…now what about the Swedes?
1) Dutch go one way:
Coalition Deal Imminent
Wilders Signals Support for Minority Dutch GovernmentIslamophobe Geert Wilders is to provide his tacit support for a new government coalition in the Netherlands, according to media reports. The center-right Liberal Party is soon to announce a minority coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats. Wilders will not, however be part of the cabinet..
2) Swedes however seem on a different course:
Swedish PM plays down coalition with the Greens
“There is no common offer from the Alliance to create a new coalition with the Greens,” said Green Party co-chair Peter Eriksson.
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The prime minister’s existing four-party coalition won most votes in September 19 general elections but fell two seats short of a majority of the 349 seats in parliament.Reinfeldt has vowed not to cooperate with the far-right, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, who were voted into parliament for the first time, and has instead said he will seek support from the Greens to pass legislation…
Whilst the Ottawa Citizen talks some sense in an editorial:
Lessons from Sweden
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It would be wrong, in other words, to say every single European who expresses concern about cultural identity and heritage is an incorrigible bigot. When Europeans talk about protecting their values, many of them are not talking about race but about civil liberties, women’s rights, the rule of law and democratic government.Obviously, those who do try to use “culture” as code for race or religion need to be outed as the xenophobes they are. But some of the concern about immigration stems from the legitimate fear that large numbers of unassimilated newcomers who don’t share western values — and who may even actively oppose them — can have a destabilizing effect on society.
Folke Johannson, a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg, has argued that the Sweden Democrats’ breakthrough punishes mainstream parties for failing to address concerns about immigrants. “The same ideas and views (about immigration) exist in Sweden as elsewhere, but they have been silenced by a political establishment that made it taboo to talk about the issue [see, e.g., this post].”
Politicians in liberal democratic societies must always confront and resist those who try to introduce race-based politics. But they must also confront those who refuse to respect the cultural values of the country from which they so greatly benefit. To fail in these tasks is to foster conditions that allow intolerance to breed.
Swedes turn right, waking up?
Mark
Ottawa
Always curious, what race is muslim?
Why do politicians on the left always place anyone who questions real threats to our way of life as “right wing” or if you dare to raise these questions in a media forum “extreme right wing”. All governments and leaders that want centralized control of their citizens, whether socialist, communist, nazi or islamic are left wing, no exceptions. Right wing people want personal freedoms and responsibilities, i.e. a liberal society.
Lefties always quickly revert to calling those who challenge the values of immigration or rightly fear the muslim deterioration of our culture as racist or islamophobic or anti-immigration. It is part of their SOP. As Trudeau stated for the left always attack never defend.
The right wing person relies on reason whereas the left is emotional so it is pointless to have a discussion with those on the left.
As Trudeau stated for the left always attack never defend.
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When the right does assert itself we’re immediately nazis or some kind of “phobe”. Fortunately there is beginning to be a push back by the right. It’s the same as when the left found that calling Albertans “rednecks” we stood up and said “thank you. Yes we are, and proud of it” didn’t work anymore.