I love Krisztina Tóth's poems and books. They are beautiful, gentle, simple. I can't even imagine what got into him! He said nonsense about Jókai. So what? Someone else says it! I'm not giving advice on what you should have done, but you should probably apologize and continue working. Realize: you cannot hold the great writer accountable for the "results" of the suffragette movement and its successors.
Instead, the poet (I deliberately and correctly do not write that she is the poetess) began to explain what a famous writer she is, how many languages her books have been translated into, and persisted in her claim that Jókai's novel Aranyember should be removed from the curriculum. He has the right to do so, of course. Then he supposedly found dog gum in his mailbox and several people talked about him on the street and of course he was attacked by thousands in the press and on social media. Harassment can, of course, be a police matter, but the flood of opinions and the fierceness of criticism were to be expected.
Then the poet became involved in an ideological spiral, and I think I can discover more and more the emotions of Ákos Kertész in him. newspaper Falter on March 16 , he says that "Orbán's circus" is taking place, that he is throwing people "in front of the clueless, excited pack".
Well, who is the "clueless", hyped-up pack? Perhaps the untalented "washing-up" Hungarians, or the collective supporters of the Fidesz president? In other words, he figuratively threw this into Orbán's mailbox and has already become a member of a group of people who shout similar things at the prime minister . Those who say: "it is very difficult to act with educated, timid voices against the clueless, noisy masses", that "power is centralized in Hungary, the country is male-oriented, as is the governance, and our country, after being part of the West for a while after the regime change, now he is moving back towards the post-Soviet sphere of influence” and a climate of fear is spreading and that he will soon be branded a Soros agent. "This country has suffered serious mental damage, people's souls have been poisoned to an indescribable extent, the quality of life and morals are at basement level, especially now, in the epidemic situation. This is not going to be fixed overnight. Or "Until the election, people's hysteria will continue to be intensified, so that instead of the mafia state, they will point to the presumed responsible for poverty and the economic crisis. Then he draws the conclusion:
”Hungary is a toxic country."
Well, the famous writer has already navigated himself into a vicious circle, nothing will save him from the opposition putting his name on their banner in the election fight and using these loud campaign slogans in the "dirty fight". Then it will be in vain to wish that "the best thing that can happen is that they leave me alone and I can continue writing my books. I love working passionately.”
On No Man's Island?
Image: Mandiner
