Pim Fortuyn - made it OK to say what they were thinking all along. Then...

Dubya made it mainstream.

The Dutch have always been like that since I've been here. Their one motivation, which they will freely admit, has always been making money. So, now the economy is not so great and there are some job losses, why not blame that on the "immigrants" too ?

By the way, it's not only immigrants. It's Islam. He seriously wants to TAX the wearing of head scarves, which resulted in loads of white non-Muslim Dutch people wearing them in protest yesterday whilst voting (yup, men too, but it is the Netherlands after all).

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 4th 2010 at 12:03:24

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On a serious note, worrying results from our elections yesterday... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 11:38:02
- 21%? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 4, 11:57:16
  - Never surprised by casual racism (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 4, 12:26:13
    - Perhaps it is (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 4, 12:27:55
    - there's a reason for that (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 4, 12:27:49
    - In Wyoming it was common to advertise a motel as "American owned". (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:27:26
  - Shit, just saw they also got 18% of the vote here in the Hague (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:24:30
  - Pim Fortuyn - made it OK to say what they were thinking all along. Then... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:03:24
    - No-one seemed to mind immigrants when I was there (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 4, 12:09:32
      - They were hijacking trains when I was there (General Chat) - Cannydc, Mar 4, 12:27:34
        
        "They" ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:36:42
      - That's the amazing thing isn't it ? Like I said though, the Dutch love immigrants when (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:14:05
    - Does the Dutch army have any clogs on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 4, 12:08:18
      - My mate Rich is originally from Oldham, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 4, 12:16:58
      - Yeah, that's what caused the government to fall last week. Huge involvement in (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:11:27
    - "Dubya made it mainstream"? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 4, 12:05:59
      - Anti-muslim sentiment (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:11:50
        
        I thought that was the Pope back in the 11th century (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 4, 12:26:11
        
        mainstream (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:27:49
        
        I think that was pretty mainstream as the centre of the known world was then Yurp (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 4, 12:29:43
        
        Shall we just keep it to in living memory ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:38:10
        
        Anti semitism certainly is,unfortunately (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 4, 12:43:53
        
        Mainstream ? Really ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:47:06
        
        Cos I see constant scary news storys about them thare Muslims, but not the Jews. It seems (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:52:57
        
        Yep, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon etc, etc (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 4, 12:52:13
        
        it's certainly growing (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 4, 12:51:46
        
        *within* (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:38:28
        
        I think anti-semitism might be. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 4, 12:45:59
        
        talking of 9-11 (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 4, 12:25:27
        
        *ahem* link in here (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 4, 12:26:06
    - And he's in the UK tomorrow on invitation from the UKIP (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 4, 12:04:19
  - drugs are bad mmmkay (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 4, 12:02:35

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