Do you want the secret to tame dog, destroy anti-immigration parties like the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* and challenge the deep prejudices in other political parties and society? The answer is to bust wide open the urban tales that are living off the fat of our prejudices. Apart from being illegal, a social ill like racism is destroying…
Month: October 2014
Finnish appeals court upholds earlier anti-Semitic court ruling
An appeals court has upheld a Ylivieska-Raahe court ethnic agitation ruling Friday against Juha Kärkkäinen for publishing anti-Semitic opinion pieces on Magneettimedia, reports YLE. Kärkkäinen was fined last fall 45,000 euros for publishing anti-Semitic writings of Adrian Salbuch, Ted Pike, David Duke and others as well as cartoons that bear a striking resemblance to the former Nazi…
Missä luuraavat kansanedustajat Kauma ja Packalén?
Olen kärsivällisesti odottanut kaksi vahvistusta: kansanedustajan Pia Kauman väite, että maahanmuuttaja naiset ostavat uusia lastenvaunuja sossun rahoilla ja kansanedustaja Tom Packalénin väite, että vain maahanmuuttaja jengit hyökkäävät kantasuomalaisia vastaan ja heidän motiivi on rasistinen, koska he haluavat vahingoittaa valkoisia suomalaisia. Missä luraa vastaukset? Lahde: www.apu.fi Molempien väite yhdistä vahvasti ”me” vastaan ”he”. Miksi…
The PS of Finland: When a morally bankrupt party crosses the line
The Tom Packalén case is not only a reminder of what Finland can expect if the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* ever get into government, there is the real threat that we are in danger of forfeiting our successful Nordic welfare state for populism, nativist nationalism and xenophobia. In the face of this threat, it is the near-silence…
PS MP of Finland ready to patrol streets and take law into his own hands
Remember what people said when the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* won their historic election victory in 2011? ”Nothing is going to happen you’ll see…they’ll soon implode like the Rural Party did in the 1970s…” some said playing down the whole matter. After almost four years, the PS continues to polarize society by instilling fear and fueling racism…
Defining white Finnish privilege #12: Case Tom Packalén
Just like his colleague Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Teuvo Hakkarainen, MP Tom Packalén is another good example of white Finnish privilege. His example is in the same questionable league as National Coalition Party MP Pia Kauma, who falsely accused migrant mothers of buying new baby carriages with social aid while Finnish mothers buy used ones. If you are…
The ‘positive’ side of racism and sexism on social media
What do social media sites say about how we socialize and interact with others? What does it say about racism and sexism, which have mushroomed on social media sites? Associate professor of digital journalism and social media at the University of British Columbia, Alfred Hermida, said that the problem of social media is the ‘undetermined’ nature and immediacy…
How to tell a Finnish politician that he or she sounds racist
The atmosphere for migrants and minorities in Finland is going to get worse as parliamentary elections near in April 2015. Two recent cases, Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Tom Packalén and National Coalition Party MP Pia Kauma, reinforce that matters are going to get worse before they improve. A good way to uncover these opportunistic politicians’ motives…
Reija Härkönen: Perussuomalainen kansanedustaja kiihottaa kansanryhmää vastaan
Reija Härkönen Perussuomalainen kansanedustaja, poliisi Tom Packalen, on populistisesti yhtynyt huutokuoroon, joka saa sytykettä mistä tahansa maahanmuuttajiin liittyvästä ikävästä uutisesta. Helsingin nuorten jengitappelusta nautiskellaan tälläkin blogialustalla jo varmasti kymmenessä kirjoituksessa yhden päivän aikana. Packalenin purkaus on kuitenkin vertaansa vailla – onhan hän työssä maamme korkeimmassa lakia säätävässä elimessä. Kansanedustaja aloittaa kirjoituksensa kertomalla, että maahanmuuttajat ovat…
The PS has found its political role model in the Sweden Democrats
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Tom Packalén is an example of how the good election result of the Sweden Democrats has invigorated him and the PS to start scapegoating migrants in Finland. Taking into account the poor result of the PS in the last presidential, municipal and EU elections, it’s clear that some PS MPs will do anything to get attention and hopefully votes….