In todays society we have developed a very bad habit and that bad habit is to use words, phrases and comparisons to some of the most evil people and things that have happened in history.
Lets take a look at the greatest example
The Scary Far right
This is one of the favourite boogeymen to be flung out by people on the left or so-called left – if something happens its those scary far right folks.
There have been ridiculous examples
France
Macron Says ‘Extreme' Parties Would Lead to Civil War – this was actually left and right to be fair but it turned out the left ‘won' the election and tried to burn down Paris anyway but them far right must have been involved.
The relentless rise of France's far right – this was a FT article, funny it was the left who turned to violence and destruction but lets jump over that one
So interesting that across western media the far right is t he boogeyman, where actually the left was and is way more dangerous. Another interesting fact that the party that is claimed to be ‘far right' in France, when you look at their policies is anything but that, other than immigration. You see France certainly ain't a right wing country – various shades of left to centre compared to other countries.
UK
Here in the UK we have our own encounters with that scary far right, who you fear at every turn. Odd, that in the last few years we have seen Ukraine protests, BLM protests and pro palestine and Anti-Israel protests – many of which have cause severe damage to Uk cities but again its the mystical far right.
So here are some corkers of headlines to scare any one who believes this rubbish. yes you can look these up – I ain't linking to these idiot websites.
The resurgence of the far right
Nigel Farage a racist, rich establishment insider
How to combat the far right in your neighbourhood. Step 1
Now again this is in response to a fairly new party getting many votes in the latest UK election – Reform.
Are they far right – of course they are not. If anything they are centre-right but here is the part people miss – UK politics has moved left. So people who were centrists and had those beliefs are no seen as on the right.
Others
We have also seen this in other countries especially in Europe – ironic as Labour and others in the UK keep telling us we should be back in it yet its going down this scary route, that doesn't add up.
Germany – the AfD are gaining popularity and this of course should have us running for the hills, now spoiler alert – there may be a good reason in that country historically to be afraid but that party again by the definition are not far-right
Netherlands – yes, a bloke gained seats who wants to stop migrants and doesn't like Islam – so thats a far-right viewpoint. OK then.
HUngary – the vilified leader of the ruling party, for some reason he must be feared. Right then.
The problem
There is one major problem here – these are not far right examples by the definition of that phrase. there are some in the world but these are not them
So the definition is – used to refer to political groups whose opinions are very extreme
So there you go, it is more often than not the view of an individual who bases what opinions they deem as extreme
The danger is of course when you look at the UK for example – Reform are not far-right but that is all that will be forced down the publics throats for 5 years or so to the next election. constant propaganda from the usual sources like the BBC, Guardian, Sky and such.
The problem is I can actually still remember the far-right in the UK – skinheads, fascist logos and violence towards coloured people. Despite what people believe this is gone but if we keep lazily using words like far-right, people just switch off, shut down and get bored off it all. That's the real danger – this is the definition in part from Wikipedia – a captured website but this is correct.
Far-right politics have led to oppression, political violence, forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide against groups of people based on their supposed inferiority or their perceived threat to the native ethnic group, nation, state, national religion, dominant culture, or conservative social institutions
We cannot afford this to ever get in power again, so maybe we should use language a little better. Far-right is not someone we disagree with or has a different opinion.
