Fascism in action
Wow. The Guardian:
A camera operator for a Hungarian nationalist television channel closely linked to the country’s far-right Jobbik party has been filmed kicking two refugee children and tripping up a man at the border hotspot of Rőszke on Tuesday.
Petra László of N1TV was filming a group of refugees running away from police officers, when a man carrying a child in his arms ran in front of her. László stuck her leg out in front of the man, causing him to fall on the child he was carrying. He turned back and remonstrated with László, who continued filming.
Watch closely – at 4 seconds you can see her kick a girl, but it’s over in a flash. The tripping of the guy carrying a child is slower and more in the open.
Hungary’s leading news website Index had also caught László kicking a young girl and boy.
N1TV said László had been dismissed due to “unacceptable behaviour”. The channel’s editor in chief Szabolcs Kisberk said in a statement posted on the station’s website: “The camerawoman’s employment has today been terminated with immediate effect, the case is now closed for us.”
Hate campaigns are not harmless; they do their work.
This received an extensive press coverage in my country. Still …
One of our biggest newspapers closed comments under all articles about the refugees. Instead of the usual open comment sections, you find the statement which reads (roughly):
Our articles about the refugees received a terrifying number of comments inciting to commit crimes, with racist and xenophobic content.
So that’s the reason why they decided to block comments. How about the commenters’ reactions to such a move? Yeah, well, use your imagination. Just don’t be too shy.
It’s really strange: my impression is that at the moment the compassionate voices are coming mainly from (a part of) the media and from the church. But we the people, salt of the earth … ah, how we hate these privileged bastards, together with their cherished pets – the refugees!
Sorry, it’s just that at the moment it’s so dark and cold outside.
Ouch, Ariel, that’s horrible.