This text is not intended to discuss whether Robert Fico is simply a good prime minister, thief, mobster, threat to freedom of speech and to the European Union or the liberation of Slovakia from the grip of the globalists. I am not going to dwell here on whether – as liberal commentators from Bratislava cafes and Warsaw Savior Square say – he is shot “to blame himself”. However, starting with the issue of blaming – if you don't look at it – victims of attempted execution can be observed something more interesting than another complaint about the election of the Slovak electorate. It is simply a desire to set up the reasoning patterns and electoral preferences for people, while maintaining a speech of contempt and deep non-freedom admiration over broad liberalism, while failing to realize these people.
Because Slovaks can't think otherwise than Čaputovo-liberally. At least not a Slovak from the capital. If a coalition ruling Slovakia supports a Milan of Orava, it is half poverty. He will be called a primitive, homophobic, post-communist, fascist, and then again neglected his household village. Worse if Peter from Bratislava voted for Fico. Then he should be put together with Milan. And by the way, show that the association of him with the Slovak state is to be for the combined origin of shame. It is this venom sipped towards primitívnego voliča, compiled with the campaigns of Smeru is the subject of the text.
Let us go back to last autumn, the elections to the Slovak Parliament. Exit poll pointed to the triumph of Liberals from the Progressive Slovakia Party. And then the votes were counted. First he won the populist Smer. The voters of Progressive Slovakia most likely rationalized this fact by counting votes from smaller committees first. But Smer was inactive driving. Even counting the votes from Bratislava did not turn Robert Fica from his way to power. “What happened?” asks Europe, for the first time in years curious in Slovakia. “How is that possible?” Slovak researchers wonder, who someway have not moved to Prague or Vienna. Finally, there is simply a hypothesis that voters leaving the premises did not admit their election preferences. That's why the missed exit poll. specified a thesis was accompanied by recalling the name of erstwhile Prime Minister Mečiar (among the Liberals he considered an example of autocracy), whose electorate avoided answering questions from the pollist years ago. At the very end, a map of Slovakia was displayed, in which the lowest support for Robert Fica's group is in Bratislava. The distribution of votes is somewhat like Hungary – the capital of the versus province.
If I were in the midst of cafe liberals with a monopoly on Slovak surviving area commentatorship, I would most likely ease the form of communication, and I would like to avoid political conversations like a fire. It is most likely the same for Slovaks who vote for 1 of the ruling coalition parties – social democratic (with national admixtures) Smer, left-wing Hlas or nationalist SNS. no of these parties developed elites that would have an impact on the “young educated from the large centre”. Here you can mention the name of the companion (as it is called) ̄uboš Blahy, controversial, even on Polish conditions of the mad activist Smer, anti-globalist and Che Guevara fan. Although he holds a PhD, he did not build a large information-trendsetter fanbase. And even if he did, it's not gonna work. Are you certain Milan of Orava would be curious in Commandante? According to Blaha, maybe. This politician even distributed books about Guevara to residents of northeastern Slovakia during the election rally. But they did not warrant him the occupation of a Euro MP.
The language he utilized is what made it possible for his comrade ̄ubošpwi to enter the Europarliament. During the gathering in Preszów he reminded Smeru voters about the invectors they heard all day from the elite. This was a fewer hours after actor Vášáryová called the electorate of Fica's organization "shums". She was assisted by another actor, Kňažko, who explained the bomber's actions on Fica by frustrated political situation in the country. The current Euro MP Blaha speaks proficiently to liberals the language of contempt directed towards Smer voters. On his instagram profile, he wrote: “Have you had adequate of Igor Matovic [the erstwhile Prime Minister, leader of the liberal organization OL’aNO]? You've come to the right place." MP Krúp, then activist OL’aNO, erstwhile called Smer's electorate “pigs” and “smelling feces”. Having combined these words with the assassination of Robert Fica, who was made by a pro-opposition poet, we find ourselves in a situation where even an openly pro-Russian freak in a T-shirt with Guevara seems to Milan of Orava little antipathetic than Progressive Slovakia keeping its nose open beyond Bratislava. For the sake of clarity, it is worth mentioning that anti-communist feelings in our confederate neighbours are weaker than in ours; a shirt with Guevara is unusual in the real world, possibly individual will get hurt, but mostly it is not socially acceptable; Slovaks have no problem with the fact that any Smeru politicians place flowers on the graves of Czechoslovakian communists.
Not Blaha himself lives Smer, but all MP who intercedes for – quoting a post from the organization profile – cursed voters. Politicians of this group constantly point to the neglect of the province. It should be mentioned that in Slovakia there is simply a immense problem with uneven development, and Bratislava cannibalises urban centres located in the east and north of the country. The way of the election meetings of Smer candidates included a crucial majority of the city's population of 20-50 thousand. And Smeru politicians spoke not about hard political terms or about the fact that "the shame of sending people without languages to the EP" across Europe, but about building a railway junction in Žilina. That is something he will benefit from in everyday life primitívny volič.
When Prime Minister Fico was shot, the voices attacking the victim (sic!) came from the country and abroad. It should be noted here that the ruling coalition was not sacred either. Blaming the opposition for the situation before the authoritative disclosure of the bomber's motivation, falling from the mouth of the Minister of Culture, deviates from the standards of public debate. However, it is sad to read erstwhile Polish author Weronika Gogol said to Onetu: “At the minute all possible scenarios are disturbing,” Gogol comments. I don't think even the top fans have any optimistic ending... Fico was shot in the chest. We don't really know if he'll last the bombing. Regardless of how this ends, the assassination of the Prime Minister of Slovakia will become a political weapon against the opposition. – Yesterday morning there was a protest about the liquidation of systemic support for culture, present there was to be a protest against fresh power – but it was cancelled. There have already been accusations against the opposition and journalists critical of the government. Hatred of the media and journalists has late reached an apogee. It'll be another turn against them. The acquisition of radio and tv continues – all these are classical steps towards totalitarianism".
If Fico truly wanted to build a totalitarian state cut off from free media and turn society against journalists, then utilizing the rule of reciprocity in blaming the victim – he would most likely enjoy considerable public support. Gogol in her hysteria and selective empathy was not alone. The voices of Ziemowit Szczerek and the remainder of the liberal salon sounded likewise in the Polish yard. I do not fishy that a Slovak reader is following Polish net media, but I am certain that if Smer wanted to talk more frequently about the "street" which is equivalent to the Warsaw Chmielna and the "foreign", then evidence of his position as a besieged fortress would be abundant.
This situation didn't start yesterday. It didn't start at the time of the bombing either. abroad commentators have been talking about Slovak primitives for years. A fewer years ago, Gogol reprimanded Fica voters with homophobia, and Michnik's friend Martin Šimečka reminiscent of indifference being the first degree to a number hell. In his full tendent book “Ufo nad Bratislava” Gogol, however, points out an interesting thing. This is the way Robert Ficy acted, who went to welding during the campaign. Yeah, he went on the night shift and welded. He's more than a 100 percent average without being a professional welder. He took care of something that this celebrated primatívny volič does. As long as the leadership of labour brought on banners and banners brings to head the commune, then...
This is closer to average people and their experiences than what Progressive Slovakia and Bratislava cafes propose. Čaputova must be given that years ago she fought for the environment in her tiny homeland. About the others... For example, they scare Fica – a Russian agent. The social media profiles of Progressive Slovakia were filled with information about the prorosity of the ruling party. This could be a success in Poland, although we are constantly searching for Russian onucs in political opponents, without any evidence of agential activity, it is becoming an increasingly little crucial accusation. Slovaks are not as pro-Ukrainian as Poles or Lithuanians. In addition, Slovakia, like Hungary, is energetically dependent on Russia. And Fico does not say, “Yes, I am pro-Russian and what is it?” Besides, he's not even like that. The fact is that according to election promises, he does not send free military assistance to Ukraine. On good note, if he had sent it, the opposition would most likely have pointed it out to him as a failure to keep his promise. The ruling party, on the another hand, says that "it is on the side of peace" (whatever that means). The Prime Minister goes into rhetoric about not sending young people to their deaths behind Ukraine. But Fico continued to send humanitarian aid.
Slovak liberals in the competition for the most anti-pathetic for voters of the ruling opposition parties could compete only with Krystyna Janda comparing the price of the night with the Warsaw prostitute to 500+. Or Gergely Karácsona, mayor of Budapest, talking about strangling a populist plague with gin and tonic. Fico's in charge. In the Euro-Progressive elections, Slovakia won, but first it did not accomplish attendance, second – it was the only 1 with the banners of a strong pro-EU attitude. The Europarliament will be attended by six liberals, 5 representatives of the Fica Party, 2 nationalists from the Republic, 1 chaperone and 1 typical of the populist-left Hlas. This was not the failure of the Community Left. More than that, the ruling coalition doesn't hold well. Besides, it is hard to do otherwise erstwhile volič has a choice between the name primatívneho and, in fact... It's hard to tell what.
Hanna Szymerska
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