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Halonen cites the economy and racism as threats to Finland

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Migrant Tales

By Enrique Tessieri

President Tarja Halonen was quoted as saying on YLE that the government is facing two challenges after it returns from its summer holiday: the economy and racism. Her advice was calm, patience and not allowing hate speech to overtake our worst fears.

“If the economic situation remains difficult and even worsens, then we will need the kind of patience that is able to use democratic means to combat the kind of populist responses that cannot produce results — but which create anger and bitterness,” said Halonen.

If the president of Finland expresses concern about the rise of hate speech in this country, then matters must be pretty serious. More than ever before, immigrants, minorities and Finns must stand united against hate speech.

Social Democratic Party secretary Mikael Junger is one such politicians who has recently challenged Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP like Jussi Halla-aho’s provocative statements about cultural diversity, the Nuremberg Trials, and Social Democrats.

Remembering how the announcement of Portugal’s default just a week before the April 17 election was an important boost for the PS, some supporters believe that as matters get worse in Europe financially the better the right-wing populist party’s standing in the polls.

It is no secret that during dire economic times, the first ones to get blamed are immigrants and minorities.

According to Halonen, the combination of poor economic times, loss of jobs and scapegoats feed populism and probably hate speech.

There is a good blog entry in English on the rise of hate speech in Finland on  On the Road of Succcess by Zuzeeko. 

AFP & YLE: Halla-aho claims being victim of “witch-hunt”

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Comment:  As we have seen in a post-22/7 Europe, far-right groups that fuelled their popularity with provocative statements against immigrants, minorities and Muslims are on the defensive today. After the tragic events that gripped Norway, there are a lot of people who are rightfully concerned about the same type of hate speech and ideology that inspired Norway’s killer being spread by websites in Finland.

PS MP Jussi Halla-aho, who appears to have no clue about why some are questioning his provocative anti-immigration language, are asking questions that should have been asked before he was chosen to chair the administration committee, whose responsibilities include immigration policy.

Weekly magazine Apu columnist Yrjö Rautio writes why Halla-aho has come under increased scrutiny: “It is certainly grotesque that the parliamentary administration committee is chaired by a person whose political merits are so-called (being a) critic of immigration and immigrants by stigmatizing (them) as rapists, criminals, or the “dregs of the Horn of Africa.” 

Halla-aho was fined 330 euros last year by a lower court for “disturbing religious worship.” Prosecutors previously charged the PS MP with defaming Islam and inciting racial hatred.

”We have people in political and civil circles who have attacked free speech for years and this (Norway) has just given them a new stick,” he was quoted on YLE citing AFP.

When Halla-aho speaks about being a victim of a witch hunt and that “the eilists” are trying to shut him up, he appears to forget that his questionable blog entries written over the years were published by him without censorship.

Whenever people like Halla-aho run to the sanctuary argument of “freedom of speech,” it would be interesting to ponder what kind of free-speech world we’d live in if  his  far-right ideology would rule this country.  His supporters would most likely act like his followers on his blog Scripta cyberattacking those they did not agree with.

Claiming that Halla-aho is part of a witch hunt is ludicrous. Thanks to free speech, we do have the right to place anyone’s writings and ideology under greater scrutiny.

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True Finns Party MP Jussi Halla-aho says that he feels that a witch-hunt has started against him and free speech after the Norway tragedy. In an interview with AFP, he said that things are completely out of control.

Read whole story.

Living in post-22/7 Europe: “Fjordman” bows out

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Migrant Tales

By Enrique Tessieri

As Migrant Tales correctly predicted shortly after the mass killings in Norway, the impact on the sabre-rattling European chorus warning us of the danger of Islam is now on the defensive and on the run. “Fjordman,” Anders Behring Breivik’s mentor, said he would go underground for his own safety and never publish again with the infamous pseudonym, according to tabloid Ilta-Sanomat.

Fjordman, whose real name is Peder Jansen, 36, is or was the voice of anti-Islam in Norway. Just a quick look at his former blog, fjordman, gives you a taste of his writings: “Muhammed was a brilliant intuitive leader/general, and he and his companions devised a near perfect closed system of war against the rest of humanity.”

Jensen said that he was shocked to know that his writings had inspired Breivik.

Jensen said that Breivik sent him a handful of emails in 2009-10. Even though Breivik wanted to meet him, Jensen declined.

“I don’t know why he wanted to meet me,” he said. “I didn’t want to meet him because of his views but because he didn’t seem that interesting. He was like a vacuum cleaner salesman.”

Jensen said that he spoke to the police to clear his name. He said that the police had confiscated his computer and had tried to make him guilty.

“I don’t want to be connected with Breivik and his horrible actions,” he said, adding that he would go underground for his own safety.

Spiegel Online International: Can Europe’s Populists Be Blamed for Anders Breivik’s Crusade?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Comment:  Below is a comprehensive report that looks at the tragic events that hit Norway July 22 from many angles before and after.  The mass killings, which caused the deaths of 77 people, is the worst in Norway since World War II, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Debate is still ongoing about the mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, and what propelled him to carry out such horrific acts. A general consensus is emerging throughout Europe that websites and political parties that incite their followers to loathe other groups are largely if not indirectly to blame. While hate speech means generally encouraging others to carry out acts of violence against a group of people like immigrants, it is difficult to prove and sentence in a court of law.

While this may be the case, it is morally questionable and should be condemned by society.

Breivik, however, leaves us with a list of people and groups he identifies with.  When one reads his  1,518-page manifesto, it becomes clear that these people and  groups are a sort of  big family where they feed off each other’s loathing for Muslims and immigrants.

Breivik cites the following far right, right-wing populist and ultra-nationalist sites that supposedly will rally behind his “2083 European declaration of independence” declaration: Austria’s two populist parties, BZÖ and FPÖ, Sweden Democrats, Danish People’s Party,  Gert Wilders’ Freedom Party, British National Party, Lega Nord of Italy, anti-Muslim Norwegian blogger “Fjordman,” Gates of Vienna, Brussels Journal to name a few.

From Finland you will find the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party,which he cites as “anti-immigration.” PS MP Jussi Halla-aho is mentioned twice in the manifesto. Others on his questionable list are: Suomen Sisu (a nationalistic organization, according to Breivik), Suomalaisuudenliitto (nationalistic cultural organization), Bluewhites of the Finnish People (nationalist party), and Independence Party-League of Free Finland.

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Norway and the world are still struggling to understand the ghastly deeds of Anders Breivik, who was driven to kill by his hatred of Muslims. His confused worldview, which Breivik describes in a 1,500-word manifesto, was influenced by European right-wing populists. Do politicians and writers share some of the blame for his terrible crimes? By SPIEGEL Staff.

Part 1: Can Europe’s Populists Be Blamed for Anders Breivik’s Crusade?

Part 2: Can Europe’s Populists Be Blamed for Anders Breivik’s Crusade?

Part 3: Is Breivik a Psychopath?

Part 4: How Does the Perpetrator Justify His Crimes?

Part 5: Where Did Breivik Derive His Ideas From?

Part 6: Who Are the People Who Influenced Breivik Intellectually?

Part 7: How Do Right-Wing Bloggers Defend Themselves Against Accusations that They Bear Part of the Blame?

Part 8: Is Breivik Different from Other Terrorists Such as Islamists and Anarchists?

Part 9: Why Didn’t Anyone Notice What Breivik Was Planning?

Ilta-Sanomat: Kansanedustaja: Tiedossa sisällissotia ja terrori-iskuja

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Comment: Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP Olli Immonen belongs to the Counter-Jihadists behind PS MP Jussi Halla-aho. In a story on tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, Immonen warns of a “race war” in Europe due to multiculturalism.

“Due to the present trend of multiculturalism, I believe we will see in the future of Europe a number of terrorist strikes and civil war in which the other warring adversary will be notably the representatives of Islam,” he was quoted as saying on Ilta-Sanomat from a 2009 blog entry.

When contacted by the tabloid, the MP said that he still stands by what he wrote two years ago.

Immonen, who is a member of ultra-nationalistic associations like Suomalaisuuden liitto and Suomen Sisu, which believe that marriage between Finns and foreigners should be discouraged, is another PS MP who sees Islam taking over Europe.

One of the matters that always surprises me about people like Immonen is the message behind their total rejection of multiculturalism. It is the same thing that PS MP Jussi Halla-aho said on July 24 on his Facebook page: “…because bad immigration is bad and multiculturalism sucks ass irrespective of what Breivik did.”

In other words, what Immonen and Halla-aho are saying in effect by “bad immigration” and “suck-ass multiculturalism” is that they don’t want Muslims in Finland and the future of those that live here of that religion will have to endure their wrath.

Immonen remind me of the American Nazi Party and how it’s been getting ready for a race war against non-whites and  Jews. You can Google a number of these type of hate sites on the Internet. I did not want to link them on this blog because they are offensive.

In Europe, far-right parties and Counter-Jihadists like Immonen, the enemy aren’t blacks and Jews but Muslims. It is the same sad broken record played in the 1930s by the Nazi regime and many others in the last century. Counter-Jihadists, however, have tried to distance themselves from that baggage by being pro-Zionist and against Nazis.

Strange ideological world, no?  

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Perussuomalaisten kansanedustaja Olli Immonen uskoo monikultturisen kehityksen Euroopassa johtavan tulevaisuudessa väkivaltaan.

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Europe’s and Finland’s radical right: toning down diatribe rhetoric

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Migrant Tales

By Enrique Tessieri

We are seeing today how the impact of the killings in Norway have placed the far right and right-wing populist parties under greater scrutiny.  If these parties are now forced to tone down their anti-immigration message that fueled their rise, will greater scrutiny dull their most powerful weapon and weaken them in the end?

Over a week and a half after the horrific events that gripped Norway, there is evidence that a clear shift has taken place in the debate over immigration and Islam.

The change is significant considering how radical right parties before 22/7 saw no end to their growth thanks to their diatribe rhetoric against immigrants and Islam.

In Finland it has rudely awoken some parties out of their deep sleep of denial over the menace of the radical right especially after the election victory of the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party on April 17.

Social Democratic Party secretary Mikael Junger openly challenged PS MP Jussi Halla-aho to step down as chairman of the administration committee, whose responsibilities include among other matters immigration policy.

Even President Tarja Halonen and Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen have openly condemned hate speech more energetically than ever before.

Reaction in Europe has been similar, according to the International Herald Tribune. “Most of Europe’s right-wing parties have condemned the actions of Anders Behring Breivik… whose lawyer says is probably insane. Sill, politicians have begun to question inflammatory oratory in the debate over immigrants that has helped fuel the rise of right-leaning politicians across Europe in recent years.”

In Finland, PS MP James Hirviisari, Halla-aho’s crude alter ego, suggests that a failed immigration and multicultural policy explain why Breivik went on the rampage.

In a thread under his Uusi Suomi blog entry, Norjan verilöyly (Norway’s bloodbath), he offers an explanation why Anders Behring Breivik snapped and started his mass killings. “I really am not surprised that something like this could happen in Norway. In the last years at least ALL (100%) of tens of those accused of violent rapes have been caused by immigrants/foreigners that have come from outside Europe.”

Sensible people in Finland and Europe understand that anti-immigration and anti-Islam groups pose today a threat to our democratic way of life. Breivik is a case in point.

There is a danger that pushing Halla-aho and his Counter-Jihad followers to a corner could weaken PS MP Timo Soini and force the party to take a more radical line against the EU and immigration.

On the other hand, it may well be that we are finally acknowledging and seeing the real face of the PS that we have not wanted to see thanks to our silence.

All that has now changed after 22/7.

Chicago Tribune: Muhammad Ali writes letter to people of Norway

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Comment: Mohammad Ali, the legendary USAmerican Muslim boxer, expressed his grief for the bombing and killings in Norway. Probably one of the reasons why the former boxer wrote the letter to grief-stricken Norway is because he grew up during a period of racism and Civil Rights unrest in the United States.

His message to those that want to divide people through their hatred was clear. He said that those who commit such acts like Anders Behring Breivik “fail to understand that we share far more with our fellow beings than those aspects that set us apart.”

Ali said that no one should fear multiculturalism. He said that each person no matter what their religion or ethnic background have the same ideals.

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Muhammad Ali has expressed his sadness about the bombing and massacre in Norway.

Read whole story.

YLE: Parties consider Halla-aho’s position

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Comment: It is quite odd if not surreal that Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP Jussi Halla-aho was voted in April to chair the administration committee, whose responsibilities include among other matters immigration policy.  While Halla-aho should have never been voted as chairman of that parliamentary committee  for his radical views on Islam and cultural diversity, why the outcry now by parties like the Social Democrats?

Granted, nobody had heard of  Anders Behring Breivik back then nor was it known that the Norwegian mass killer’s victims were going to be mostly Labor Party adolescents. Supposedly Halla-aho’s provocative writings against multiculturalism, Islam and Social Democratic Party were unknown or worse not taken seriously by the majority of Finnish MPs.  

One positive sign that we are seeing today in Finland after Norway is a cold awakening to the reality of a social ill like racism. Extremism and racism does not only attack immigrants and minorities but can target white natives as well. 

What will the political fallout be to the PS in a post-22/7  Finland? Will cornering Halla-aho and his Counter-Jihadist followers erode PS head Timo Soini’s power base in the party?

What do Finnish voters think about such radical views taking an ever-prominent role in the PS?

The months ahead and next year’s presidential and municipal elections will reveal that answer to us.

Here is a roundup (in Finnish) on Jälkijättöistä Jupinaa  of Halla-aho’s views in previous blog entries and how he plays down his role in the Counter-Jihad movement.

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Jussi Halla-aho, a critic of immigration and multiculturalism, is facing pressure to stand down as chair of parliament’s Administration committee in the wake of the Norwegian terror attacks. The Administration Committee deals with matters that include immigration policy and gun legislation.

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Tino Singhin puhe mielenosoituksessa – Tinos tal på Demo – Tino’s speech at the demonstration

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Migrant Tales

Kiitos kaikille, jotka olette tulleet paikalle.

Norjan tapahtumat ovat järkyttäneet meitä kaikkia ja haluamme ilmaista surumme ja tukemme uhrien omaisille ja kunnioittaa uhrien muistoa tulemalla tänne tänään rauhanomaisen solidaarisuuden osoituksen, väkivallattomuuden ja rauhan puolesta sekä ääriryhmien vihaa ja väkivaltaa vastaan.

You can visit the Facebook link here.

Olemme täällä myös koska pelko ja ahdistus on tullut sisimpäämme, sillä tunnistamme vihan ilmapiirin läsnäolon myös täällä Suomessa. Meidän ei tarvitse olla selvännäkijöitä ymmärtääksemme linkin Norjan tapahtumien ja verkon vihapuheista poliittiseen järjestelmäämme levinneen vihan välillä. Sydämemme tietää, että viha synnyttää vihaa, ja jos me sallimme sen jatkua, se synnyttää väkivaltaa.

Olemme täällä myös siksi, että Norjan tapahtumat eivät olleet hyökkäyksiä pelkästään yksittäisiä ihmisiä vastaan vaan hyökkäys demokraattisen yhteiskuntamme periaatteita, perustuslaillisia oikeuksia ja vapauksia vastaan.

Monet viisaat ovat sen sanoneet ja myös Euroopan lähihistoria on sen meille todistanut, että pahuuden voittamiseen ei tarvita muuta, kuin että hyvät ihmiset eivät tee mitään sen vastustamiseksi.

Ainoa, joka voi asialle tehdä jotain, katsoo peilistä. On siis aika tunnustaa väriä ja näyttää, minkälaisessa yhteiskunnassa haluamme asua ja minkälaiseen yhteiskuntaan haluamme lastemme kasvavan.

Tack alla att ni har kommit hit. Vi är här därför att vi vill fredligt demonstrera för solidaritet, lugn och fred, samtidigt som vi tar avstånd från hat och våld. Vad som hänt i Norge visar att hat föder hat och det är dags att visa din sanna färg och visa i ett hurudant samhälle vi vill leva. Vi kan alla, var och en, med våra egna gärningar och val påverka i ett hurudant samhälle vi lever. Det enda vi kan göra är se oss själva i spegeln Genom att bryta tystnaden, ge oss i och ljudligt lyfta fram att vi inte är rädda men heller inte accepterar det hat och våld som vissa extremrörelser påvisat.

Thank you for joining us today. We have come here to show solidarity and support for the Norwegian terror act victims and their families, by organizing a peaceful demonstration on behalf of non-violence and peace as well as against extremist hate and violence. It’s was not only an attack on individuals and buildings that has happened, but an attack on our common democratic values, rights and freedoms.

Norway’s events also show that hate begets hate, the only person who can do something about it is you.

It’s is time to show your true colors and create the change we want to see in the society.

We can each transform our own lives through our own actions and choices.

We do this by breaking the silence, getting involved and being vocal in expressing that we are not afraid and that we do not accept extremism, hatred and violence.

On muutama kysymys joihin meidän tulee ensin löytää vastaus:

Miten tunnistamme ääriliikkeen? Miksi se vetoaa niin moniin? Miksi se on pahasta? Ja mitä voimme tehdä sille?

Ääriliikkeellä tarkoitan ääriliikkeitä yleisesti. Niitä löytyy lähes jokaisesta asiasta, poliittisten, uskonnollisten ja muiden vakaumukseen liittyvien asioiden ympärillä paljon eri muodoissaan: ääri-kristityt, ääri-islamistit, ääri-hindut, ääri-juutalaiset, ääri-oikeistolaiset, ääri-marxistit, ääri-abortin vastustajat, maailmanlopun ääri-kultit, ääriaineksia löytyy myös ympäristöaktivistien ja eläinsuojelijoiden joukosta.

 

Miten sitten tunnistamme ääriliikkeen?

Tähän on varmasti monta vastausta, mutta eräs tapa haistaa fundamentalismi on retoriikasta. Eli siitä mitä ja miten he asiastaan sanovat ja mitä jättävät sanomatta.

Ääriliikkeiden retoriikassa on yhteisiä elementtejä: yleensä niiden kaikkien ytimessä on yksinkertainen maailmankuva tai asia, jonka ympärillä kaikki tekeminen ja sanominen pyörii. Niiden ajattelu perustuu siihen, että oma näkökulma ja arvomaailma ovat moraalisesti ylempänä olevaa totuutta ja muiden alempana, eli muut ajattelumallit ovat epäpuhtaita, eivätkä ne siksi ansaitse kunnioitusta. Tyypillistä on myös toista mieltä olevien älyllisen alemmuuden vakuutteleminen, avoin halveksinta ja nöyryytys.

Samoin monimutkaisten, vivahderikkaiden ja valtavan tietomäärän sisältävien, vaivalloisen läpikahlaamisen vaativien asiakokonaisuuksien yksinkertaistaminen kyllä tai ei –tyyppiseksi.

Tässä mustavalkoisessa maailmassa oman näkökulman kanssa samaa mieltä ovat hyviä ihmisiä ja ne jotka eivät ole samaa mieltä pahoja. Omaa moraalista ylemmyyttä ja oman asian oikeutta pönkitetään hengailemalla samaa aatetta olevien kanssa, jotka on vihitty totuuteen. Totuuteen jota jakavat ”mestarit” ja ”oppineet”. Totuuteen, jota eri mieltä olevat alempiarvoiset eivät ymmärrä, eivätkä samanmieliset kyseenalaista. Vääräuskoisille taas on sopivaa myös tarpeen tullen valehdella tai pakotetaa vastaamaan kyllä tai ei kysymykseen, johon sellaista vastausta ei ole.

Koska ääriajattelun omaavat ovat asiassaan moraalisesti ja älyllisesti ylempänä, eikä omasta totuudesta voi olla epäilystä, se johtaa kykenemättömyyteen tehdä kompromisseja, kunnioittaa toista tai toisen mielipidettä, koska se myös johtaisi kasvojen menettämiseen omien joukossa. Ääriliikkeiden tavoitteena ei siis ole ongelmien ratkaisu tai puoliväliin vastaan tuleminen, vaan oman yhteen asiaan ja näkökulmaan  perustuvan arvomaailman toteuttaminen meidän muiden vapauksien ja oikeuksien kustannuksella.

Miksi ääriliikkeiden sanoma vetoaa niin moniin?

Tähänkin on varmasti monta vastausta, mutta eräs vastaus saattaa olla, että monimutkaisessa, epävarmuuksia täynnä olevassa maailmassa hapuilemme etsien kontrollia, ja siksi on helppoa tarttua yksinkertaisiin ideologioihin ja ajatuksiin. Yksinkertaisina asiat ovat helppoja käsitellä, ymmärtää ja ne saavat maailman näyttämään hallittavalta ja vähemmän ahdistavilta. Ihmisluonteelle on myös ominaista hakeutua olemaan saman arvomaailmaan ja mielipiteisiin uskovien kanssa, joiden kanssa on helpompi olla kuin niiden, jotka kyseenalaistavat asiota.

Miksi sitten ääriliikkeet ovat pahasta?

Koska he eivät halua tehdä kompromisseja tai ratkaista ongelmia, vaan pakottaa meidät muut hyväksymään heidän yksipuolisen näkökannan, arvomaailman ja elämäntavan. Piiloutumalla sananvapauden taakse, vääryyden uhreina vaatien meitä olemaan poliittisesti korrekteja, he rikkovat silmää räpäyttämättä oikeuksiamme: oikeuttamme ilmaista itseämme vapaasti, oikeuttamme yhdenvertaisuuteen, oikeuttamme omaan elämäntapaamme, oikeutta omaan uskontoomme tai olla uskomatta, oikeuttamme henkilökohtaiseen koskemattomuuteen, oikeutta etniseen taustamme, oikeutta seksuaaliseen suuntautumiseeme, oikeuttamme rakastua keneen haluamme, oikeutamme mennä vihille kenen kanssa haluamme ja ennen kaikkea oikeuttamme omaan mielipiteeseemme.

Näin tehden he estävät demokraattisen vapaan ja moniarvoisen yhteiskunnan toteutumisen, sillä demokratia perustuu siihen, että yhteiskunnassa on monia arvoja, elämäntapoja, vakaumuksia ja näkökulmia, mutta kaikesta huolimatta demokraattisessa yhteikunnassa voimme toimia yhdessä tekemällä kompromisseja ja rakentaa yhteistä tulevaisuutta.

Viimeinen kysymys on: mitä voimme tehdä sille? Mitä MINÄ voin tehdä asialle?

Vihan ja väkivallan vastakohta on rauhallisuus ja välittäminen. Jos kukaan ei välitä väärin tekijöistä, eikä vääryyksien tekemisestä ei ole seurauksia, niiden tekemisen kynnys madaltuu ja niiden suuruus ja lukumäärä kasvaa.

Ääriliikkeet eivät halua tehdä kompromisseja tai ratkaista ongelmia yhdessä. Ne eivät halua että avaamme suun vihaa ja väkivaltaa vastaan. Ne eivät halua, että sanomme olevamme eri mieltä heidän kanssaan. Ne eivät halua, että kyseenalaistamme tai paljastamme heidän tarkoitushakuiset puolueelliset ja yksipuoliset lausuntonsa, sillä ilman kyseenalaistamista ulkoistamme vastuun heille ja muutumme ohjailtaviksi nukeiksi.

 

Jos niin päätämme, me voimme jokainen tehdä paljon välittämällä.

Me voimme päättää miten me haluamme ihmisiä tässä yhteiskunnassa kohdeltavan.

Me voimme päättää muuttaa yhteiskuntaamme ja johtaa sen muutosta.

Me voimme jokainen olla oman elämämme muutoksen johtajia.

Muutos alkaa siitä, että ensin rikomme hiljaisuuden ja emmekä vaikene, kun kohtaamme vääryyden vaan avaamme suumme ja sanomme ääneen reilusti, että se on väärin.

 

Me voimme vaatia vääryyden tekijät tilille heti missä tahansa vääryyden kohtaammekin: maalla, merellä ja internetissä.

Me voimme vaatia tilille poliittiset päättäjämme, jotka toistavat ääriliikkeiden vihapuheita tai eivät tuomitse niitä ja muistaa ne seuraavissa vaaleissa ja saattaa heidät pois virasta.

Me voimme soittaa mediaan, joka vahvistaa stereotypioita ja ääriliikkeiden arvomaailmaa ja sanoa, että lopetamme heidän median kuluttamisen jos he eivät muuta linjaansa.

Me voimme kertoa muille, että emme hyväksy ääriliikkeiden vihaa ja väkivaltaa ja keskustella siitä, työpaikalla, saunassa, salilla, tupakkatauolla, kaljalla tai hiekkalaatikolla.

Me voimme kertoa sen vaikka sähköpostiallekirjoituksessamme.

Hiljaisuus ja pelko on ääriliikkeiden ase.

Me voimme ottaa niskalenkin ääriliikkeistä sanomalla ääneen: Minun Suomeni ei vaikene – tänään rikomme hiljaisuuden – Idag vi hållar oss inte längre tysta, vi bryter tystnaden – This is the day we break the silence.

Waging a war of “total words” in Finland and Europe

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Migrant Tales

By Enrique Tessieri

The Age of Chivalry died in the 2008 municipal election in Finland with the advent of “total words.” The ongoing war of words bring near memories of the former German concept of “total war,” which meant attacking undefended shipping, helpless civilians and breaking all the rules of wars prior to WW I.

The ongoing immigration debate in Europe and Finland bares close similarity to “total war” with one big difference. Those waging it usually hide their identity.

Some do not, however. One of these was Anders Behring Breivik, who went on the rampage in Norway killing 77 people intoxicated by total words and steroids.

All those that use words to wage total war against immigrants and minorities naturally distanced themselves from the mass killings in Norway. Even Perussuomalaiset (PS) party MP Jussi Halla-aho, whom Breivik cites in his 1,500-page diatribe, played down the impact of his words on Counter-Jihad websites like the Gates of Vienna and Scripta.

One matter that the Nuremberg Trials taught us when the members of the former Nazi regime were brought to trial for their crimes was that anything can be played down, even unimaginable acts of human cruelty.

It is difficult to say what causes greater alarm in a post-22/7 Europe: hate speech or playing down its impact.

It is remarkable that people who claim to have so much knowledge about their perceived threats of multiculturalism and Islam on Europe know so little about the impact of the message their words carry.  Any decent writer or journalist worth his or her weight can tell you that words are a powerful weapon. They can even move mountains.

But a consensus is emerging in our country about condemning the war of total words and drafting a law similar to the Geneva Conventions, which establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of the victims of war.

In light of what happened in Norway, a similar set of legal standards are urgently needed without hindering our inalienable right to freedom of speech.

It is commendable that understandably the Social Democratic Party is calling for Halla-aho’s head as chairman of the administration committee, whose responsibilities include immigration policy. Whether Halla-aho gets the boot or not is important but that more of us are becoming outraged by their views.

The ultimate danger of the war of total words is that it will linger on and pick up speed. That is why we must challenge it and those who cannot win by the rules of common decency.

That is why they wage a war of total words on our societies and attack its most defenseless members.

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