Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish

[Arvoreen]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/14/158773637/leader-of-anti-semitic-party-in-hungary-discovers-hes-jewish?ft=1&f=1001

Hysterical!  Or just ironic?

[HVC]

Man, Hungarians can't get anything right.

[Syt]

Self-loathing jews are newsworthy now?

[garbon]

Why are all the outlets covering this story now? As the NPR article states and from my recollection - didn't we discuss this back in June?

[Eddie Teach]

At least he's not a gypsy.

@garbon- I seem to recall our resident beet farmer mentioning it.

[Arvoreen]

NPR points out that AP only just picked it up/ran a piece on it today....

[garbon]

NPR points out that AP only just picked it up/ran a piece on it today....

Which again goes back to my question. Are we just that much more informed about Hungary than the mainstream press that we had our scoop almost 2 months prior?

[Barrister]

That makes sense - once AP picks it up it'll spread all over.

But yeah Tamas has kept us up to date on it for awhile now - maybe as far back as 2010.

Man Jobbik must be full of some dim bulbs.  If you're running a modern sortof-kindof-wedon'twanttosay anti-semitic party, you WANT a token Jew around to be able to say "see?  we're not anti-semitic - we just hate Zionism/circumcision/international financiers".

[Josephus]

"We're not anti-Jewish, our own leader is Jewish"

[Barrister]

"We're not anti-Jewish, our own leader is Jewish"

Precisely.

Despite the fact he isn't actually Jewish, given that he doesn't practice it, didn't know about it, and is probably at least nominally Catholic.

[HVC]

"We're not anti-Jewish, our own leader is Jewish"

plus keeping a bribing jew on the books works both ways. "we have a jew as are leader, and he's a coniving dirty jew just like we told you all jews are!"

[sbr]

NPR points out that AP only just picked it up/ran a piece on it today....

Which again goes back to my question. Are we just that much more informed about Hungary than the mainstream press that we had our scoop almost 2 months prior?

We have an embeeted reporter.

[Barrister]

NPR points out that AP only just picked it up/ran a piece on it today....

Which again goes back to my question. Are we just that much more informed about Hungary than the mainstream press that we had our scoop almost 2 months prior?

We have an embeeted reporter.

Things I know far more than the regular person thanks to Languish:

-Hungarian politics
-anime and comic books
-bicycles
-British journalism industry
-Baltimore crime blotter
-Polish gay rights (or lack thereof)
-Ohio crime blotter


I used to update everyone on Yukon current events, but I can't be bothered to tell you what's happening in Edmonton.

[garbon]

Thanks implies gratitude.

[HVC]

Thanks implies gratitude.

i liked hearing about the yukon. It made me happy i didn't live in the yukon