From NBC News:
"Political leaders across the spectrum denounced the alleged attack, which has been described as antisemitic, with France in the midst of snap parliamentary elections where the far right is leading. Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. The incident has sparked a widespread outcry in France as the country contends with rising antisemitism since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, and has inflamed accusations of antisemitism ahead of contentious elections set for June 30 and July 7. The prosecutor’s office for Nanterre, the western suburb of Paris that launched the investigation into the alleged attack, did not specify the girl’s religion or release her identity in order to protect the victim, in line with standard practice for hate crimes in France. However, lawyer and Jewish leader Elie Korchia said in an interview with French broadcaster BFM that the girl is Jewish, and leaders from across France’s political spectrum have condemned what they describe as an act of antisemitism." Okay, wait. Did they know the girl was Jewish? How so? Or was it just that they were Moslem or immigrants from a certain country? Because I don't feel that either (a) the war in Gaza or (b) the upcoming election and the agitated far right have anything to do with the sexual violence inflicted on that girl, or they shouldn't be included in this reporting. They should tell why specifically the religious hate crime charges were added, unless those two reasons were why. I'm well and truly sick to death of the politicization of rape. I would like every person who feels the need to glom their agendas onto the rape of any person, including and especially children, to add their names to the list of rapists. Because that's all they are in my eyes. I had to stop reading about the war in Ukraine because of all the righteous bros who couldn't stop sharing the outraged rape porn about it, and shouted me down when I protested. Every day I hear people talking about the war in Gaza. They're frequently "outraged" about all the rape in particular, without knowing anything specific about the conflict. But it's interesting to me how some stranger in an elevator will admit they don't understand what's going on in Gaza any great detail, yet won't hesitate to mention how rapey the Palestinians are. Unraped people are full of untested opinions, and very confident in them. Even if the boys did target the girl because they knew she was Jewish, Elie Korchia should go fuck himself. You know why? Because that girl is super traumatized right now. And he's just another person grabbing her like an object and waving her around because she suits his agenda. I'm too weary to write about this right now.
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