It's because the local politics are rather intense in Sweden right now. The whole country is rather emotional at the moment, has been for the last couple of day

It's because the local politics are rather intense in Sweden right now. The whole country is rather emotional at the moment, has been for the last couple of days. For a while now the racist parts of the population has been rather outspoken. I guess feeling that their opinions has finally been legitimized with a far-right party winning seats in parliament and all that. At the same time the rest of the population has been rather quiet. I guess not knowing exactly what to make of it. No one seems to have been prepared for it. After all, the official, and somewhat internalized, image of Swedish culture and identity has been that those opinions had no place in civilized society, and thus shouldn't be dignified with actual response. The last few days, the refugee situation seems to have been a rallying point around taking back this identity. Resulting in a few days with more then usual activity of emotional manifestations. That said, I was rather surprised to have to witness this on HN and must say I feel rather ashamed my self. On behalf of Sweden: I'm sorry you had to witness that. Edit: Down vote? Guess I should expect that for letting my own opinions on the matter shine through. But really, I was just trying to provide some context for interpreting the other posts in this thread.