But, her response to the ordeal was even more shocking.
Joanie brought her tablet and pencils with her to the Taliban cave.
Joanie de Rijke was released by the Taliban in Afghanistan after a ransom of $137,000 was paid to the terrorist group. She was repeatedly raped by her captors but today believes they also respected her. (Clint.be)
The Brussels Journal reported:
In November 2008 a Dutch journalist, Joanie de Rijke, was abducted by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. She was held captive, raped repeatedly, and released after six days for a ransom of 100,000 euros ($137,000). After her ordeal, she acknowledged that her captors “did horrible things to me,” but added in several media interviews “They also respected me,” and emphasized “They are not monsters.”
In a speech in the Dutch Parliament last Thursday, the Dutch opposition leader Geert Wilders referred to Joanie de Rijke’s case.
“She was raped, but she was not angry. The journalist who went looking for the Taliban in Afghanistan saw her curiosity end in a cruel ordeal of multiple rape. While this would make others angry or sad, this journalist shows understanding. She says: ‘They also respected me.’ And she was given tea and biscuits.”
“This story” Wilders said,
“is a perfect illustration of the moral decline of our elites. They are so blinded by their own ideology that they turn a blind eye to the truth. Rape? Well, I would put this into perspective, says the leftist journalist: the Taliban are not monsters. Our elites prefer to deny reality rather than face it. One would expect: a woman is being raped and finds this unbearable. But this journalist is not angry because the Muslim involved also showed respect. Our elites, whether they are politicians, journalists, judges, subsidy gobblers or civil servants, are totally clueless. Plain common sense has been dumped in order to deny reality. It is not just this raped journalist who is suffering from Stockholm syndrome, but the entire Dutch elite. The only moral reference they have is: do not irritate the Muslims – that is the one thing they will condemn.”
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Rose said
I just wonder what that means – the respected her because they didn’t behead her on camera while chanting to Allah? Or is she just bucking for a big fat Porn movie offer.
And where are the feminist groups? Where are all the “We Do Not Consent!” women. Crickets?
paranoidpyro said
She keeps saying this word “respect,” I do not think it means what she thinks it means.
atomiclibsmasher said
Maybe she was “hate-f**ked”, and according to liberals, it’s not rape.
Peter Hartley said
She probably enjoyed it – judging by the look of her it was likely the first bit she’d had in ages.
Ivana said
To judge her is so easy and so wrong. You don’t have her experience and can’t understand and know what she does. It is hers only, as is the way she choose dealing with it.
jerry said
This is why whites are being bred out in America. Liberalism is teaching white women to breed with men of color. White =wrong/bad and dark skin= good.
avideditor said
it is ideology not race 😉
jerry said
its an ideology about race as well
avideditor said
how do you explain the Balkans? 😉
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