It wasn't really a surprise that Europeans would react better to Ukrainian refugees

[conuly]

But I gotta say, I'm a little bit surprised to hear them admit it aloud, without even pausing to consider what they're really saying.

(Not shocking: Non-European students and refugees already in Ukraine, now fleeing or fleeing again, are having troubles at the border. Because of course they are.)

Comments

[conuly]

It's not just in Europe, but I've been noting an increasing shift towards right-wing authoritarianism everywhere for at least the past decade. Trump was a highly visible example of that, but he's far from alone.

[kaffy_r]

Indeed. I try to hope that it's a worldwide convulsion of humanity's worst impulses, in response to the slow (too slow, of course) worldwide motion towards progress, equality and equity, and that the convulsion will end. But I can't keep that belief much anymore. And even if it's true in the long run, in the short run people will still suffer and die because of those worst impulses.

That's a truly awkward paragraph; I hope it isn't too unclear.

Not going to go away peacefully, if at all

[pauamma]

Modi, the BJP, and the RSS are already at the "openly organizing, training, and deploying Sturmabteilung with impunity" stage and have been for over 2 years. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/hindu-supremacists-nationalism-tearing-india-apart-modi-bjp-rss-jnu-attacks, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/india-christians-church-hindu-groups-bjp-conversion, https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2021/12/hindu-nationalists-attack-catholic-school-in-india, https://theshillongtimes.com/2021/12/06/archbishop-church-leaders-condemn-attacks-on-christians-in-karnataka/.

Re: Not going to go away peacefully, if at all

[kaffy_r]

Yeah; I've been watching Modi with angry nervousness ever since he came to power. And he hasn't proven me wrong in the least. Sadly.