In recent months, the party has been attempting to position itself as “the most pro-Israel party in Sweden” and distance itself from its antiemetic and neo-Nazi past. However, in 2021, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet revealed that the party leader in the second-largest city council in Sweden, Gothenburg, Jörgen Fogelklou, had posted antisemitic and racist statements on social media, such as “It is clear that the Jews are the root of all evil in the world.”
Two years ago, it was exposed that some party members had connections with neo-Nazi movements even in recent years. For instance, one party member in southern Sweden, Jonas Lingren, publicly supported rock bands advocating for “white supremacy” and used the slogan “Skinhead 88” (88 is a known code for Heil Hitler, i.e., HH).
None of these things have anything to do with left or right leaning. Being racist does not make you far-right, and individuals do not represent the party as a whole. If they did, every party in Sweden would be considered far-right.
But also:
Jörgen Fogelklou, had posted antisemitic and racist statements on social media,
As far as I know, this was never proven to be him, as it was comments on some account on Flashback.
one party member in southern Sweden, Jonas Lingren
“One party member” that no one has ever heard of does not represent the entire party. You have several “one party member” people with controversal music tastes and ideologies in any party.
Dude, they are in the right block, they are a far right party, no one in Sweden thinks otherwise. It would be ridiculous. Just read their Wikipedia page or something: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats
Being openly racist absolutely does mean being right wing. What else would it mean? That’s the main platform the right has, they just bury it under euphemisms and pretend it doesn’t exist. The ones who are too stupid to obfuscate their racist remarks are the far-right.
Being right means being capitalistic or conservative. Less welfare, less public projects, more business oriented, more keeping the status quo.
Being racist is not a quality of being right-leaning. Surely you’re confusing the political spectrum with what kind of people tend to lean towards what. Calling someone racist for being right-leaning, or calling someone far-right for being racist is an association fallacy.
Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to be racist and socialist at the same time.
We weren’t discussing a left wing party here, it’s a right wing party that you said wasn’t far-right because of their openly stated racism. I could have been clearer in my response, but I’m saying that by being openly racist (and by maintaining relationships with members who are openly racist), this right wing party is far-right.
You are correct though about the actual distinction between leftism and rightism being support for capitalism, thank you for clarifying that.
Care to elaborate, then? What makes them far right?
Did you even read the article?
Just one example
None of these things have anything to do with left or right leaning. Being racist does not make you far-right, and individuals do not represent the party as a whole. If they did, every party in Sweden would be considered far-right.
But also:
As far as I know, this was never proven to be him, as it was comments on some account on Flashback.
“One party member” that no one has ever heard of does not represent the entire party. You have several “one party member” people with controversal music tastes and ideologies in any party.
Dude, they are in the right block, they are a far right party, no one in Sweden thinks otherwise. It would be ridiculous. Just read their Wikipedia page or something: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats
Being openly racist absolutely does mean being right wing. What else would it mean? That’s the main platform the right has, they just bury it under euphemisms and pretend it doesn’t exist. The ones who are too stupid to obfuscate their racist remarks are the far-right.
Being right means being capitalistic or conservative. Less welfare, less public projects, more business oriented, more keeping the status quo.
Being racist is not a quality of being right-leaning. Surely you’re confusing the political spectrum with what kind of people tend to lean towards what. Calling someone racist for being right-leaning, or calling someone far-right for being racist is an association fallacy.
Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to be racist and socialist at the same time.
We weren’t discussing a left wing party here, it’s a right wing party that you said wasn’t far-right because of their openly stated racism. I could have been clearer in my response, but I’m saying that by being openly racist (and by maintaining relationships with members who are openly racist), this right wing party is far-right.
You are correct though about the actual distinction between leftism and rightism being support for capitalism, thank you for clarifying that.
It’s not their racism, that’s just the fart on top of the shit cake. It’s their right wing populism.