It appals me that our National Bigmouth Geert Wilders was received like a hero in Denmark. A few years ago I was somewhere in South-East Asia, where I met with a small group of Danish people. They seemed very reasonable, but when I told them that I first thought they were German, they were taken aback and wagged their finger at me. “Don’t compare us to Germans!” was what I got in reply.
Although they never told me the reason why, they evidently didn’t like Germans. This is strange, because, apart from the fact that they looked and behaved like Germans, even the language they speak is very close to German. And the saddest thing was, my travelling companion, sitting right next to me during this little conversation, was a German.
Now I read that right-wing, and even extreme right-wing politics, are ‘hip’ in Denmark. Just as I thought. I should have distrusted those self-righteous blondies from the start. And what do you know…, this Wilders guy is not only disgusting; he is also blond, be it with dyed hair.
That other populists politician with those equally questionable ideas, had no hair at all. He dressed a lot better than GW though, that’s for sure. And at least in his case, we were able to count on one Brave Activist of the Animal Liberation Front. His solution was not very neat, and certainly not legal OR desirable, but it was very effective.
Just for the record: it is a very often heard question: “Why did no one try to shoot Hitler when he was still in his early days of an emerging politician?” I rest my case. And that, while Hitler was a bad dresser with a seriously bad hairdo. He deserved it for that alone…
