re: Hundreds of masked men rampage streets, beating refugee kids in revenge attack

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So why are they targeting defenseless kids? Because they are really just gutless thugs ??

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My guess would be that children is a placeholder for post-pubescent teenagers, meant to elicit this exact kind of reaction.

At the very least, I hope so. I understand anti-immigrant sentiment in those countries, but attacking actual children can never be condoned.