Matt Roper
@mattroper.bsky.social
Senior feature writer, Daily Mirror. British Journalism Awards nominee - Interviewer of the Year. Founder of Meninadança. Author of Before The Night Comes.
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Matt Roper
@mattroper.bsky.social
· Nov 23
When I first stumbled across child sexual exploitation on the BR-116 in 2011, I was shocked to find a federal police survey that had found 262 places along the motorway where it was known children were sold for sex. But the latest figures just released show... 🧵
"How is it remotely possible to frame this horrific extravaganza of violence as the benign option, and the resistance to it — even when it comes from Jews themselves — as some kind of sublimated hatred, rather than the simplest act of conscience there is?"
Powerful writing from @jonathanliew
Powerful writing from @jonathanliew
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www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:19 PM
"How is it remotely possible to frame this horrific extravaganza of violence as the benign option, and the resistance to it — even when it comes from Jews themselves — as some kind of sublimated hatred, rather than the simplest act of conscience there is?"
Powerful writing from @jonathanliew
Powerful writing from @jonathanliew
When I first stumbled across child sexual exploitation on the BR-116 in 2011, I was shocked to find a federal police survey that had found 262 places along the motorway where it was known children were sold for sex. But the latest figures just released show... 🧵
November 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM
When I first stumbled across child sexual exploitation on the BR-116 in 2011, I was shocked to find a federal police survey that had found 262 places along the motorway where it was known children were sold for sex. But the latest figures just released show... 🧵