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A question begs an answer: Who are the Perussuomalaiset?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Migrant Tales

The million-dollar question after the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party’s historic election victory was what kind of party had entered the Finnish political stage. After over a year in parliament and numerous scandals that have rocked the PS, a question still begs an answer: Who are they?

If you seek an answer directly from the party, the response you’ll likely get is as convoluted as the PS itself. Great lengths will be taken to point out what they’re not.

This shouldn’t surprise us considering that the PS’ political fuel comes from near-constant whining and scapegoating.

The historic election success of the PS was by and large based on hit-and-run tactics like scapegoating and denial.

Irrespective of its hodgepodge nature, how is it possible for a far-right politician like PS MP Jussi Halla-aho and party chairman Timo Soini to sit at the same table? What unites both men ideologically?

Would it be fair to call the PS an opportunistic right-wing populist party with a heavy dash of far-right nationalism? Would the best description of the party be: anti-EU, anti-immigration, anti-Islam, anti-gay, and anti-minority rights?

If we look at close political relatives of the PS in the Nordic region, we’d find  the Islamophobic Danish People’s Party, Sweden Democrats, and Progress Party of Norway.

All of them are anti-EU, anti-immigration and especially anti-Islam.

The PS’ only MEP, Sampo Terho, is a member of the eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) parliamentary group.  The biggest number of EFD MEPs come from the UK Independence Party (10), which wants the UK to exit the EU, and the xenophobic Lega Nord (9), which considers southern Italy a part of North Africa.

Even if the PS wants to tone down its right-wing conservative radicalism because it doesn’t sit well with moderate Finnish voters, it’s fair to claim that they are an anti-EU, anti-immigration, anti-Islam, anti gay, and anti-minority rights party.

  • The PS are an anti-EU party because 100% of PS MPs don’t want Finland to bailout any EU country. Some even believe that the Finland should exit the EU.
  • They are an anti-immigration party because 97% of the MPs don’t want anymore immigrants to move to Finland. If Finland must accept immigrants, they should be white Christians.
  • The PS is an anti-Islam party because MPs like Olli Immonen and James Hirvisaari, among others, believe that it’s only a matter of time when Europe will be taken over by Islam (Eurabia).
  • They are an anti-gay party because 82% are against same-sex marriages.

Conclusion: The PS are an anti-EU, anti-immigration, anti-Islam, anti-gay and anti-minority rights party with ties to the far right.

 

Ana María Gutiérrez Sorainen: Me “mukasuvaitsevaiset” ja “mukasivistyneet” maahanmuuttokriitikot

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Migrant Tales

Ana María Gutiérrez Sorainen*

“Mukasuvaitsevaisto ja mukasivistyneistö heiluttelee rasistikortteja maahanmuuttokriitikoille”.

Olisitko kuullut tai lukenut tuota lausetta vaikkapa 10 vuotta sitten? Maailma ja Suomi muuttuvat, vaikka jotkut väittävät muuta ja haluavat pitää kiinni nykyisyydestä, menneisyydestä ja jopa kaukaisesta menneisyydestä. Mutta he itse muokkaavat tätä maata. Ennen kuin otsikostani peritään tekijänoikeuksia on sanottava, että kansanedustaja Reijo Tossavainen (Perus) on kunnostautunut noiden sanojen ahkeraksi käyttäjäksi.

Edellisten kunnallisvaalien yhteydessä neljä vuotta sitten kaikkialla alettiin puhua myös maahanmuuttokriitikoista. Silloin maahanmuuttopolitiikan kritisoimisen varjolla esitettiin myös ihmisistä ja ihmisryhmistä solvaavia kommenteja ja kirjoituksia. Maahanmuuttajia solvaavien kommentien kirjoittajat tarjosivat itse tuon sanan “maahanmuuttokritiikko”, jota media alkoi käyttää yleisesti siis myös rasisteista. Yhtäkkiä maassa ei ollut enää rasisteja ja rasismia vaan maahanmuuttokritiikkiä ja maahanmuuttokriitikoita! Käytännössä näin ei kuitenkaan ollut.

Maahanmuuttokriitikoita aidossa merkityksessä, siis niitä, jotka kritisoivat maahanmuuttopolitiikkaa, on ollut maassa jo kauan. Asiallisia kommenteja vain ei tahdota kuulla.

On myös aiemmin ollut niitä kansanedustajia, jotka liikkuvat maahanmuuttokriitikin ja rasismin välimaastossa. Moni meistä muistaa myös sen, kuinka SDP: n kansanedustaja ja entinen sisäministeri Rajamäki puhui maahanmuutosta ja jopa maahanmuuttajista. Rajamäki leimasi tulijat turvapaikkashoppailijoiksi, ankkurilapsiksi jne. Samoja sanoja levitteli iloisesti mediassa myös Sulo Aitoniemi. Samaa linjaa ovat seuraneet kokoomuslaiset Ben Zyscowicz ja entinen kansanedustaja Tuulikki Ukkola. He kritisoivat myös maahanmuuttopolitiikkaa, mutta se on jäänyt noiden “mediaseksikkäiden” sanojen alle.

“Maahanmuuttokritiikki” ei siis ole ollut vain ja ainoastaan perussuomalaisten tavaramerkki. Perussuomalaisten kohdalla sen sijaan on merkille pantava se tapa, millä muutama henkilö esittää asiansa kärjekkäästi, raflaavasti ja puolihuolettomasti. Ihan kuin tarkoitus olisi rikkoa aidosti lakia, jotta julkisuus olisi varmuudella taattu ja kannatus varmistettu.

Maahanmuutto ei aiheena ole edelleenkään merkittävä yhteiskunnallinen kysymys, joka vaatisi niin laajamittaista aivosolujen käyttöä. Samassa mittakaavassa kuin nyt. Päivästä ja kuukaudesta toiseen ja jo ennen eduskuntavaaleja mediassa ei paljon muusta puhuttukaan kuin maahanmuutosta. Jos vielä tänä päivänä joku väittää, ettei sillä aiheella kukaan pääse mihinkään, hän erehtyy. Myös vain maahanmuuttoasioihin keskittyneet kansalaiset ovat päässeet eduskuntaan saakka. Eri asia on se, ettei maahanmuuttoon ja erityisesti maahanmuuttajiin myönteisesti  suhtautuva ehdokas pääse samaan eduskuntaan. Eikö tämä kerro jotakin siitä yhteiskunnasta, jossa elämme?

Viime aikoina maahanmuuttoon ja maahanmuuttajiin torjuvasti suhtautuvat ovat joissakin palstoissa yhdistetty vain perussuomalaisiin. Ihan kuin aihe olisi ulkoistettu vain heille. Se on kuitenkin harhaa. Syrjivää ajattelua ja jopa rasismia on myös muissa puolueissa. Muissa puolueissa on kuitenkin niin, että ne, jotka ajattelevat niin avoimesti rasistisesti, siirtyivät perussuomalaisiin tai ovat jääneet omiin puolueisiinsa ja käyttävät hienovaraisempia sanoja.

Huolellisuuden alla piilee siis myös paljon kielteistä ajattelua. Moni toistaa, ettei nyt voi puhua maahanmuutosta mitään, koska heti heiluu rasistikortti. Rasistikortin heiluttaminen voi noiden kirjoittajien mielestä olla jo sitäkin, että sanot, etteivät kaikki maahanmuuttajat tule tänne elämään verorahoilla, vaan tekemään töitä.

Se, että sanot, että jokainen ihminen ansaitsee hyvän elämän, oli hän syntynyt täällä tai Kiinassa, on mukasuvaitsevaitsen sinisilmäisyyttä. Suvaitsevaisuus on siis jo kielteinen asia ja joskus sitä rinnastetaan jopa idiotismiin. Suvaitsevaisuus oli vielä aikoja sitten hyve, joka rinnastetiin empatiaan ja ymmärtämiseen.

Varsinkin Uuden Suomen keskustelujen valossa, jos olet suvaitsevainen, saatat olla myös mukasivistynyt, joka vaatii muilta sivistynyttä käytöstä. Eikä se käy, maassa maan tavalla pitää siis olla tilaa myös sivistymättömyydelle, ja myös sille sydämen ja sielun sivistymättömyydelle.

Netissäkin kuitenkin jokaisen lukijan takana on aito ihminen ja netissäkin voi satuttaa muita.

Lisäys: Monissa maissa yhä sivistys tarkoittaa käytännössä lukutaitoa. Muka-sana tule siis tulkinnasta mitä lukemallesi annat. Jos tulkintasi on erilainen kuin “maahanmuuttokritiikon”, kuulut siihen mukasuvaitsevaistoon ja -sivistyneistöön.

Maahanmuuttokriitikoita olemme siis me kaikki paitsi “maahanmuuttokriitikot”.

*Kansalaisaktivisti, entinen kunnanvaltuutettu, espanjan kielen opettaja, kääntäjä ja tulkki, blogisti, neljän lapsen äiti, Suomen kansalainen.

Alkuperäisen blogikirjoituksen voi lukea tästä.

Tämä blogikirjoitus julkaistiin Migrant Talesissä luvalla.

Business Insider: Timo Soini’s “threat” to the world economy

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Migrant Tales

Not only must have Perussuomalaiset (PS) party chairman Timo Soini been swept off his feet with delight for being named by Business Insider  as the seventh-most dangerous person to the global economy, but Finland as well for such a dubious recognition. Who ever heard of Business Insider anyway?

For starters, somebody could inform the online publication that the official English name of the PS isn’t any longer the True Finns, but the Finns Party.

After weighing the old and new English-language official translations of the PS, Migrant Tales (MT) decided last year that we didn’t want any part of this populist nonsense and decided to call Soini’s party by its Finnish name, the Perussuomalaiset.

Timo Soini is a dangerous persons to the global economy, according to Business Insider. 

While we understand  at MT that the PS has been a blow to the credibility of Finland’s international image and to institutions like parliament, the political clout that Soini has hinges by and large on the lack of leadership of  Finland’s major parties, which rolled out the red carpet for him before last year’s election.

Soini’s anti-EU, anti-immigration and especially anti-Islam message appeals to a wide range of politicians in this country.

Why did Business Insider choose Soini as the seventh-most dangerous public figure to the global economy?

The online publication writes: “As the leader of the largest opposition party in Finland’s parliament and one of the biggest eurosceptics in Europe, Timo Soini is in a position of incredible importance with regard to continued euro bailouts.”

I doubt that the PS chairman is any longer in a position of “incredible importance” in Finland. The numerous scandals that have rocked the party and Soini’s disappointing showing in the presidential election have dimmed much of his shine.

Other influential personalities on the Business Insider are: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (1); French President Francois Hollande; German economist Hans-Werner Sinn; Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke; Nkolaus Blome, Bild newspaper deputy editor; and US President Barak Obama.

Monikulttuurisuudesta ja kulttuurirelativismista

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Migrant Tales

Susannah

Kulttuurirelativismi tarkoittaa , että esim. yksilön suhde lakiin ja moraaliin on suhteellista. Sellaisia syytöksiä esim. Jussi Halla-aho (ps) ja antijihadistinen seurakunta on syytänyt antirasistien niskaan. Sen mukaan antirasistit muka sallisivat toisenlaisia lakijärjestelmiä, kuten sharia, Suomeen. 

Eikö tässä valossa ole varsin koomista, että Halla-aho on kommentoinut omaa tuomiotaan korkeimmasta oikeudesta näin: http://mtv3.mobi/uutiset/uutiset/kotimaa/2012/06/1564528.xml?p=0 Puheenjohtaja Soini ei suostunut ottamaan kantaa Halla-ahon heittoon.

Antropologi Franz Boas (1858-1942) on kulttuurirelatisismin “isä.”

James Hirvisaari syytti korkeinta oikeutta korruptoituneeksi: http://jameshirvisaari.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/109785-korkeimman-oikeuden-ratkaisuista

Eikö tämä kerro hyvin, miten kulttuurirelavistisesti perussuomalaiset suhtautuvat tuomioihinsa ja Suomen lakiin?

Monikulttuurisuus ei ole poliittinen ideologia

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Migrant Tales

Monikulttuurisuus on monimuotoinen ja monimutkainen käsite. Maahanmuutonvastustajille se on yksinkertaisesti siirtolaispolitiikka, joka mahdollistaa etupäässä muslimien, afrikkalaisten sekä ei-eurooppalaisten asumisen Suomessa tai Euroopassa. Tavoite on yksinkertainen: pitää Suomi valkoisena ja muuttumattomana.

Kansanedustaja James Hirvisaari (ps) viimeisessä bloigissaan antaa tyypillisen maahanmuutonvastustajaan selityksen siitä, mikä on monikulttuurisuus. Hirvisaari väittää, että monikulttuurisuus on poliittinen ideologia.

Mutta onko se niin? Tuskin.

James Hirvisaari

Hirvisaaren määritelmä monikulttuurisuudesta ei pelkästä paljasta hänen äärioikeistolaisideologiansa mutta hänen tietämättömyys perustuslaistamme, puhumattakaan yhdenvertaisuuslaista. Käyttääkö hän vielä 1919 perustuslakia lähteenä tai uudempaa ja lainvoimaista versiota, joka tuli voimaan 1999?

Uudessa Suomen perustuslaissa ( 17 §) lukee seuraavasti: ”Saamelaisilla alkuperäiskansana sekä romaneilla ja muilla ryhmillä on oikeus ylläpitää ja kehittää omaa kieltään ja kulttuuriaan .”

Jos Hirvisaarella on vaikeus hahmottaa ,mitä on suomalaisen lain henki , kun puhumme kasvavasta monimuotoisuudesta yhteiskunnastamme, hän on aivan eksyksissä kun hän alkaa selittää omia käsityksiään monikulttuurisuudesta.

Ensinnäkin, monikulttuurisuus ei ole siirtolaisuuspolitiikka eikä poliittinen ideologia, kuten vasta-jihadisitit ja heidän hengenheimolaisensa haluavat antaa meidän ymmärtää.

Monikulttuurisuus sai alkunsa Kanadassa 1970-luvulla sosiaalipolitiikkana. Sen tarkoitus ei ollut pelkästään edistää maahanmuuttajien sopeutumista ja hyväksyntä Kanadassa, vaan myös estää maan hajoamiseen englannin- ja ranskankielisiksi valtioiksi.

Paitsi Kanada, maailmassa on virallisesti kaksi maata, jotka määrittelevät itsensä monikulttuuriseksi. Ne ovat Iso-Britannia ja Australia. Suomi ei ole virallisesti monikulttuurinen maa, kuten nämä yllämainitut. Suomen laissa (perustuslaissa tai yhdenvertaisuuslaissa) ei lue missään, että olemme ”monikulttuurinen yhteiskunta.”

”Monikulttuurisuutemme” lepää pitkälti meidän omissa pohjoismaisessa demokratiassa, ihmisarvon sekä hyvinvoinnin periaatteissa.Maassamme on yksi laki, jota kaikkien on noudatettava, monimuotoisuus sen sisällä on itsestäänselvyys.

Perustuslakiin on kirjattu oikeutemme ja velvollisuutemme. ”Monikulttuurisen yhteiskunnan” tavoite pysyä yhdenvertaisuuslain tavoitteissa vaatii tiettyjä toimenpiteitä, joita ei voi määritellä aina edes positiiviseksi diskriminaatioksi.

Uusi Suomi

 

How many types of racists are there in Finland?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Migrant Tales

I read an interesting blog entry by Julian Abagond that highlights three types of racists in the United States: white bigots, white implicit racists and whites with integrity. How many types of racists are there in Finland? 

When studying racism in this country or in other parts of Europe, denial is the most incriminating evidence that a racist leaves behind. The culprit is usually exposed by denying that a problem exists or by affirming that “I am not racist but…”

Writes Abagond:  “Racism is something you have to unlearn on purpose. Not by trying to not see color but, as a first step, by understanding how racism works and how it has affected you.”

Racism has impacted Finland in many negative ways. It has been costly and brought great hardships on us. Even today it continues to affect us adversely.

Consider the following predicament: We need to attract skilled labor and foreign investment but the third-largest party in Finland is anti-EU, anti-immigration and especially anti-Islam.

Abagond speaks of three types of racists in the United States. I’d claim that there are four in Finland (if Abagond’s criteria were used, they would be divided in the following manner):

  1. The so-called working-class bigots (5%) are your typical skinheads. Their behavior and racism shocks most Finns. Some politicians like James Hirvisaari fall into this category.
  2. Bigots with education and steady jobs (45%) are people who would never act like working-class bigots but agree in principle with their views. Their knowledge of other groups like Africans is strongly entrenched in nineteenth-century racism and social constructs like Finnish nationalism.  Jussi Halla-aho, Wille Rydman, Paavo Väyrynen, Päivi Räsänen are some examples.
  3. White implicit racists (45%) are those who don’t fall in the latter two categories. They may claim they are against racism but their actions suggest the contrary. They strongly believe in religious freedom but would be the first ones – in private – to oppose the building of a Mosque in their neighborhood or city.  Many John Does are typical white implicit racists.
  4. Finns with integrity (5%) are those who have started to study their own racism and taken the first step to put it under control.

 

 

How to challenge a social ill like racism in Finland

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Migrant Tales

The rise of an anti-immigration party like the Perussuomalaiset (PS) in last year’s elections is not the most incriminating proof that racism is an issue in this country, but official denials that such a problem exists at all in Finland. What must we do as a society to effectively challenge such a social ill?

Denials by groups like the police that ethnic profiling ever takes place in Finland are highly revealing. The icing on the cake of ethnic profiling was given in April by Christian Democrat (KD)  Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, who approved spot checks of foreigners by the police since they are an effective way to clamp down on undocumented immigrants.

Finnish children were taught at schools that “n”stands for the n-word and that such people like to eat bananas. Schools have been an important breeding ground for racism in Finland. Source: Ydinjate.org.

No matter how much we want to deny that racism isn’t an issue in our society and  sweep the problem under the rug, knowing who is denying it reveals a lot about the extent of the issue. Why would a white Finn see racism as an immediate threat? Why would a black person differ in opinion?

While justifying spot checks of foreigners, Räsänen gives us a glimpse of  her colorblind racism:  “The vast majority of foreigners look just like the natives, so it’s not even a very sensible way to supervise aliens.”

The question we should ask her after such a statement is what about those that don’t look like white Finns.

The views of an important public figure like Räsänen reveal how seriously the authorities treat, or how their prejudices fuel, an issue like racism. True, they may see it as a problem but they won’t invest a lot of resources to tackle it.

In many respects, anti-racism legislation should be seen in the same light as the role that anti-trust regulation plays in the business community. The lack of competition in Finland is one factor that fuels inefficiency and abuse by certain businesses.  It explains, in part, why Finland is the most expensive country in the eurozone.

In the same way, racism is abuse by a stronger group over weaker ones.

What should we do about tackling racism in Finland?

The best thing we can do is acknowledge the problem and challenge it. The first crucial step must come from the immigrant and visible minority community, which will not accept living in a society where racism and abuse are the rule. Their motive for raising their voices will be to make Finland a better place to live for their children and future generations.

Taking into account that we need skilled labor in this country to replace our ever-growing army of pensioners, accepting the status quo and being hostile to certain immigrant groups is like shooting ourselves in the leg.

The most important matter to keep in mind is that our reaction to racism must be first and foremost a reaction.

 

 

 

Far-right violence spreads across Europe – what about Finland?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Migrant Tales

As the euro financial crisis deepens so does the rise of far-right violence across Europe, according to a report by the Institute of Race Relations. Finland stands out as one of the 100 cases documented by the report. It states that academics studying immigration in this country are forced to withdraw from public discussion rather than face intimidation and threats to their families.

Migrant Tales has been as well the focus of attacks, death threats and intimidation.

The report, Pedlars of Hate: the violent impact of the European far Right, documents the cold-blooded shooting of a Moroccan during Black February as a clear warning sign for Finland.

The far right has found a good platform in the PS. 

The report states on page 8: “The Satakunta Police Department is investigating  whether Facebook comments made by a [former] True Finns [Perussuomalaiset] elected councillor in Köyliö constitute incitement to racial hatred. After a 21-year-old Moroccan man was  shot dead in Oulu in March [see page 15], Tommi Rautio posted that the murderer should be given a medal because there is ‘a war going on and in every war decorations are handed out.'”

While there are some encouraging signs that politicians and the media see PS politicians like Jussi Halla-aho and his Suomen Sisu followers as extremists, it’s still not too late to defeat the far-right menace that has attacked Finland.

How much of a threat is the far right in Finland? Are matters going to get far worse before they improve?

Migrant Tales March 15, 2012: Finland’s darkest period 2011-15

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Migrant Tales

In the future, when Finnish historians of different ethnic backgrounds look at the present parliamentary term 2011-15,  they will most likely conclude that it was the darkest period for Finland and immigrants in the new century.  A prelude to this sombre period were  the municipal election of 2008 and how it reflected a shift in the national mood. 

It would be naive, even an exercise in self-deceit, to claim that the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party isn’t one  obvious culprit. The municipal elections of 2008 and 2003, when PS MP Tony Halme was elected to parliament,  speak volumes about how racism and xenophobia started to lift their heads in this country.

Despite being one of the worst periods in our recent history, where some groups and politicians aim to make racism and xenophobia as normal and acceptable as karjalanpiirakka, it has brought out the best in some of us. For some, like Migrant Tales, it has been a clarion call.

If this period has brought out the best in some of us, it has brought out the worst as well.

Finland’s anti-immigration groups like to feed the public red herrings.

Some regretful examples come form of silence and lack of leadership by the Finnish media and some politicians. The success of the PS in the April elections is proof of the inarticulateness, complacency and even the flirting of these two groups with anti-immigration parties and groups.

The PS has provided us with monthly scandals beginning with MP Teuvo Hakkarainen’s first day in parliament to the recent suggestion by councilman Tommi Rautio  to give a medal to a cold-blooded killer.

A word of advice to anti-immigration extremists: Everything you write will come under scrutiny by future generations. Those future generations, which will be made up of Finnish researchers from different ethnic backgrounds, will highlight the racism and xenophobia that inflicted part of our society today.

When they give their lectures at our universities on ethnic studies or history, they will show to their students the shameful evidence left in the writings of numerous anti-immigration politicians like PS MP Jussi Halla-aho and his Suomen Sisu crowd, for example.

Time will increase the shamefulness of these racist writings. What is written today by some of these racists will look eerily similar to what some groups wrote about blacks during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Recognizing this will be the first important step in liberating our society from the illness that has afflicted it.

 

 

 

Have the PS and MP Tossavainen of Finland ever heard of the Non-Discrimination Act?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Migrant Tales

If the future of Finland were ever left to the populist Perussuomalaiset (PS) party, it’s quite certain that this country would be doomed. The ones that would suffer the most would be immigrants and visible minorities. Outright discrimination would be  the rule.

The PS, who should know better, sent a formal request to the council of state last week asking whether it was possible to only hire Finnish workers to refurbish its recently acquired party headquarters in Helsinki.

In a blog entry on Uusi Suomi, Migrant Tales answered a question that the PS asked the council of state in a blog entry: Is it discrimination only to hire Finnish workers?

We answered PS MP Anssi Joutsenlahti’s question with a flat yes. Thanks to JusticeDemon’s help, we were able to show to the PS MP which part of the Non-Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of nationality.

Paragraph 1 of subsection 1 of section 2: “This Act applies to both public and private activities in the following contexts: 1) conditions for access to self-employment or means of livelihood, and support for business activities.”

For some reason the PS, the country’s third-largest party in parliament with 39 seats, does not – or does not want to – get it.

Instead of engaging in a meaningful debate about discrimination in Finland, PS MP Reijo Tossavainen writes the following comment in a Migrant Tales’ posting on Uusi Suomi: “This blog entry’s headline [Is it discrimination to only hire Finnish workers? Certainly!]  is  frankly shocking.Are Finnish labor, Finnish entrepreneurship, and Finnish identity in general something marginal in Finland?”

PS MP Reijo Tossavainen appears to have never heard of the Non-Discrimination Act.

Tossavainen even takes a below-the-belt hit at Migrant Tales in another comment. My mother is Finnish, I am a Finnish citizen and have lived in this country for 33 years.

“In a blog entry on Uusi Suomi two foreigners [Farzad Moghaddam pour and I] who live in Finland write about hiring only Finnish workers [to refurbish] the party’s headquarters. Their writings and comments make for uncomfortable reading because they respect too little Finland and Finnish identity. But what is even more shocking is to see that there are a lot of native Finns who think like them.”

Just because a populist politician has probably never read the Non-Discrimination Act in his life, doesn’t give him the right to erroneously claim that I don’t respect Finland or Finnish identity. It is an insult like many others that have come to characterize the PS after last year’s elections.

The PS are a threat to Finland, but especially to immigrants, visible minorities and expat Finns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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