This week I wrote a critical article on the Orange County Human Relations Commission using their own annual reports on cases of hate crimes/hate incidents. It is my argument that this agency, which receives public funding, has a political agenda and uses statistics that are open to criticism-in that they are too vague.
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2018/03/who-hates-who-in-orange-county.html
It seems the Netherlands has a similar issue with agencies that compile "hate" statistics in this case involving Muslims. Last year, in his maiden speech before the Dutch Parliament, Forum for Democracy politician Theo Hiddema outlined his objections to the way hate statistics are compiled in his country.
I have no objections to hate crime statistics being compiled and I wish for such crimes/incidents to cease in the first place. However, weak statistics with insufficient information to back them up are subject to abuse by those who have certain agendas. It is easy to create a chart that says that last year there were x number of crimes or x number of incidents against group a by group b.
And given the circumstances going on in Western Europe I can't help but wonder if all the assaults, rapes and murders being carried out by migrants from the Middle East and Africa against native Europeans are included in these hate crime statistics.
Actually, I really don't wonder. Surely they are not.
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