Seems everyday he has a slot on immigration with a negative slant. He is constantly linking refugees with fundamentalist Muslims. Makes totally misleading, sweeping and unchallenged statements. Utter tripe such as "we're scheduled to take 4,000 refugees, which most people agree will be 20,000 with family unification."
Anyone agree or have advice on how best to complain?
Posted Jan 27, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC
Yes because this refugee thing is going so well on the mainland. Surely our efficient government can handle any number of refugee's better than the Germans have.
Change the station if you don't like his opinion.
Yes the sarcasm is strong with this one
How it is racist to be anti immigration?
He is constantly linking refugees with fundamentalist Muslims
If you arent aware the vast majority of migrants in this crisis are fundamentalist Muslims.
Utter tripe such as "we're scheduled to take 4,000 refugees, which most people agree will be 20,000 with family unification.
You are aware that this is a thing? We have no idea the numbers, but family unification is a thing in the EU
Utter tripe such as "we're scheduled to take 4,000 refugees, which most people agree will be 20,000 with family unification."
Tripe you say?
However, the overall number of refugees could rise to approximately 20,000 over the coming years as family members of each person with refugee status are entitled to arrive in Ireland under family reunification rules.
The average number of family members per refugee has been in excess of four in past programmes.
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said when family reunification was factored in the total number of refugees and migrants coming to Ireland would be “somewhat higher” than the 4,000.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ireland-to-take-4-000-refugees-in-new-programme-1.2346948
Interesting post history you have there, friend...
Totally irrelevant, his argument is backed by verifiable sources, don't have a comeback don't reply. Fucking Pox
Pox? I'm not the one defending scumbag racists, friend...
Racist scumbag? Maybe I wouldn't know because I can keep on topic instead of checking through someones post history because they're right and I need to discredit them.
Noticed you didn't deny him being right, didn't refute his argument. didn't even deny why you looked at his post history.
So how about you fuck off, actually learn about what's going on for yourself and then if you can find shit to refute his arguments post it.
Oh no, somebody posts to far right subreddit, better discredit all their views, however true and backed up by sources they are
Err the lad is a fucking racist, xenophobic shitebag with a brand new account that solely posts fascist bollocks, there's nothing to discredit, is this the weekly r/European brigade? I love those...
Oh, and this is for you..
So what if he is? I'm an active user on this sub and r/European makes me sick. By pointing out his posting history you are trying to infer that his post is moot. I am saying that is not the case.
Thanks, pal. I do not see what that has to do with my current post in this thread. The lad that started the thread claimed that the 20k figure spouted by Hook was "utter tripe". I pointed out that it is not.
No more, no less.
Off back to r/European with you now...
This fella gets his accounts banned every few weeks and creates new ones.
u/plantationwatch u/yanksoutnow u/jimmminyjilickers u/MrJayJoyce
I listened to him today and most evenings in the car. Some of his opinions are just insanely right wing, lt's like he's following the Fox News formula and applying it to Ireland. Like, before Christmas he was talking about the supposed War on Christmas. That the left wants to ban Christmas and force everyone to say 'Happy Holidays'. Which is totally not even a thing in Ireland. But it's hard to take him too seriously, cos he's old and he's curmudgeonly and he seems like a pretty decent guy behind it all.
Right well that certainly isn't racist and it's not explicitly xenophobic, it might be wrongheaded in your opinion but that's just your opinion.
You shouldn't be so closed minded and should try to engage in a debate instead of just trying to close off the speech of someone who doesn't share your opinion.
Times had research showing 20K is the likely number given previous trends on family reunification. I've no problem with 20K but I think maybe family reunification needs to be removed from fundamental rights as it can lead to huge problems. 20K is the minimum we should be accepting given the situation but Europe can't take 8-10 million migrants if every single one uses family reunification.
Turn the Dial, Swivel Your Knob - whatever their catchphrase is. George Hook is a massive tool like all jock turds. I suppose you could get a transcript of a show and highlight false statements/ incitement to hatred and go to the BCI or something like that. Who'd be bothered though? Also a dislike of immigration is a legitimate stance but racism is not.
I've stopped listening to George, this anti migrant stance is kind of rich coming from a guy who lived and worked for years in the States, oh but he'll tell you with a straight face that that's different, and he also seems to have no issue with migration just as long as we're the ones migrating, but when it's poor brown people who want to come here? oh no fuck that shit and he says that they're all terrorists... Thanks George but bye George.
from a guy who lived and worked for years in the States, oh but he'll tell you with a straight face that that's different
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This new World hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from EVERY PART of Europe... We claim brotherhood with every European Christian all Europeans meeting in America, or any other quarter of the globe, are COUNTRYMEN; for England, Holland, Germany, or Sweden, when compared with the whole, stand in the same places on the larger scale
- Thomas Paine (1776)
Not to mention that his wife, Ingrid, is Austrian (and a migrant)
Well to be fair, the EU is essentially one big country now, so she has as much right to be here as the rest of us.
Not when he met her....
This is true.
Witness the transformation of George in to Bill O'Reilly....he has to so he can keep his job when Bill moves here.
Well it could just be pandering to his niche market, Fox news was created to fill a gap for redneck amuricans. There's money in misery.
It has drifted in to the right wing hook for a long time now. Also how is Hook able to be a broadcaster when he can't pronounce words properly? It's presumably George, not presumley .
He knows nothing about anything other than rugby and yet he's preaching to the masses that's what worries me how he got the job in the first place without any of the relevant knowledge we should expect better from our broadcasters
George Hook is unremarkable as a conservative, and his show is likewise.
I don't know why you expected something else from it.
Just find it boring at this stage.That and his never ending crusade on concussion in Rugby.
Dark money from the Israelis is being funneled into the show apparently. It's the only way he's keeping the show on the air with the low audience numbers he's pulling in.
Wut?
I know a lad who works in finance in there
I see, and this crafty Jewish cabal, do they only prop up hook or the whole station?
Jewish??? I was talking about the Israeli state... jeez keep you antisemitism to yourself. It certainly doesn't belong on here
The agenda, I disagree with it.
Its the ignorance, yesterday he was talking about how Denmark was so liberal about immigration and pointing to the jewlery bill as an example of how even the danes the tolerant danes had enough that the migrant crisis was too much. Like Denmark has been progressively restricting immigration for the last 15 years. It has really tough immigration policies with regard to non eu citizens. And you know nothing about that and just repeat ad nauseum that they have a really progessive immigration policy and they are changing because of the refugee crisis.
George, I like you but the ignorance is just...
Its the ignorance, yesterday he was talking about how Denmark was so liberal about immigration and pointing to the jewlery bill as an example of how even the danes the tolerant danes had enough that the migrant crisis was too much.
Speaking of ignorance, you know that the law is the same for Danish citizens claiming benefits and it was just extended to cover the migrants too? That's equality, right? They are being treated the exact same as native Danes.
And you know nothing about that and just repeat ad nauseum that they have a really progessive immigration policy and they are changing because of the refugee crisis.
They have a points based system that is extremely progressive. If you are skilled, it's quite easy to move to Denmark in search for work.
In order to be granted a residence permit under the Greencard scheme, you must attain at least 100 points. Points are given for educational level, language skills, work experience, adaptability, and age. You must have full health insurance covering you and any accompanying family members until you are covered by the Danish national health insurance.
https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/work/greencard-scheme/
http://lifli.com/denmark-immigration-points-calculator.html#sthash.b5lShhwm.dpuf
George, I like you but the ignorance is just...
It is you that is ignorant. Not Hook.
Speaking of ignorance, you know that the law is the same for Danish citizens claiming benefits and it was just extended to cover the migrants too? That's equality, right? They are being treated the exact same as native Danes.
A rule thats not enforced against citizens and which is being implemented to punish refugees who choose denmark.
They have a points based system that is extremely progressive. If you are skilled, it's quite easy to move to Denmark in search for work.
"extremely progressive" I don't think that means what you think it means.
If you are skilled in an area they want, if you aren't or even if you are and are old it is very difficult to immigrate and it is also difficult to get your family permission to join.
A rule thats not enforced against citizens and which is being implemented to punish refugees who choose denmark.
It's a rule that is now enforced for all who apply for welfare. It was being enforced for Danish citizens long before the refugees. Now the law has been widened to include them too. Nobody is being "punished". The law is being applied equally.
If you are skilled in an area they want,
Yes, this is how immigration works. You have skills that a particular country lacks, you move, you find work and become part of society. What's the problem exactly?
it is also difficult to get your family permission to join.
You have to prove that you can support them and that they won't become a burden on the state. What's the problem?
Denmarks immigration policies seem game ball to me. You seem to think otherwise. Why?
Yes, this is how immigration works. You have skills that a particular country lacks, you move, you find work and become part of society. What's the problem exactly?
Immigration is one person moving from one country to another.
You have to prove that you can support them and that they won't become a burden on the state. What's the problem?
You pay the exact same taxes as everyone else and you should have access to the same benefits.
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As below youll get alot of 'im not racist, and neither is he. BUT'. Mostly sinn fein voters id say ;) . George hook is a bigoted, sensationalist spectre of the past. But hes plugged into the darkest fears of our older generation. Its a pity really. In short, stop listening to him. Hes a prick
You could just accept that some people have different views than you and move on with your life
http://imgur.com/gallery/JTOcJqt
this is the most ridiculous advice I've ever heard
I accept people have different opinions to mine. I believe people have a right to whatever opinion they hold. I do not believe racism should go unchallenged.
Then go challenge the perceived racism at the source. No point in coming to us bitching about it.
Events in Germany and Sweden are already proving him to be right. You'd have to have a pretty sinister agenda to argue otherwise.
Why is it deemed racist to want to preserve ones own culture?
Islam isn't a race. People should not be walking into Europe and claiming ASYLUM when they've nothing to flee. When they do walk here, which millions have, and are walking around Europe unchecked, they rape, assault and rape some more in every town they visit. European women are scared to leave their houses in the case of these Africans / Muslims dragging them and raping them. and dont say it doesnt happen because it happened to thousands of women on NYE and happens to dozens daily. 77% of Swedish rapes committed by foreigners. 100% of oslo violence and 100% of oslo rapes committed by foreigners. Thousands of women raped in NYE, refugee workers getting stabbed and assaulted, police getting defeated by mobs of undocumented african men.
Just because the news is now starting to slightly point out some of the crimes these people are actively committed doesn't mean theres a racist agenda.
Sweden's population grew from 9 million to 9.5 million in the years 2004-2012, mainly due to immigration from "countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia". 16 percent of all newborns have mothers born in non-Western countries. Employment rate among immigrants: 54 percent.
Sweden now has the second highest number of rapes in the world, after South Africa, which at 53.2 per 100,000 is six times higher than the United States. Statistics now suggest that 1 out of every 4 Swedish women will be raped.
In 2003, Sweden's rape statistics were higher than average at 9.24, but in 2005 they shot up to 36.8 and by 2008 were up to 53.2. Now they are almost certainly even higher as Muslim immigrants continue forming a larger percentage of the population.
With Muslims represented in as many as 77 percent of the rape cases and a major increase in rape cases paralleling a major increase in Muslim immigration, the wages of Muslim immigration are proving to be a sexual assault epidemic by a misogynistic ideology. source or you can simply google 'rape sweden' and see the other unbiased reports
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R/European poster
Islam isn't a race.
Hook has gotten worse lately with the anti immigration shit