Quote: (06-11-2013 12:37 PM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:
In Holland there's a popular but controversial politician named Geert Wilders. Since he has an moderate anti-islam agenda he is considered extreme right in Holland. The lefties take any chance to bash him.
Since Geert Wilders doesn't run a party that allows members (a very smart move since undercover lefties would try to destroy the party from inside. A known technique here) there is no official party income. It really stings the leftist socialist parties.
Now the funny part. It's a public secret that the party of Geert Wilders is funded by Jewish backers/lobbyists. And still the lefties accuse him daily of being Extreme Right/ the next Hitler etc etc.
It's pretty obvious why they fund Wilders. People like him have helped switch the European far-right away from anti-Semitism. They're being savvy - they don't really want the far-right in power, but so long as its going to appeal to a disaffected segment of the population, it's better for their interests that these currents renounce anti-Semitism and turn their attentions elsewhere.
It's a classic game of funding groups across the ideological spectrum to ensure that the political debate remains within certain limits.