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#Yle the Finnish Public Broadcasting company starts to publish news also in #arabic and in #somali (in #finnish https://yle.fi/a/74-20110955) and the reaction is angrily negative.

#basicFinns aka #persut state that this is wrong and denying reading news in one's own language would NOT advance integration. This is utter #racist bullshit IMHO.

To me it is crystal clear it does exactly that. If you understand more about nuances in your new society how on earth it would not help you migrate better?

In the #finland #politics scene #basicFinns aka #persut is pretty much like your drunken uncle reacting angrily everywhere and every time in a #racist manner but repeatedly denying of being a racist.

Everybody knows, though. And no-one likes this uncle.

Yesterday is the milestone of my life I wrote to my MP about the legislation being prepared in #Finland - arbitrary power pushed down to individual border patrols to decide if a person trying across the border is in life danger or alike. Official decisions with no right to object which is not legal in any civilised country and completely against basic human rights.

Given the current government and the #farRight party #persu #basicFinns in it I’m afraid this won’t be the last email I write her.

if Basic Finn nazis do something well, it’s self victimisation. #BasicFinnNazis #basicFinns #politics #politicsFI #finland #austerity #nazis #farRight #riseOfFascism

Observations on society blog on facebook.

"Go to work, go to work", shouts Minister of Finance Riikka Purra to protesters at yesterday's event for the Basic Finns. And then, in true Basic Finns fashion, she plays the victim on social media.

Riikka Purra uses condescending rhetoric in public when talking about other people. She smiles in the picture scissors in hand, gloating at the expense of those affected by the government's drastic cuts. She shows no empathy or words of comfort for people in distress. She is very cruel and cold in her politics.

It is causing a backlash. It causes demonstrations. It causes boos in sports stadiums. But as always, the criticism is turned into victimisation. The biggest victim once again is the mistreated Basic Finns. The same person who is allowed to use harsh rhetoric when criticising others, but is unable to take the slightest criticism. It's always a witch-hunt and who knows what else.

This is what it has been for years. The Basic Finns come to social media and writes horrifying text. Then when it is critically responded to, the victimisation begins. Responsibility for one's own behaviour is never taken. The fault is always elsewhere than in the mirror.

Finland still has the right to protest. Perhaps it will be next on the government's ban list now that strikes have been curtailed. It is rare that a minister openly fucks with protesters. It's the kind of development we should be waking up to. But we're not. Remember the furore that arose in the last government when Sanna Marin used the word boomer. It was written about for weeks. The fact that the Minister of Finance is shouting at protesters should be juxtaposed as equally big deal in the media. Something has happened in this world when it doesn't.

Riikka Purra has made a number of excesses over the year. She has not apologised for any of them. Could she try that the next time? Even a modicum of empathy and understanding for those most hurt by her austerity measures? And not to the point of showing them even more contempt.

Now no one should go along with this victim narrative, but instead demand responsibility.

At yesterday's event, police had to remove a protester after he behaved aggressively. There must be absolute zero tolerance for that. You can protest, but peacefully.

The reaction at ministerial level to the demonstrators was sub-standard. As a society, we are slipping into something from which there will soon be no return if we do not now really stop in the face of this change.

Riikka Purra tweeted.

"Campaigning is going wild. A demonstration that had not been reported to the police tried to sabotage our event in Oulu. Fascist and other cries are tolerated and responded to, but for ordinary followers of politics, that's unfortunate."

Shift in finnish political climate is very noticeable.

Politician Ville Niinistö (Green Alliance) shares his grim thoughts. #naziGovernment #fascism #gunViolence #politics #politicsFI #finland #basicFinns #basicFinnNazis #acab

Ville Niinistö on facebook.

Something has changed in Finnish politics. And the change is insidious, gradual, but suddenly so obvious. The change is driven by one party. Timo Vornanen, a member of parliament from the Basic Finns Party, fired a gun in central Helsinki on Thursday night after first pointing it at other people. Before that, according to HS, he had sought the attention of 18- and 19-year-old women in a restaurant at the end of a long evening, and in the course of this had argued with the man involved in the incident.

The case raises a number of questions. Why is the MP carrying a gun in a restaurant? Was he already carrying it earlier in the evening in Parliament? Why did he fire the gun and point it at others? Why a Member of Parliament can bring a gun into Parliament, which I did not even know about? (for safekeeping for security personnel, of course, but I see no reason why weapons should be brought into Parliament for safekeeping at all, that is not justified by the hobby of hunting or shooting.)

These questions need to be answered. Vornanen's guilt of the crime must be carefully investigated and the prosecution carefully conducted. He must not be given the impression that, as a police officer on leave or as a party colleague of the Minister of the Interior or as a Member of Parliament, he is receiving special treatment.

However, we must also consider whether this is a wider change. The way in which the Basic Finns do politics differs from other parties. Its candidates have a much higher number of criminal convictions than those of other parties, including for violent crimes. Its way of talking about different population groups is harsh, often discriminatory and attitudinal. Its representatives have even boasted of criminal convictions for, among other things, being engaged against an ethnic group. Even its ministers and party leaders have posted racist and/or violent fantasies on social media.

Is it any more a coincidence or is it a party that takes the attitude that the rules don't apply to them? For party activists who are inclined to authoritarian or arbitrary thinking, do they consider the rules to be something above themselves?

If this is indeed the case, it is a very dangerous development. It is for each of us to consider for ourselves how dangerous such a development is for the rule of law and for human equality, and how it can be stopped. Answers are also needed from the Finnish Government and the leadership of the Basic Finns Party.

Carrying a gun is always a deliberate act. In the centre of Helsinki and at a restaurant night, it is by definition a dangerous and threatening act. In this context, it seems to indicate a major change, and it is no coincidence which party's representative is involved. There have just been too many "coincidences" already.

We have a country wide hostage situation going on in Finland.

The nazi government is lying, threatening and pushing through never before seen capacity of austerity measures that will not only cripple the economy and shatter peaceful society, but also push finnish people into poverty and uncertainty. #fascism #politics #politicsFI #finland #gunViolence #naziGovernment #austerity #corruption #basicFinns #BasicFinnNazis #nazis

Comedian Iikka Kivi on facebook.

Basic Finns MP Timo Vornanen has been in custody over the weekend on suspicion of a firearms offence. According to media reports, Vornanen fired a handgun after a night at a bar in central Helsinki.

The case shows the scale of the problems in Finland's political leadership.

The main people responsible - Prime Minister Petter Orpo and the leader of Basic Finns Party, Riikka Purra - have shown their worst leadership to date. And in the case of this government, that is saying a lot.

They have not taken control of the situation in any way, but are, as usual, in hiding. They have not dared to go before the media, but have been text-messaging the press with thin answers. This is a singularly unfortunate performance.

Of course, we should not expect any better, because when you get into power by lying and inciting racist thinking, you get people who cannot lead responsibly. And this is exceptionally evident when these bad leaders face a serious crisis.

A good but inexperienced leader learns quickly from one crisis and handles the next one better, and Orpo and Purra have not lacked crisis training in this government. But they just don't learn for the better.

Orpo and Purra either can't lead or don't want to lead. And both options are completely unsustainable in this situation.

Besides the leadership deficit, another big problem is the current form of the Finns party.

I believe that Mr Vornanen's actions have come as a shock to all members of the party, and I am sure that none of Basic Finns will support such actions. But it is still necessary to discuss why we have a party in government and a very strong popular support base that not only attracts irresponsible and dangerous people like a magnet, but also repeatedly elevates them to positions of responsible power.

It is no coincidence that Basic Finns politicians have the most criminal backgrounds, or that a child molester or neo-Nazi can become a minister in Basic Finns, or that radical far-right groups in Finland have repeated links with Basic Finns.

The Basic Finns are a party whose two leading stars, Riikka Purra and Jussi Halla-aho, have publicly written violent fantasies in which they use a handgun in public, and the Basic Finns voters approve of this, as they do of all the other dangerous and irresponsible behaviour of Basic Finns politicians.

And when discrimination, hostility, racist crime and fantasies of violence are accepted and even praised within the party, this has a consequence: more people who act in a discriminatory and hostile way and who foster violent fantasies of power end up in the party.

These two issues, the government's total lack of leadership and the chaotic unpredictability of Basic Finns party, lead to the third problem, which is possibly the biggest of all.

Finns' confidence in the political system and society is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate.

The government came to power by lying about virtually all its election promises. It has not even tried to deliver on its promise of zero tolerance of racism and disinformation. The government listens to no one and cares not a jot about the crushing impact of its cuts on people's daily lives - on the contrary, it arrogantly mocks the poor it hurts with by posing with scissors in hand. The most common response to criticism is to label the critics unjustifiably as communists or representatives of the "Trade Union_mafia".

Ultimately, society works on trust. People must be able to trust that the majority, and above all politicians, will act for the common good.

And when, on top of such cruel and intransigent policies, our leaders shirk their responsibilities in a situation that has shocked all Finns, it severely shatters that already fragile trust.

This is not acceptable.

And it must be said loudly to the decision-makers. Much louder than before.

Because when a small group arbitrarily decides the fate of a large group by threatening, lying and behaving with unpredictable aggression, and the large group can only helplessly obey and somehow try to endure and hang on, it is no longer a question of democratic governance of the welfare state, it is a hostage situation.

Hello world, especially friends in #Germany. Our Basic Finn nazi minister of justice has just halted preparations for a law that would criminalise holocaust denialism.

This is sadly just one of the fascism inducing things she has done TODAY. #finland #basicFinns #basicFinnNazis #politics #politicsFI #fascism #fasism #fascismInFinland #naziGovernment #politicsEU #nazis #holocaust #holocaustDenial

Jufo Peltomaa writes.

The caricature of Justice Minister Leena Meri (PS) has been in the media today. She alone has managed following deeds:

1. Dismantel the working group on racism that was to prepare an amendment to the Criminal Code to comply with the requirements of the EU's anti-racism framework decision. Minister of Justices wants hate speech to flourish, and with it a clearly more racist Finland.

2. Involved in the work of the working group on the independence of the judiciary. The working group is not allowed to draft its proposal in the form of a bill. The setting up of the working group was prompted by developments in the EU and Finland, particularly in Hungary and Poland in recent years, where the regime has eroded the independence of the authorities and made them loyal to itself. The Minister of Justice therefore wants the Finnish parties to be able to influence the decisions of the courts. Yes, as in Nazi Germany or modern Russia.

3. Prevented the criminalisation of Holocaust denial. Yes, you read that right, our Justice Minister wants the six million Jews massacred by the fascists to be called a lie. Consider the reasons for that.

These three grisly things are only from today, there will be more tomorrow, if the opposition fails to stop this madness with an interpellation.

Everyone should keep their eyes open now, especially as the coalition has de facto handed the prime minister's job to Purra. Orpo is watching from the sidelines, as a bothered political mitten. Oh Finland, what a cancer you have given yourself. Let's hope a new government based on Western values can be formed soon!

POLITICS.

The Holocaust law is also stuck on Lena Meri’s desk.

Justice Minister Leena Meri (Basic Finns) is blocking a bill to criminalise Holocaust denial. The timetable is already late.

1/2 just basic finn nazies being nazies.

#terrorism #politics #finland #basicFinnNazis #nazis #farRightTerrorism #fascism #fascismInFinland #politicsFI #basicFinns #trueFinns #farRight

Rysky Riiheläinen is on facebook.

My thoughts on the Basic Finns, terrorism and extremism:

The Basic Finns are currently largely responsible for Finland's internal security, as the party holds the portfolios of Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice. It also has a significant security role in the Ministry of Finance. However, despite being such a key player in internal security, it emerged that a prominent member of the party, who is considered to be its security expert, is suspected of making illegal threats with terrorist intent. This is about fake bombs sent to the party offices.

The leadership of the Basic Finns Party is balancing external demands with internal integrity. As such, this is entirely to be expected from a radical populist party in a multi-party system. A good example of this balancing act was the way in which the party's ministerial elections were handled.

Normally, the party leaders are the first to be elected as ministers. Now two of the party's very popular vice-chairmen, Sebastian Tynkkynen and Mauri Peltokangas, have been left without a portfolio. Part of this was also the resignation last spring of the ID group in the European Parliament, which was largely made up of far-right parties friendly to Putin. At the same time, the BF's previously rather dense support base in Brussels was renewed.

The party leadership has therefore been at work in the background and its actions were certainly important in building the party's credibility in government. At the same time, the result of the first term of the Basic Finn' government is well remembered, when support quickly plummeted and contributed to the party's disintegration. Even now, support has fallen, but moderately.

The debate on racism in the summer and early autumn was largely born out of the fact that the actions of the people in the governing party, and especially the backgrounds of the ministers, carry more weight and therefore more interest.

None of the parties in government believed that they would benefit from the dissolution of the government; on the contrary, other issues were considered more important than the views expressed by the key players in the BF. It was the government programme and its importance that was often invoked.

The government programme states: ''The government recognises terrorism as a crime that seriously endangers the basic functions of society, the rule of law and human security. The threat of terrorism remains at an elevated level. Terrorism will be combated effectively." In the more concrete counter-terrorism measures, it is clear that the fight against terrorism has immigrants in mind, as better access to citizenship revocation in terrorism convictions is mentioned twice.

This is by no means the first or second case linking BF to extremism or even terrorism. Here are a bunch of others over the years:

The main suspect in Laden's terrorist crimes had a BF background, the attempted murder of BF member Kataja was the result of internal party disputes, the local branch chairman practiced shooting with a bow at a neo-Nazi summer camp with pictures of political decision-makers as targets, Junnila's KKK and Nazi flirtations, far-right Awakening seminars attended by party members, a local councillor ran a (Soldiers of) Odin clubhouse, BF councillor donated a Hitler watch to the Odins, BF MPs as speakers at the Kukkavirta event organised by the neo-Nazis, the entire youth organisation was expelled from the party for extremism, Hankamäki's book Truus kihottaa, the expelled MPs Hirvisaari and Turtiainen, the dominance of the leading figures of Suomen Sisu in the party, cooperation with the neo-Nazis in commemorating Schaumann, and then there were the various racism cases. Then there is a lot of other stuff, but the QAnon mentality of rank-and-file members or coronadenialism are not such important issues.

2/2 just basic finn nazis being nazis.

#terrorism #politics #finland #basicFinnNazis #nazis #farRightTerrorism #fascism #fascismInFinland #politicsFI #basicFinns #trueFinns #farRight

Many people have been kicked out of the party on these occasions, but the frequency of excesses and worse says something. Personally, what I would have missed most of all now is a message from the party leaders to their own. That is, that they would be told by their own leaders how wrong and dangerous it is to act against democracy. The speeches were limited to a very good tweet by the party chairman and a couple of comments to the media.

But there has been no sign that the party's repeated linkage with extremism and violence is causing any introspection. That can only be done by the party membership, because the party as a party cannot control the opinions of its membership. But as one moderate said to me: 'Isn't that already the responsibility of the police and the judiciary? Let them do their job. There's no point in having a debate about that." There were many more less moderates.

When I've raised this issue on Twitter in recent days, the response has been overwhelming with anger, belittling and pointing out other faults. On this basis, there seems to be no desire or need among the party's rank and file and supporters to address these recurring situations. However, I refuse to believe that there are not a number of basic Finns who are concerned about the situation.

If it were just a case of old stories coming to the surface, I do not think the situation would be serious. Very often, people have come to power from the political margins, where their views have been wild, but have been reassured by maturity and the possibility of coming to power. Kekkonen was the champion of Greater Finland, the communists were revolutionaries, the radicals of the 1960s, starting with Tuomioja, were their own kind. As such, the Halla-aholism could be part of such a continuum of pragmatic drift, but radicalism does not seem to have faded much in the party over time. What has improved is that the party leadership has become better at communicating separately to others and to its own.

As long as the Basic Finns drive the wagons into the ring in the face of outside criticism and defend their party from all and sundry, it is difficult to trust it to keep the undemocratic forces within it in check.

Fortunately, in a multi-party system, there is always the option of leaving the party without government power. But then again, that is for the other parties and their voters to decide.

Cost-of-living and rents rising, together with the governments plans to slash housing benefits about to force especially families and low income households to move out of cities, especially Helsinki.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20043878

#naziJokeGovernment #rightWingPolitics #politics #naziJokeNCP #NCP #politicsFI #finland #kickThePoor #basicFinns #SPP #ChristianDemocrats #HeKA #costOfLiving #rents #helsinki