Finland to criminalise Holocaust denial, probe banning swastika use
Finland to criminalise Holocaust denial, probe banning swastika use
The four-party government coalition revealed the contents of its anti-racism statement at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
That's not why I posted this here, though:
The government will also probe the possibility of outlawing the political use of certain symbols, including the swastika as used by Nazi Germany as well as the hammer and sickle that appeared on the former Soviet Union flag.
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"Probing use"
Would be morbidly funny if they decide to keep the swastika and ban the hammersickle
Is Finland the most racist of the Scandinavian country or does it just very much seem that way?
Give the whole thing to the Sámi
Setting up a sympathizer guerilla hub in the maintenance corridors of the moomin theme park
Oh not to mention Karelian peoples and the Roma.
The Karelian oppression for example dates back to when we tried to do some colonialism of our very own and our fascist leaders did "crusades" to the lands of the Karelian people. Displaced them, put them in camps. Then during the world wars put them in the front lines and left them poor, scarred and with ptsd after. Later a public health project started where a privileged academic eugenics motivated dude from the elite went to the poor rural areas to study why they have so much heart health issues, then stated it's the lifestyle of these uneducated plebs. Of course the generational stress from oppression, war and poverty has nothing to do with anything. /s
We got our intense fatmisia from that as a country. And the belief that if you get health issues, it's probably your own fault for not cross country skiing enough like a proper finn (this mindset got intense with covid, the vibe here is very much that the "weak" die and this is fine).
And the psychiatric hospitals we had here during the wars, oh boy how all minorities and communists were "rehabilitated" in those...
The process of making this country into this fascist dreamzone has been very intentional.
Most people here seem to genuinely think they aren't racist as well. The entire concept isn't understood and that is very much on purpose. We are all "equal". It's a version of the "I don't see colour" but applied to absolutely everything, from poverty to race.
Happiest country in the world (by capitalist standards).
The comment on fat shaming made something click for me in my experience since I moved here. One of my coworkers has this weird obsession with not being fat, or more specifically, not being construed to be unhealthy. When the group decides where to eat lunch, they will interject weird comments about how this or that food like a sandwich is inherently unhealthy … and then they will vote to eat at an Indian place instead. Never mind that it’s all the same macros, in different form… what is “unhealthy” is just whatever foods arbitrarily have negative associations.
You are right about many Finns not understanding racism. That’s true of most places I guess. It does take a distinct flavor here though.
Give it a few years and they'll flip it on its head. You can't deny such a great achievement - the Holocaust. Why would you play down our numbers? It really happened once we can do it again!
More likely it'll just metasticize into a full blown Red Scare, with any opposition to the government line flagging you as a criminal or terrorist.
I'm surprised Holodomor Denial isn't already treated with the same severity. Maybe they can lump in Islamic Extremism and start using French style burka bans to harass Muslim women for their own good.