what a shameful article from a supposedly leftist site! It echoes
hardcore Greek far right chauvinism
JA
Στις 29/8/24 10:34, ο/η Memet Çagatay via groups.io έγραψε:
"Mongol Moslem Turks"
"The refugees are primarily Moslems. That alone, and Turkey, make the
illegal Moslems a life and death threat to Greece. Turkey forced most
of these refugees to Greek islands. No doubt, Turkey planted enough of
its agents among the refugees. Greece was on fire in 2023 – and August
2024. We do know humans are behind some of those destructive fires.
But we don’t know if illegal Moslem immigrants started the fires."
"Probably because of orders of the Obama administration, the Greek
authorities did nothing to protect their borders. After all, a black
man, Obama, was the President of the United States. Could the white
leaders of Greece afford being called racists for refusing
dark-skinned refugees?"
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/27/money-or-your-life/
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I once shared an article on social media written by this apparently
troubled individual, under the impression that it was a brilliant
satirical piece about Greek nationalism. Like a total fool, I even
added a complimentary comment about how he firmly grasps the root of
nationalism in general since the possibility of a leftist magazine
publishing a text that could be classified as, paraphrasing Bob Dylan,
racist foam from the mouth never once crossed my mind. But here I am,
wondering now how pathetic it is to use ethnic and religious
adjectives as insults, or how one can descend into the depths of
supposing that the obsolete and derogatory version of the word
"Muslim" would be a smart way to salute fellow nationalists (like a
secret handshake or a wink). But, the main question here is, how on
earth did Counterpunch editors approve to publish this aggressively
conspicuous example of common ideological delusions besieging
contemporary societies (considering the prevalence of anti-immigrant
rhetoric and sentiments)? One might expect a more cautious approach,
as a half dozen of their former writers are now frequenting the
far-right "Unz Review" after all.
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