Hungary Is A "Grubby Hive Of Nationalism," According To Eloquent German Editorialist
"Twenty years after the end of the collectivist dictatorship, Hungary has turned into a grubby hive of nationalism in which far-right blood and soil ideologies are flourishing, pseudo-democrats are hailing the glorious history of the Magyars and militant racists are fighting against an allegedly 'overflowing' number of foreigners and ethnic minorities living in the country by parading around the streets with machetes and Molotov cocktails."
-Der Spiegel translates an essay from German paper Die Tageszeitung about the far-right Jobbik party's strong showing in the Hungarian elections that took place on Sunday. Elsewhere in Die Tageszeitung, there's a picture of former German prime minister Helmut Kohl holding a white cabbage wrapped up like a birthday present in German-flag ribbons, a review of the new Erykah Badu album ends with the question, "Miss Black President?" and the new MGMT album is described as a "psychedelisches picknick."
well……..they do make really good paprika.
"unabashed badgering of homosexuals"
Late night drunken sexting?
OK. This comment system needs some serious looking into.
No more steaks, wine or cigarettes, until you fix this.
Glares balefully at screen.
also: "Jobbik Party" – is that anything like the Hobbit Party of Greater Annwn?
last Sunday was a black day for minorities
And a minor day for the blacks.
What, do the Hungarians *hate* David Hasselhoff or something? Jeez!
Every time I see the word Magyar, I think back to the philatelic days of my boyhood. Magyar Posta–those were some rockin' east bloc stamps, those were. If that's what the Jobbik's mean by their glorious history, then they may have something there.
We never should have let them re-bury Horthy.