You know, there is a certain degree of rudeness that only the greatest are capable of performing. Let's say Klára Dobrev when she talks about basic democratic values. Maybe Ferenc Gyurcsány, awkwardly copying trends he thought were youthful. Katalin Cseh, after one of her statements, when she talks about the fact that only those who are committed to the government can receive EU support.
And of course the independent and objective press, one of its leaders, 444. From them...we learned that anti-Semitism is indeed present in Hungary. Moreover, not only does it exist, but more than a third of Hungarians are moderately or strongly anti-Semitic. Because this was the subject of a research, which they did not forget to publish.
Nothing new under the sun. It's as if we were back in 1993, where, under the guidance of the SZDSZ, everyone was whipping the orphan-haired, weedy nationalism and obvious anti-Semitism of the MDF. Roughly, the entire progression lived on them, until the mid-2000s, even more so until 2010. And from then on, not only because there was no longer a demand for this crap, which could always be thrown in as a stigma. The treacherous conservatives, who can be pointed at with walking sticks, have almost all moved in their circles, and the others no longer danced as progress whistled.
The era when entire careers could be destroyed with this accusation ended there. And, thank heavens, conservatives' fear of unimaginative accusations is over. But we've already talked about that enough.
Let's lay down a basic principle: anti-Semitism unfortunately exists everywhere. The question is really how intense it is and how it surfaces. If anyone, Western Europeans can provide plenty of examples of this. Because it's not Hungary, it's Germany, where a government official recommends that Jews don't wear religious clothing on the street, because they risk being attacked. Not Hungary, but France, where the military constantly protects synagogues and Jewish educational institutions. Anti-Semitism is growing enormously in Western Europe, primarily and mainly due to migration. It's not the kind where you might be yelled at - I don't want to excuse that either - but the cold, street violence...
…Returning to the report, of course, what else do they bring up? The "demonization" of György Soros After all, he is just a benevolent philanthropist who is already old anyway. On the other hand, the Hungarian government launched an ugly, anti-Semitic campaign around Uncle Gyuri, mocking his reputation. Please, let's forget this nonsense. No one cares about Soros' origins. And only his vile activities play a role in his serial promotion. But everyone who doesn't want to lie outright knows this.
If we talk about the facts, it says more than anything else. The Maccabi Games were recently held in Hungary without any kind of scandal or problem, this would have been unthinkable in Western Europe. In this country, religious minorities are not threatened by anyone who would have done so before, they are now the best friends of the Gyurcsánys. Every minority in the true sense of the word in our country lives the way they want, and the Hungarian government guarantees them this security. Not to mention that there has never been such a good relationship between the Israeli and Hungarian governments as was the hallmark of the Netanyahu era. Among other things, it is precisely the fact that they are militantly opposed to migration that guarantees this security. Because where there are more and more migrants, there is an explosive increase in anti-Semitism.
Of course, you can write long reports that want to grasp a lot, but actually do not grasp anything, and praise them even longer. The goal is clearly to keep alive all the accusations against the foreign principals. After all, it was written in the press! Which isn't independent in principle, right? But then how can they appear? These are difficult questions.
Author: Kristóf Trombitás
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(On the cover photo: Protect Jewish lives. Photo by Filip Singer/MTI/EPA)
