If the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* is a far-right party, is it correct to say that the National Coalition Party a radical-right party?
After the second stabbing in a week in Oulu, politicians are sending their condolesneces. The question we should be looking at is the level of disingenuity. Parties like the PS and politicians like Interioir Minister Mari Rantanen and Finance minister Riikka Purra are to blame.
President Alexander Stubb, who has been quite after the first stabbing, is now quoted by Yle as saying the second stabbing is “perhaps” a wakeup call for Finland.
It IS a long overdue wake up call! Wake up Stubb!
Rantanen, who based her campaign on racist and far-right conspiracy theories, was quoted as saying in an Helsingin Sanomat interview that there is no connection between the stabbings in Oulu and the government’s migration policy and debate of the issue.
One of Rantanen’s racist soundbite “hits:” “We must not be so blue-eyed that soon we will not be blue-eyed.” In Finnish, sinisilmäinen, or blue-eyed, means being naive. Source: Facebook
“I don’t see any connection between the stabbings in Oulu and immigration policy and talking about it,” she said, adding that her infamous statement about blue eyes was not racist.
“I don’t think I have spread racist thinking in Finland.,” continued Rantanen. “And what does that have to do with this stabbing in Oulu?”
And then there was Purra, who blamed the first stabbing on youth gangs comprising of brown and black members. She was later forced to eat her words.