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It's not about disagreeing with his goals, it's about stylizing him as a Boogeyman using anti-Semitic tropes for political gains. The people who call Soros the
by turbinerneiter 7y ago
It's not about disagreeing with his goals, it's about stylizing him as a Boogeyman using anti-Semitic tropes for political gains.
The people who call Soros their enemy are literally fighting against liberal democracy. Orban himself states as his goal a illiberal democracy.
You can disagree with Soros views on immigration, but there is no way in hell you can defend what has been done to him. What Soros advocates is a viable political position, what Orban advocates is the death of democracy.
- deogeo 7y ago> The people who call Soros their enemy are literally fighting against liberal democracy. I haven't kept up with all the things Soros has been accused of (falsely or not), but isn't this statement also making them into boogeymen? They can't possibly be just against a handful of policies he's pushing in their country - they must be against liberal democracy itself? Why are the only two choices Soros, or enemies of liberal democracy? Assuming you didn't use "people who call Soros their enemy" to only refer to Orban's government. I'll agree that Orban (and others) fabricated smears against Soros, but it's false to extend that to "the whole Soros story".
- turbinerneiter 7y agoWell, let's try: shoe me one valid point of critisim against Soros promoted ideas that is not illiberal.
- deogeo 7y agoI'm not sure if it's liberal or not, but opposition to immigration seems perfectly legitimate to me, and is directly opposed to Soros' goals.