03-04-2026, 03:32 PM
it's funny cos in 2016 we had to give a class speech about an issue of our choice; i chose grooming gangs (which the media was calling a hoax).
fast forward ten years and everyone believes that grooming gangs did exist to some extent. but now i understand them as a complete nothingburger.
right-wing media makes it sound like muslims were snatching schoolgirls off the street, but it was more like underclass teenagers going out of their way to offer sexual favours in return for alcohol or drugs (please forgive me if i don't sound sympathetic enough towards those poor, poor victims).
fast forward ten years and everyone believes that grooming gangs did exist to some extent. but now i understand them as a complete nothingburger.
right-wing media makes it sound like muslims were snatching schoolgirls off the street, but it was more like underclass teenagers going out of their way to offer sexual favours in return for alcohol or drugs (please forgive me if i don't sound sympathetic enough towards those poor, poor victims).
