Stockholm Syndrome and the Moonbat Elite

[Philobeado]

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.”

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in hostages, where the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which the hostages have been placed.

de Rijke's severe case of Stockholm syndrome probably started long before she was kidnapped. Unfortunately, this potentially terminal disease is hardly limited to Holland.
Wilders Causes Another Row. Pre-Captivity Stockholm Syndrome | The Brussels Journal

 

[waltky]

Stockholm Syndrome explained...

What is Stockholm syndrome?
21 August 2013 > Forty years ago, the term Stockholm Syndrome was coined at the end of a six-day bank siege. What is it and why is it cited time and again in hostage situations?

Most people know the phrase Stockholm Syndrome from the numerous high-profile kidnapping and hostage cases - usually involving women - in which it has been cited. The term is most associated with Patty Hearst, the Californian newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by revolutionary militants in 1974. She appeared to develop sympathy with her captors and joined them in a robbery. She was eventually caught and received a prison sentence. But Hearst's defence lawyer Bailey claimed that the 19-year-old had been brainwashed and was suffering from "Stockholm Syndrome" - a term that had been recently coined to explain the apparently irrational feelings of some captives for their captors.

Police snipers opposite Kreditbanken where Jan-Erik Olsson held workers hostage for six days

More recently the term was applied in media reports about the Natascha Kampusch case. Kampusch - kidnapped as a 10-year-old by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a basement for eight years - was reported to have cried when she heard her captor had died and subsequently lit a candle for him as he lay in the mortuary. While the term is widely known, the incident that led to its coinage remains relatively obscure. Outside Sweden few know the names of bank workers Birgitta Lundblad, Elisabeth Oldgren, Kristin Ehnmark and Sven Safstrom. It was 23 August 1973 when the four were taken hostage in the Kreditbanken by 32-year-old career-criminal Jan-Erik Olsson - who was later joined at the bank by a former prison mate. Six days later when the stand-off ended, it became evident that the victims had formed some kind of positive relationship with their captors.

Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped as a 10-year-old by Wolfgang Priklopil

Stockholm Syndrome was born by way of explanation. The phrase was reported to have been coined by criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot. Psychiatrist Dr Frank Ochberg was intrigued by the phenomenon and went on to define the syndrome for the FBI and Scotland Yard in the 1970s. At the time, he was helping the US National Task Force on Terrorism and Disorder devise strategies for hostage situations. His criteria included the following: "First people would experience something terrifying that just comes at them out of the blue. They are certain they are going to die. "Then they experience a type of infantilisation - where, like a child, they are unable to eat, speak or go to the toilet without permission."

19-year-old American newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped and held hostage by little-known group the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1974

Small acts of kindness - such as being given food - prompts a "primitive gratitude for the gift of life," he explains. "The hostages experience a powerful, primitive positive feeling towards their captor. They are in denial that this is the person who put them in that situation. In their mind, they think this is the person who is going to let them live." But he says that cases of Stockholm Syndrome are rare. So, what went on in the bank on Stockholm's Norrmalmstorg square that enabled the captives to experience positive feelings towards their captors, despite fearing for their lives? In a 2009 interview with Radio Sweden, Kristin Ehnmark explained: "It's some kind of a context you get into when all your values, the morals you have change in some way." It was Ehnmark that, according to reports, built up the strongest relationship with Olsson. There were even erroneous reports afterwards that the pair had become engaged.

More BBC News - What is Stockholm syndrome?

 

[Esmeralda]

Oh, goody gumdrops. Another let's hate Muslims thread. As if all Muslims are Taliban and act as well as think like the Taliban.

 

[koshergrl]

No, it's a "let's hate rapists" thread, you moron.

Go ahead and defend them. It's okay cuz they're muslims. You are the problem referenced, but naturally you're too stupid to know it.

 

[Vikrant]

What kind of respect did they show her? Does anyone know? Did they politely ask her for her permission before raping her?

 

[theHawk]

Liberalism is a mental disease and it needs to be treated as such.

 

[Esmeralda]

The Brussels Journal: The Voice of Conservatism in Europe

Always consider the source.

Do you have any mainstream media sources for this story? Something without a huge bias?

This thead is, my mistake, not just to talk about how evil Muslims are, but to talk about how dumb the left is. What fun.

 

[Meathead]

The Brussels Journal: The Voice of Conservatism in Europe

Always consider the source.

Do you have any mainstream media sources for this story? Something without a huge bias?

This thead is, my mistake, not just to talk about how evil Muslims are, but to talk about how dumb the left is. What fun.

A kindred dingbat for you, eh?