Joe.My.God. LGBT News
The Christian Post reports:
Following criticism over a recent speech in which he attacked what he called an “ideological move” by the “internationalist Left” to claim that Europe is inherently “populated by peoples of mixed race,” Orbán pushed back against allegations of racism over his statement about not wanting to become “mixed race,” saying, “a Christian politician cannot be racist.”
“I can already see tomorrow’s headlines: ‘Far-right European racist and anti-Semite strongman, the Trojan horse of Putin, holds speech at conservative conference,’” he said. “But I don’t want to give them any ideas. They know best how to write fake news.”
“They hate me and slander me and my country as they hate you and slander you and the America you stand for. We all know how this works,” he said.
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In late July, Viktor Orbán ignited international controversy by denouncing “mixed-race” nations & (less noticed) urging fans to read dystopian novel “Camp of the Saints,” one of the most noxiously racist & xenophobic books of the last 50 years, for insights on migration
— Kathryn Joyce (@kathrynajoyce) August 5, 2022
Yesterday at CPAC, he told the audience not to temper their attacks on migration, LGBTQ issues or “the clash of civilizations” bc “A Christian politician cannot be racist…Be sure Christian values protect us from going too far.”
— Kathryn Joyce (@kathrynajoyce) August 5, 2022
“It’s very circular reasoning: what we’d call a No true Scotsman fallacy,” says @profsamperry. “Orbán’s remarks on trusting Judeo-Christian teachings are music to right-wing conservatives’ ears, bc that’s the world they’re pining for as well & they don’t want to apologize for it”
— Kathryn Joyce (@kathrynajoyce) August 5, 2022
After his “mixed-race” controversy, Orbán’s US defenders tried reframing his comments as mere references to culture & religion & his invocation of a book beloved by the alt-right for its fantasies of genocidal race war as offering “spiritual” insights on European migration issues
— Kathryn Joyce (@kathrynajoyce) August 5, 2022