggesting it is used for violence.” The new definition includes “any bladed weapon more than eight inches long with a plain-cutting edge and sharp pointed end that also has either a serrated cutting edge, more than one hole in the blade or multiple sharp points like spikes.”
Okay, so does banning these comically specific knives impact the torrent of Islamist fueled violence? Of course not, much like Democrats in America with “assault weapons,” it’s a tactic designed to slowly chip away at the right of individuals to defend themselves.
Especially as European states have increasingly decided to crack down on wrongthink. I’ve previously reported on Britain’s “1984” style arrests of those critical of the migrant crisis, but back on the mainland Germany is also engaged in some authoritarian antics.
Police broke up a rally of supposed Neo-Nazis outside a pride parade in Leipzig due to non-specific “partly aggressive or militant behavior." That behavior apparently included milling around under a sign that read “Proud, German, National."
The horrors of nationalism made manifest!
But far more horrifying than proud Germans is the growing pile of bodies at the hands of the migrants. Those deaths are a harrowing indictment of willful blindness by European leaders. The loss of life is exacerbated by the continued and deliberate inaction of those elected to protect their citizens from the threats from abroad.
As long as Europe’s governments prioritize political correctness over public safety, the death spiral will continue to spin.
Europe is not merely witness to its own strange death, it is actively orchestrating it.