Leading journalists and politicians across the West frequently describe reasonable and widely held political opinions as "far right." This is a gaslighting campaign, designed to sow doubt in citizens’ minds about the reasonableness and moral acceptability of their own political opinions.
It’s getting more and more important to stand up for these reasonable opinions. People have stopped talking to each other out of fear of being labeled, so they don’t realize how often other people are thinking the same way they are.
Also, I found it very interesting when I took part in a protest here in Stockholm against vaccine passports, which was attended by about 15,000 people, that the little reporting it got said it was “a few thousand people” and focused on the fact that there were representatives from a far right group present. There were representatives from a far right group there all right, but they show up at every demonstration! That day was totally peaceful and had nothing to do with extremism of any kind. And they chose not to air interviews with people who could speak coherently about what we were protesting against. I know because my husband watched a good interview on the street, but that was not what got aired.
It’s getting more and more important to stand up for these reasonable opinions. People have stopped talking to each other out of fear of being labeled, so they don’t realize how often other people are thinking the same way they are.
Also, I found it very interesting when I took part in a protest here in Stockholm against vaccine passports, which was attended by about 15,000 people, that the little reporting it got said it was “a few thousand people” and focused on the fact that there were representatives from a far right group present. There were representatives from a far right group there all right, but they show up at every demonstration! That day was totally peaceful and had nothing to do with extremism of any kind. And they chose not to air interviews with people who could speak coherently about what we were protesting against. I know because my husband watched a good interview on the street, but that was not what got aired.