Comments on: Dressed For Success! http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/ukraine/dressed-for-success/ European Opinion Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Discoshaman http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/ukraine/dressed-for-success/#comment-6237 Discoshaman Sat, 04 Dec 2004 06:46:22 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=1025#comment-6237 Every large-scale social movement has its crazy aunts -- the Civil Rights Movement had Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam. I was honestly concerned that the nationalist fringe would show up in the Square, because there clearly are anti-Semites in Ukraine. I've been very, very gratified that there's been nothing overt. Those who want to find anti-semitism at all costs keep pointing to nationalist songs from the 40s that they supposedly overhead. That's grasping. The fact is, the banners, flyers, etc., have been clean. Either the fringe element is much smaller than critics would like to believe, or else Yushchenko is more pro-active in suppressing such elements than they want to give him credit for. Every large-scale social movement has its crazy aunts — the Civil Rights Movement had Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam. I was honestly concerned that the nationalist fringe would show up in the Square, because there clearly are anti-Semites in Ukraine.

I’ve been very, very gratified that there’s been nothing overt. Those who want to find anti-semitism at all costs keep pointing to nationalist songs from the 40s that they supposedly overhead. That’s grasping. The fact is, the banners, flyers, etc., have been clean.

Either the fringe element is much smaller than critics would like to believe, or else Yushchenko is more pro-active in suppressing such elements than they want to give him credit for.

]]> By: DoDo http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/ukraine/dressed-for-success/#comment-6236 DoDo Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:39:34 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=1025#comment-6236 Tobias, nitpicking: 'fashist' wasn't the word used, it was 'nazi', and you linked to the wrong comment. (it took some time until I found what you meant.) Tobias, nitpicking: ‘fashist’ wasn’t the word used, it was ‘nazi’, and you linked to the wrong comment. (it took some time until I found what you meant.)

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