There are many interpretations of the question, and one is more frustrating than the other. Fidesz opponents, who do not show even the slightest sign of basic empathy, hit and insult every possible right-wing symbol. In recent months, a quite surreal division of consciousness has taken place, we ourselves have been embarrassed, but now we can rest easy: the Peace March is still hated.
The tricolor, cockade and National Anthem, which have never been appropriated, have been a red flag for a long time in the eyes of our traditionalist and Újkomc friends. In fact, it is also conceivable that they even breathed a sigh of relief at the time when the Batthyány Circle of Professors proposed the imposition of a cockade in the period before the 2002 elections. How many people would have been pierced in the chest by the cockade, how many people would have been burned on the back by the flag, and how many people would have been poisoned by the singing of the National Anthem.
Maybe it was better for them too. Moreover, Fidesz could easily be accused of dividing society. Not with hatred, oh no! Not with the reactivation of Medgyessy's "D-209", oh no! Not with the arrogant, lack-seeking, villainous social/sadism campaign, oh no! Nah, how about the cockade! With what else?! They always hated it, and then they had a strategic reason to love it.
Since then, the cockade has disappeared from meetings and meetings, and that's fine. Let's leave it for our national holiday! But the flag forest and the National Anthem were constant. That is, on the right. Then Péter Magyar appeared, the right-winger, for whom it doesn't matter in the world which ideology he serves or promotes, the main thing is that his speeches with an incendiary tone appeal to the widest possible strata. If many people say that Orbán is stealing, corruption, the European prosecutor's office, education and health, Lölő is talking about, if he wants to evangelize to disappointed right-wingers, then he hides Momentum with the No-lympia, Ferinek speaks and would see Orbán at the head of Europe. And now let's shake it up! I wonder what we end up pouring out of the shaker? Because it neither looks good nor tastes good, that's for sure!
However, something broke through the wall in his camp. Something went through though. The flags and the singing. The latter still stutters, his pace is not yet good enough, the world-famous opera singer still needs to be given a nail with a wooden ruler, but the wonderful Hungarian flags are proudly flying. With all the love in my heart, I welcomed those dear compatriots who could drown the Fidesz people in a spoonful of water, who serenely waved the same flags at Péter Magyar's events, the poles of which had burned their hands until now. Now, it is not Hungarianist, extremist and not foot-smelling to march with Hungarian flags. I am so happy!
But don't stop there! Make another important right-wing symbol your own: the Peace March. That's a tough nut to crack, I know. The vilification of the Peace March has now reached such proportions that it has eradicated all kinds of human goodwill from citizens who think differently politically. Typically, many elderly people also participate in the event. This does not mean that there are no young or middle-aged people, but it means that Fidesz is very strong among the elderly, and that, understandably, older people hardly have any social events that move them.
Traditionally, the residents of Sziget or Ozora don't rush to get on the buses in the hope of a good team party, they don't put on make-up for Ákos or the Tank Trap, and let's face it, instead of a "miracle lamb blanket hotel" product presentation against varicose veins, everyone would be better off on the opposition side if their grandparents were preparing for the Peace March. And anyway, what's your problem with old people? They have worked a life, they go where they want.
And the other, the bus service. Has anyone figured out what the hell is wrong with this? Should they hitchhike or make a pilgrimage to Budapest on foot? Or how?! I know, for those of you for whom even voting with Viktor Orbán's ballpoint pen is election fraud, the fact that organized buses depart from the country's remotest settlements, where people living in a community want to have a community experience with a common intention, is contagious. It doesn't matter to you whether the bus is free or paid.
"Sheep procession. A fistful of ice would just fall on them! Oh, just don't get cold in the rain, seeing their age, it would be their last ride."
Just a few of the kinder, meaner comments. And at this time, a person has a mixed feeling of anger, despair and resignation, because we all live in this shell. Together with those who vote just like us, and who, laughing at the abused woman, deifying the one who obstructs the police action, cheering on the one who sent his own to the restaurant, denying our rightful EU money, waiting for the prime minister's possible assassin, will mercilessly pull the x against the right.
However, in order to have some kind of more scientific explanation, I conducted a spontaneous public opinion poll among the viewers and texters on the HírTV program Paláver, and the following three reasons came up for the question of why the Peace March is hated on the opposing side. The 'Envy/Malice/Hate' category group received the most votes, second was the impressive and demoralizing size of the Peace March crowd, and third was the gentleness and dignity of the event.
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Featured image: The Civil Unity Forum – Civil Unity Nonprofit Foundation (CÖF-CÖKA) Peace March participants on the Margitsziget meadow on June 1, 2024. MTI/Zoltán Balogh
