In a desperate bid to cling on to power with the April 2027 general election approaching, Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Joakim Vigelius is inciting a social media lynch mob against a residence in Tampere used to house asylum seekers. Sending a Lynch mob is not the real problem, but the little pushback by other politicians and the media.
One of the latest lynch mobs is targeted against refugee children housed at an expensive house in Tampere. Leena Piipari, Solum CEO who runs the group home, told Yle that comments on social media could be classified as hate speech and individual threats.
The minors at the home came to Finland without guardians and have been granted residence permits or temporary protection.
“Some have fled war, for example, from Ukraine,” Piipari was quoted as saying in Yle.
A view of the house that politicians like Vegelius are targetting asylum seekers, which are also chilren. Source: Yle.
The government, in which the PS is a member, can, despite the anti-racism action plan, continue to spew racism and attack migrants, even if they are minors with few if any consequences.
The latter is not the main problem, but the silence and entitlement of racist politicians to say what they please about migrants, asylum seekers, and minorities. With their mouths covered by groups like the media, a non-white Finn has no other choice but to grin and bear it.
Arttu Rintanen is a local politician from Tampere. He was outraged by the actions of Vigelius and the PS:
Writes Rintanen: “If something angers supporters of the National Coalition Party, Center Party, Social Demorats becomes public, it will not necessarily lead to death threats…
The reasons are clear: the PS is the number one party with the lowest education level, the most violent, and incapable of self-control.
