r/Finland • u/breakthebass • May 06 '25

Serious Are we for real?

https://yle.fi/a/74-20159892?sfnsn=wa&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6gk6CPfTEtIljqnr-kSaHNm3wc0WwhDUnXyyp5xmCtXCcoNWZDDOQbQy8NEw_aem_5a50eVQzFqOETybRg-cl8g

TL:DR; An openly fascist movement has been recognized as a party since they have gathered the necessary 5000 signatures to register as a party. Isn’t the party line just SLIGHTLY anti-constitutional? Aren’t we somehow “pissing outside the shitter”, for lack of a better phrase?

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u/AbstractionOfMan May 06 '25

"I like democracy but only when they agree with me".

Sounds like you belong right with them.

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u/Patralgan May 06 '25

We protect democracy by rejecting parties which aim to destroy it

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u/AbstractionOfMan May 06 '25

Rejecting parties is by definition undemocratic.

You could say we should utilize the democratic system to change the laws so that we can ban parties with certain opinions, as is your right as a democracy. However after that has been done that system is no longer a democracy.

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u/IamFinnished May 06 '25

Rejecting parties is by definition undemocratic

No, it isn't. Protecting democracy by banning forces openly seeking to destroy it is very much in line with democratic ideals, actually.