besides this bit of party history<\/a>. There’s some stuff about how he’s blue eyed and handsome and knows how to work a crowd, but it’s not really informative about his politics. I have only what I can glean from his campaign ads.<\/p>\nIn the meantime, with total lack of credibilty, I’ll say this: This kind of fascist fearmongering infuriates me. Do citizens of Austria actually think that the admission of Turkey to the EU means that Austrian women will be wearing burkahs? Do they really think that some Islamic horde is going to overrun their alpine garden and start overturning cars and setting them on fire? Does this kind of devisive negative campaiging win the hearts and minds of Austrians? Are they so small minded and racist? This shit works? Austria, what the hell?!<\/p>\n
Austria often uses human rights issues as their mainstream objection to allowing Turkey to join the EU. They’re accused of creating a decoy to cover up racist underpinnings. Strache’s anti-Turkey campaign makes no such pretense and goes right for the ugliness of anti-foreigner policies.<\/p>\n
Yesterday afternoon I had tea at the home of one of my classmates – we learn German together. She’s a Muslim, married to an Austrian man. She showed me a photo of two of her former co-workers, both from Kosovo. She is Christian, she is Muslim,” she said, pointing at the smiling friends, arm in arm in the light of the camera flash. “In Kosovo, they would have been enemies, but here, we are all friends.”<\/p>\n
Strache made a campaign stop at a nearby town last night. I was not there with a sign reading “We are all foreigners!” This morning, I think I should have been there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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