Kolme “anna hukkua” -eurokansanedustajaa valittiin Suomesta sunnuntaina

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Eurovaalit pidettiin suununtaina ja Suomesta valittiin 13 eurokansanedustajaa. Kolme heistä olivat Migrant Talesin “anna hukkua” -eurovaaliehdokkaita. 

Tiestikö, että 36,3%* suomalaisista eurovaaliehdokkaista (85/234) vastasi ”täysin eri mieltä,” ”eri mieltä” tai ”neutraali” Alma Median vaalikoneen väitteeseen: “EU:n velvollisuus on pelastaa kaikki hukkumisriskillä Välimeren ylittävät Eurooppaan pyrkivät siirtolaiset.”

Selvällä suomen kielellä tämä tarkoittaa, että kyseiset eurovaaliehdokkaat eivät välittäneet tai piitanneet hukkuvatko ihmiset Välimerellä.

Häpeälistä ja raukkamaista.

Eurokansanedustajat, jotka olivat “täysin eimieltä” siitä että EU:n velvolisuus on pelastaa kaikki siirtolaiset hukkumisriksillä Välimerellä olivat perussuomalaisia.

Teuvo Hakkaraina ja Laura Huhtasaari. Lähde: www.perussuomalaiset.fi

Henna Virkkunen kokoomuksesta oli erimieltä, että EU pitää pelastaa ihmisiä Välimereltä.

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Case PS Youth: Another racist ad, another provocation, another attempt to get attention

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The racism that originates from the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* and their youth chapter is no surprise. The latest posting by the PS Youth is just another example of how they get attention.

It’s a simple and effective method used by far-right parties like the PS Youth.

How it works:

  • Say or post something outrageous and racist. Sit back and wait;
  • You know you have succeeded when your message is picked up by the media and social media;
  • When a storm raises, you have succeeded. It is now time to back down but never apologize;
  • The principal aim of the message is to your followers who have read what you said or posted.

Indeed, there are a lot of crocodile tears shed in the process.

When the ministry of education threatened to cut the PS Youth’s 115,000 euros in state aid, we read the following statement 5 days after they posted the following on Facebook but without an apology, according to Yle News:

“My tweet was thoughtless and I acted impulsively when the idea struck me,” writes Toni Jalonen, the PS Youth’s vice chairperson. “I later realized that it was misguided, but the damage was already done. I have learned my lesson and moving forward, I will use better judgment when it comes to the organization’s communications.”

Learned my lesson?! I will use better judgment?!

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Another firework is thrown at the Al-Ikhlas mosque on Thursday

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Another firework was thrown late Thursday evening at the Al-Ikhlas mosque of Espoo, Finland, reports Supapress News from Finland in Arabic.

The Al-Ikhlas mosque imam, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, was quoted as saying that the first firework occurred on May 10.  Muslims were in prayer when the attack occurred but nobody was hurt or injured, according to the imam.

He strongly condemned wat happened and hoped that the police catch the suspects and bring them to justice.

Read the original tweet here.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Only regret but no apology from PS Youth’s racist tweet

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After publishing a tweet on Saturday that people should vote for the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* to keep Finland and Europe white, the far-right party’s youth wing vice chairperson Toni Jalonen offered after six days the following statement but without an apology, according to Yle News:

“My tweet was thoughtless and I acted impulsively when the idea struck me. I later realised that it was misguided, but the damage was already done. I have learned my lesson and moving forward, I will use better judgment when it comes to the organization’s communications.”

Do I believe him? Not.

Is this another prank by the far-right party to get attention?

Definitely.

The trick pulled by the PS Youth is one of the oldest tricks in the books used to get media exposure. Eventually, the outrage picks up and the politician or association making such a claim backs down. By it’s too late because the story is already out there.

The picture is from an EU ad with the following text by the youth organization: “Vote for the Peruomalaiset so that Finland won’t look like this.”

Let’s not forget that the PS is a party that gets its support and following is by making racist statements that fueling nativist nationalism. The only apology that would work is if they are voted back to the political minor leagues.

* The Perussuomalaiset (PS) party imploded on June 13, 2017, into two factions, the PS and New Alternative, which is now called Blue Reform. In the last parliamentary election, Blue Reform has wiped off the Finnish political map when they saw their numbers in parliament plummet from 18 MPs to none. A direct translation of Perussuomalaiset in English would be something like “basic” or “fundamental Finn.” Official translations of the Finnish name of the party, such as Finns Party or True Finns, promote in our opinion nativist nationalism and racism. We, therefore, at Migrant Tales prefer to use in our postings the Finnish name of the party once and after that the acronym PS.

Abdirahim Husu Hussein: Oikeus on voittanut taas

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Abdrirahim Husu Hussein

Abdirahman Ismail Ali, ystävilleen Suldaanka, saapui Suomeen turvapaikanhakijana syyskuussa 2015. Suomeen saavuttuaan hän eli niin kuin muutkin, pelasi jalkapalloa ja suoritti vuoden kestävän valmentavan VALMA kurssin opiskellen samalla suomea ja valmistuttuaan hän haki ammattikouluun rakennuslinjalle, johon hänet hyväksyttiin. Hän suunnitteli hankkivansa pätevyyden voidakseen rakentaa elämänsä Suomeen ja antaakseen lopulta takaisin sille maalle, joka häntä oli auttanut hädän hetkellä.

Mutta kaikesta huolimatta hänen turvapaikkahakemuksensa hylättiin. Hän valitti päätöksestä maahanmuuttovirastoon, mutta turhaan.

Viime vuoden elokuussa Suldaanka oli viettämässä Eid juhlaa ystäviensä kanssa, kun poliisit hakivat hänet Mänttä-Vilppulan vastaanottokeskuksesta. Seuraavana päivänä hän astui kahden poliisin sattamana Turkish Airlinesin koneeseen, joka vei hänet pois Suomesta ja lopulta Mogadishuun.

Tiistaina 7.5.2019 paikallisten militanttien vaatteisiin pukeutunut mies avasi tulen ja Suldaanka kaatui useita luoteja ruumiissaan eikä noussut enää ylös, vaan menehtyi ampumapaikalle. Ampujaa ei ole tavoitettu.

Miksi hänet käännytettiin pois? Ja miksi näin tapahtuu uudestaan ja uudestaan? Miksi hänen täytyi lähteä kohti kuolemaansa ilman mitään järkevää syytä? Miksi jälleen kerran väitettiin, että hän ei ole muka tarpeeksi suuressa vaarassa?

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Case Perussuomalaiset Youth: Crocodile tears from the PS and holding one’s breath

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Perussuomalaiset (PS)* leader Jussi Halla-aho is shedding crocodile tears concerning the scandal with the PS Youth’s racist tweet over the weekend. 

The tweet is straightforward. A black couple is smiling in an EU ad at their newborn child. The PS Youth tweets: “Vote for the Perussuomalaiset so that Finland won’t look like this.”

There are a few matters that make me wonder about the reaction to the PS Youth’s tweet. One is Halla-aho’s comments to steer clear from its youth wing and the fact that prosecutor general Raija Toiviainen will decide whether to charge PS Youth of ethnic agitation.

Halla-aho and some members of the PS have taken a tight line against the PS Youth. He wrote on Facebook that the aim of the party is not study a person’s genetic makeup or how Finnishness is defined. According to him, people who do not understand this are in the wrong party.

The wrong party?

Despite Halla-aho’s statement, he recently did question on TV that citizenship does not make Somalis Finns. “The question who is a Finn is [an] interesting,” he was quoted as saying. “The problem is that in Finnish, we don’t have a term that classifies who is an ethnic Finn and a Finnish citizen.”

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Case Perussuomalaiset Youth: The worst enemy of the far right is the far right

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THIS STORY WAS UPDATED.

The scandal that blew up in FPÖ leader’s Heinz-Christian Strache’s face and which brought down a government in Austria, Perussuomalaiset (PS)*Vice President Laura Huhtasaari’s participation in a meeting organized by Salvini in Milano with far-right leader Matteo Salvini, and the racist tweet below by the PS Youth are just one of many political setbacks. 

But that’s not all: PS’ Olli Kotro was quoted as saying in a Moscow-Putin friendly publication that the EU should do away with the Schengen agreement and end visa restrictions for Russia. Moreover, Marine Le Pen was pictured taking a selfie making a white power sign with a far-right Estonian EKRE member.

And let’s not forget newly elected MP Ano Turtiainen, who said that a conviction “in this group [the PS]” for inciting others to commit a crime was “a feather in one’s cap.”

And after all these setbacks for Finland’s far-right party, it’s youth wing lets its racism all hang out with the following tweet with a black couple smiling happily at their newborn child.

It tweets (see ad below): “Vote for the Perussuomalaiset so that Finland won’t look like this.”

The PS Youth have gained notoriety for their ethnonationalist and Islamophobic tweets:

 

The EU ad encouraging people to vote is the same one used by the PS Youth.

That tweet may end up costing the PS Youth dearly. Apart from possibly being guilty of ethnic agitation, the ministry of education and culture is considering axing the youth group’s annual 115,000 euros of state aid.

The tweet is just one example out of many of Finland’s hostile environment against migrants and minorities.

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Perussuomalaiset Youth: Spreading Finnish white supremacism with tax-payers’ money

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Where is Finland heading and why is the media silent to the new attack of racism by the Perussuomalaiset (PS) Youth?

A black couple is smiling happily at their newborn child. The PS Youth ad reads: “Vote for the Perussuomalaiset so that Finland won’t look like this.”

The PS Youth, which is part of the PS and the country’s second-largest party in parliament, does not have any problem is promoting and spreading racism.

Even the logo of the youth organization denotes some white supremacist tribe mixed with nostalgia for a carefree past that never existed except for war and genocide.

If you read Finnish, I recommend Sakari Timonen’s latest blog entry that raises the same points.

Indeed, there is always the danger of spreading such a toxic message by republishing. The aim of the PS Youth is clearly to raise attention with their extremism and ethnic ultranationalism.

All of this is the hostile environment that is fuelled and spread with tax-payers money.

The only politician who spoke out against the ad was Li Anderson of the Leftwing Alliance. All the rest are quiet, like Finland’s media that rarely if ever write about how racism is threatening our institutions and the Nordic way of life.

* The Perussuomalaiset (PS) party imploded on June 13, 2017, into two factions, the PS and New Alternative, which is now called Blue Reform. In the last parliamentary election, Blue Reform has wiped off the Finnish political map when they saw their numbers in parliament plummet from 18 MPs to none. A direct translation of Perussuomalaiset in English would be something like “basic” or “fundamental Finn.” Official translations of the Finnish name of the party, such as Finns Party or True Finns, promote in our opinion nativist nationalism and racism. We, therefore, at Migrant Tales prefer to use in our postings the Finnish name of the party once and after that the acronym PS.

 

 

Don’t vote for “let them drown” EU candidates, give them the thumbs down

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A total of 234 Euro election candidates answered Alma Media’s election compass, a total of 85 (36.3%) stated that they either “strongly disagree,” “disagree” or are “neutral” (have no opinion) about the following claim:

“Is it the obligation of the EU to save all those migrants who attempt to come to Europe and who are at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean?”

Of those parties that have a seat in the Finnish parliament, all of the 19 Perussuomalaiset (PS)* candidates strongly disagreed, disagreed or were neutral about the above claim. That was followed by the National Coalition Paty (9/45% of candidates), Center Party (7/35%), Swedish People’s Party (4/20%), Christian Democrats (4/20%) and the Social Democrats (1/6.3%).

Dark green, fully agree; light green, agree; grey, neutral/no opinion; red, disagree; dark red, totally disagree. SDP = Social Democrats; Kokoomus = National Coalition Party; Keskusta = Center Party; Cihreät= Green League; Vasemmistoliitto = Left Alliance; RKP = Swedish People’s Party; Kristillisdemokraatit = Christian Democrats. Source: Iltalehti.

Of the parties mentioned above, 44/152 (28.9%) disagreed or were neutral about people drowning in the Mediterranean.

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