Protesters clashed with police in The Hague at the rally demanding tougher migration policies. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has condemned the unrest, calling the rioters “idiots.”
Protesters clashed with police in The Hague at the rally demanding tougher migration policies. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has condemned the unrest, calling the rioters “idiots.”
Dutchie here - the violence wasn’t instigated by the right-wing protesters but by football hooligans who tend to have similar views on migration. I think it is important to make the distinction especially since English language reporting on this is much more alarmist imo.
Are right-wing football hooligans not right-wing?
They sure are, and they didnt went there as football hooligans. Point is there was an organised effort to instigated violence by a group that is different fromt the group that organised a peaceful protest - even though both groups have similar political views.
What the English speaking news will tell you about the trouble we have here with “right wing protesters” would lead you to the same conclusions. Like they’re trying to normalise the opinion of fucking scum
What they won’t usually point out: Steven Yaxley-Lennon leads groups of 90s hooligan “firms” (whose sole reason for existence is football violence) around lLondon trying to pick fights with the police under the guise of a “right wing protest”.
Yaxley-Lennon is better known by his carefully crafted persona “Tommy Robinson”. Even the name is chosen to evoke a certain patriotic feeling in… “Certain generations” (Pensioners, mostly).