Far right is any white person daring to care about the systematic undermining of their own culture and demonisation of their history. Doesn’t apply to any other race.
Hopefully the tide is turning, but we need to be vigilant that Europeans are not sold policies that look tough but result in little real change. At least he keeps our dreams alive.
Tyler Durden
6 months ago
If this Middle East war becomes protracted and we see new waves of terrorism to accompany radical Islamism in Europe. Then I have a feeling that not only will the nationalist Right see its own second and third wind but enthusiasm will grow for some postmodern Crusades- Europeans signing up to defend the Holy Land as they’ve done in the Ukraine more recently in that ethos of volunteering to fight in the Spanish Civil Wae. Strange to see the Right on the other side, but with the Left siding with Islamof-scism?
If we’re looking for parallels, the crusades are not necessarily very hopeful. The crusades were youthful and galvanised by an Abrahamic religion relatively fresh to many parts of Europe. Youth and a galvanising new religion are not things associated with the old secular Europe.
In which case the left are going to get a nasty shock when virtually all their cherished beliefs are roundly condemned by the Islamo fascists they have aligned with and they have that slow, horrible realisation that they are truly & royally screwed and the only folk who can help them are the people they despise.Ouch!
Dougie Undersub
6 months ago
All that is necessary for a politician to be labelled far-right is to mention immigration in a less than complimentary way. Such far-right parties frequently have a rather left-wing economic policy: UKIP and the Brexit Party certainly did in UK elections.
Paul T
6 months ago
Leonardo di Caprio hasn’t aged well; when did he get that terrible bouffant hair-don’t?
Ian S
6 months ago
Dear Ms Boztas – if you wrote that sub-heading, then fu<k off, you lazy, lazy writer
michael harris
6 months ago
Am I right in thinking that Wilders is of part Indonesian ancestry (Christian and pro- Dutch)? And that that group – the ‘Blues’ – who had to flee Indonesia after Sukarno forced the Dutch out have been cold-shouldered and marginalised in the Netherlands ever since?
Right-Wing Hippie
6 months ago
Based on that photo, I don’t know whether he’s trying to be Mozart or Liberace.
Francisco Menezes
6 months ago
If Wilders is far right, I am interested to hear about the label for DENK, the Dutch branch of Erdogan’s AK party. Their manifesto calls for chemical castration of pedosexuals, banning of pride flags on schools and public buidlings, banning of drag queen story hour and the banning of ‘sexual formation’ lessons as from the age of 4. They are his sworn enemies. So they must be far left? Miss Boztas, did you just wake up out of a 200 year beauty nap? Your language is so ancien regime.
Again the disparaging use of ‘far right’ for a politician who wants to put his country’s people first and has some left wing policies. Why?
‘Far Right’ seems to mean ‘could be anywhere on the political spectrum, but skeptical of current immigration policies’ in just about every case.
Far right is any white person daring to care about the systematic undermining of their own culture and demonisation of their history. Doesn’t apply to any other race.
I couldn’t agree more. This was my first thought upon seeing the headline and then reading the author’s own assessment of Wilder’s political stances.
‘far right’ …’far right’ ….’far right’. bla bla
+Trump… +Trump… +Trump…
Hopefully the tide is turning, but we need to be vigilant that Europeans are not sold policies that look tough but result in little real change. At least he keeps our dreams alive.
If this Middle East war becomes protracted and we see new waves of terrorism to accompany radical Islamism in Europe. Then I have a feeling that not only will the nationalist Right see its own second and third wind but enthusiasm will grow for some postmodern Crusades- Europeans signing up to defend the Holy Land as they’ve done in the Ukraine more recently in that ethos of volunteering to fight in the Spanish Civil Wae. Strange to see the Right on the other side, but with the Left siding with Islamof-scism?
If we’re looking for parallels, the crusades are not necessarily very hopeful. The crusades were youthful and galvanised by an Abrahamic religion relatively fresh to many parts of Europe. Youth and a galvanising new religion are not things associated with the old secular Europe.
That might be starting to change: https://www.wolfsheadonline.com/the-catholic-warrior-ethos-that-saved-western-civilization/
In which case the left are going to get a nasty shock when virtually all their cherished beliefs are roundly condemned by the Islamo fascists they have aligned with and they have that slow, horrible realisation that they are truly & royally screwed and the only folk who can help them are the people they despise.Ouch!
All that is necessary for a politician to be labelled far-right is to mention immigration in a less than complimentary way. Such far-right parties frequently have a rather left-wing economic policy: UKIP and the Brexit Party certainly did in UK elections.
Leonardo di Caprio hasn’t aged well; when did he get that terrible bouffant hair-don’t?
Dear Ms Boztas – if you wrote that sub-heading, then fu<k off, you lazy, lazy writer
Am I right in thinking that Wilders is of part Indonesian ancestry (Christian and pro- Dutch)? And that that group – the ‘Blues’ – who had to flee Indonesia after Sukarno forced the Dutch out have been cold-shouldered and marginalised in the Netherlands ever since?
Based on that photo, I don’t know whether he’s trying to be Mozart or Liberace.
If Wilders is far right, I am interested to hear about the label for DENK, the Dutch branch of Erdogan’s AK party. Their manifesto calls for chemical castration of pedosexuals, banning of pride flags on schools and public buidlings, banning of drag queen story hour and the banning of ‘sexual formation’ lessons as from the age of 4. They are his sworn enemies. So they must be far left? Miss Boztas, did you just wake up out of a 200 year beauty nap? Your language is so ancien regime.
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