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I agree wholeheartedly. He made this "mistake" of stating correct facts in a broken debate that is emotional. And like clockwork the Swedish "establishment" shu

I agree wholeheartedly. He made this "mistake" of stating correct facts in a broken debate that is emotional. And like clockwork the Swedish "establishment" shut him out of the spotlight. ... and yet here we have the main political editor of the largest Swedish tabloid (aka main representative of the people who feel rather than think): http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/8dn4A/lamnar-oss-nar-vi-behover-honom-som-mest http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/8dn4A/lamnar-oss-nar-vi-... wherein she basically reclaims his legacy for her own use. This is.. rich.

kpil 10y ago
That was almost like 1984. Surrealistic to come from someone that have dismissed "numbers" and "statistics" (with quotes) as irrelevant distractions from the emotional narrative.
throwaway234983 10y ago
> And like clockwork the Swedish "establishment" shut him out of the spotlight. What does that even mean? You can start by showing a single piece of evidence to that fact. He made the supposedly controversial speech in September 2015 [0]. In October he was on TV4 [1]. In December he was on the news on SVT [2] and had his own "talk about whatever you want" radio episodes on SR [3] (both state media). He was on TV4 again in May of 2016 [4]. During 2016 he was mentioned over 100 times by the nation wide newspapers [5]. I'm sure you can find a lot more if you just look. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMunEP80YRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMunEP80YRE [2] http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/5385280/hans-rosling-det-finns-inga-typiska-40-talister http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/5385280/hans-rosling-det-finns-i... [3] http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/654765?programid=2071 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/654765?programid=2071 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWDpfpkGvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWDpfpkGvw [5] http://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22Hans%20Rosling%22&from=2016-01-01&to=2016-12-31 http://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22Hans%20Rosling%22&from=2016-01-...
Natanael_L 10y ago
How about let him speak for himself? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940
- kpil 10y ago
  Those articles are spin written as damage control by a leftist journalist with a political agenda and a think tank, respectively, and does not let the man speak himself.
  - Natanael_L 10y ago
    He did speak for himself. "We can help people everywhere" is his literal words. He said outright he don't think migration needs to be stopped. So stop pretending he meant anything else.

kpil 10y ago

That was almost like 1984. Surrealistic to come from someone that have dismissed "numbers" and "statistics" (with quotes) as irrelevant distractions from the emotional narrative.

throwaway234983 10y ago

> And like clockwork the Swedish "establishment" shut him out of the spotlight. What does that even mean? You can start by showing a single piece of evidence to that fact. He made the supposedly controversial speech in September 2015 [0]. In October he was on TV4 [1]. In December he was on the news on SVT [2] and had his own "talk about whatever you want" radio episodes on SR [3] (both state media). He was on TV4 again in May of 2016 [4]. During 2016 he was mentioned over 100 times by the nation wide newspapers [5]. I'm sure you can find a lot more if you just look. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMunEP80YRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMunEP80YRE [2] http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/5385280/hans-rosling-det-finns-inga-typiska-40-talister http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/5385280/hans-rosling-det-finns-i... [3] http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/654765?programid=2071 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/654765?programid=2071 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWDpfpkGvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWDpfpkGvw [5] http://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22Hans%20Rosling%22&from=2016-01-01&to=2016-12-31 http://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22Hans%20Rosling%22&from=2016-01-...

Natanael_L 10y ago

How about let him speak for himself? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13596940

kpil 10y ago
Those articles are spin written as damage control by a leftist journalist with a political agenda and a think tank, respectively, and does not let the man speak himself.
- Natanael_L 10y ago
  He did speak for himself. "We can help people everywhere" is his literal words. He said outright he don't think migration needs to be stopped. So stop pretending he meant anything else.