But if the demand of the majority is an arrogant personality cult, then that is the right way. Written by Francesca Rivafinoli.
I agree that it must also be recognized if one agrees with Anna Donáth at a given point - even if only tangentially and with reservations. However, there are such distinguished moments in history: we think of the "behavioral patterns" of the Hungarian Peterist hard core in traces.
It could even belong to the category of varietas delectat, when you are already entertained by well-dressed female companions with their messages, in which
in a style reminiscent of a braver preschooler, various pub names for the genitals are paraded, accompanied by the sophisticated epithet "stupid" -
previously, such readers' letters were decorated with vomiting emojis, now there are crying laughing ones and clown heads too, so the palette has really become more colorful.
However, it already makes the observer think when the most conspicuous, hyperactive part of the fans of Respect and Freedom with one hand lavishly wraps their angry heads at the news that Zoltán Tarr's contract at a background institution of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has not been finalized - and with the other hand reflexively reports that Facebook - a post that dares to criticize Péter Magyar, even if only covertly.
May the NER perish for not employing a pro-Dictaphone opposition -
and in the meantime, we will remove Hont and Cegledi from social media, who push their dissenting opinion. It has to be proven that we would conjure up such a free press and such a state of law without discrimination that the world would be amazed.
"Let's not joke anymore, every party leader has blind followers, let's not generalize," could be the objection, but the promise was that something qualitatively new is taking shape here, and on the other hand, it is not difficult to notice how this style is being stimulated. Did crowds of commenters magically start closing their posts with clown heads and laughing at each other, or maybe they were spying on someone?
When the people of Főn are propagandists about happy and unhappy, is it any wonder that the little man who gets a bloodshot instead of presenting smart counter-arguments makes a killing?
What do we read in Magyar Hang , one day after Péter Magyar's defunct party was registered without any problems?
"I am a peaceful person, but that crowd may become less peaceful and understanding" if the authorities prevent registration.
Okay, Megafon is cute, but let's face it, it's not the most elegant thing when a politician posts on the internet for days about his possible defection, and then repeats the same lamentation in an interview that appears in print, simply balancing it with the fact that by the time it's published, he's already running out of reasons empty chatter. It wouldn't be too surprising if some of the more inattentive readers were left with the impression that
the evil power hinders poor Peter, which he bears with angelic patience, but we do not need to remain peaceful.
The list can be continued for a long time - for example, how much does it help the construction of a new, hatred-free Hungary brick by brick when Péter Magyar jokingly mentions "Rákay (Kálmán) Philip"? It's really a little thing, not necessarily a drama, but if "Kálmán" wasn't inserted, would a brick be missing from the support pillar?
Would riding in the name of others be an integral element of a new, more European and respectful culture?
The self-determination law has just been passed in Germany, according to which a penalty of up to ten thousand euros can be imposed on anyone who intentionally insults a person by publicly mentioning their former first name. God forbid that Germany becomes an example with its legislation providing the possibility of annual (practically no minimum age) gender change, but
whoever runs in the name of the capitalized Respect, could even pay attention to engaging with others in a better way.
While this would have been a great opportunity to bury the cheap sheepishness and brain deadening, or at least to reduce it: "My brothers, I, the genius, the savior of the opposition, I was also there in 2022 at the peace march, without being bussed or given fries for it," Péter Magyar could have said, perhaps adding that, look, he also voted for Fidesz last time with intact teeth and in a sane state, so let everyone finally realize that the world is complicated, there are many different personal motivations and different socializations. Also, maybe more
let the loud-mouthed sheepherder, who now has to be led out of his decades of hopelessness and apathy by one of the sheep of the 2022 peace march, come to himself.
If nothing else, maybe with something like this, the public discourse in Hungary could be changed step by step and mutual acceptance could be built. But if the majority demand that the alleged rescue of the country should be accompanied by an arrogant self-aggrandizement and a personal cult that does not tolerate contradiction, insults and excludes others, then of course the direction is not bad at all.
Featured image source: MTI/Péter Lakatos
