Good News for The Netherlands

[ItsNick]

Good news if you live in The Netherlands! We just have one less far-right political leader. Thierry Baudet steps down.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/thierry-baudet-stands-down-as-far-right-fvd-party-leader/

This is good news because this was one of the most dangerous politicians here who lied like Trump but then a lot more intelligent. His party was nexit supporting, nationalist, white supremacist, had ties to the Kremlin, sexist, homophobic....well if you're Dutch I'm sure you know.

[Willie]

Good news indeed! Something for the Dutch to be thankful for this week as well!

Although I do wonder how he got so far in the first place.

[Preety_India]

With the Dutch something is really going on. I could sense it. Some of the right wing type members who came from there. It felt like they straight up came from some militia group. 

I didn't know the political situation there was this bad. 

But one bad apple out really doesn't change much. That one will be quickly replaced by another. 

I think the solution is a major overhaul in social mentality and that will take years to decades. 

 

[ItsNick]

1 hour ago, Preety_India said:

I didn't know the political situation there was this bad. 

It's not. It's a lot better than in most countries in the world, really. But just like in the states and basically everywhere else there's a lot of polarisation. The far-right is on the rise and deluding many people with propaganda and conspiracies. But these politicians are so unstable that sometimes, luckily, they shoot themselves in the foot. The far-right leader Thierry Baudet wanted to destroy his entire political party because the other members could not stand him anymore.

1 hour ago, Preety_India said:

Some of the right wing type members who came from there.

Well they can come from anywhere I guess

But the conservatives here have to put up with a growing Stage Green. People are fleeing the traditional right-wing parties because even they now realize climate change is real and accept LGBTQ+ rights. This might make them extra agressive I dunno

[Max_V]

@Preety_India I'm from the Netherlands and I feel like overall we're doing relatively good. I'm not too involved with politics here, but it definitely doesn't seem as bad as the USA is atm. 

[Max_V]

@ItsNick I'm curious, I want to get more into politics here, but I am conflicted on sourcing. Where do you usually get your news-updates and info from?

[Preety_India]

@Max_V awesome 

[ItsNick]

@Max_V I'm a bit conflicted on sourcing too. We don't have really good online, independent progressive news networks like the US has. I mostly get my news from NOS and Nu.nl. Other than that Lubach's show is pretty good but mostly for comedy (although that show is ending soon).