Ep. 2490 - The West To (Mostly Muslim) Migrants: Please Don’t Rape Us

August 20, 2026

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The Argument That Importing Cultures Hostile to Western Values Is Self-Destructive

The central claim of this episode is stark: if a society has to tell new arrivals not to rape people, abuse children, or mutilate girls, it should not admit them in the first place. The host argues that the West is importing large numbers of people from cultures with fundamentally different views on women, consent, and violence, and then expressing surprise when those views manifest as crime. The evidence presented is a mix of crime statistics, survey data, and specific government actions that the host treats as confessions of failure.

The UK Home Office Brochure as Exhibit A

The episode opens with a seven-page booklet issued by the UK Home Office to new migrants. The brochure explains that sex requires consent, that rape is a crime even within marriage, that child abuse is illegal, that female genital mutilation is forbidden, and that harassing women in public can lead to arrest. One graphic shows a woman in a hijab next to the statement that men and women are equal in the UK.

The host's reaction is dismissive: if you need to tell someone not to rape your wife or daughter, they should not be in your house at all. The fact that such a brochure exists, he argues, is itself an indictment of the immigration policy that made it necessary.

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What you'll learn

1 (02:18) **Shocking Proposition: Don't Rape People, or Don't Come** - Shapiro lays out his central thesis: if you need to be told not to rape, abuse children, or mutilate girls, you shouldn't be allowed into Western civilization.
2 (03:43) **The UK's "Please Don't Rape" Brochure** - Shapiro details a UK Home Office brochure for new migrants that explains basic laws against rape, child abuse, and female genital mutilation.
3 (05:52) **Why the Brochure Exists: Statistics on Migrant Crime** - Shapiro argues the brochure is a response to a crime wave, citing data from author Ian Hersey Ali on the surge of sexual assaults by young male migrants in Europe.
4 (08:07) **The Problem of Projecting Western Values** - Shapiro argues the West's biggest mistake is projecting its own values onto cultures with vastly different views on women.
5 (10:25) **Global Muslim Attitudes on Women** - Shapiro presents data from a 2013 Pew poll of Muslims in 80 countries, highlighting views on veiling, wifely obedience, and divorce rights.
6 (12:31) **The Threat from Within: Dearborn and Radical Islam** - Shapiro argues that the same dynamic is playing out in the US, using the example of Dearborn, Michigan.
7 (16:37) **White Pill: America's Medical Innovation** - Shapiro shifts to a positive segment, arguing that America's capitalist healthcare system is the most innovative on Earth.

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Show Notes

The UK issues an informational pamphlet asking nicely if migrants would please stop raping people; Moderna stock spikes on announcement of a massive medical breakthrough, and we discuss what’s right with American medicine; and Elon Musk calls for Derek Chauvin’s release.

Ep. 2490

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