Randahl Fink

Racism among Danish far-right politicians is jaw dropping.

Running for reelection to parliament is Mikkel Bjørn, a member of Dansk Folkeparti, who recently used the official parliamentary processes to ask our Minister of Integration if a 17-year-old girl could be denied citizenship based on the fact that her last name was “Arab”, arguing she should “move back to her home country where such a lastname would be appropriate”.

Curiously, his own party leader goes by the German name Messerschmidt.

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Show threadRandahl FinkMar 1
The latest development in this matter is, that Mikkel Bjørn now claims he asked the question by mistake. I find that explanation really strange, because formulating and submitting questions to the minister is a multistep process.
Show threadAllan Svelmøe HansenMar 1
@randahl "it was just a joke" type troll defence
Show threadslotosMar 1
@randahl The mistake is that he didn’t intend it as a question.
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenMar 1
@slotos @randahl Yeah, that "question" sounds more like signalling to his voter base.
Frankly someone with the last name Bjørn (bear) should move to the forest and live on a cave.
Show threadzbrandoMar 1
@randahl Be them racists or surveillance capitalists, when caught the explanation it's always "it was a mistake/error".
Show threadAlbert O.Mar 2
@randahl 😅
Orvell level 9000
Show threadzbrandoMar 1
@randahl Bonus points if you find connections to the German Messerschmidt airplanes.
Show threadJörn NettingsmeierMar 1
@zbrando @randahl More bonus points if you call for that Messerschmidt guy to be deported to where such a surname would be appropriate.
Not zat ve are partickly lacking in such types, but I guess wir schaffen das.
Show threadJörn NettingsmeierMar 1
@zbrando @randahl Sorry, i see that my fellow countryman @supernova disagrees. Then maybe send him over here to the Netherlands, they have a soft spot for all things Wehrmacht. He can lay down a wreath for all the white dead kids on rememberance day.
Show threadWTLMar 1

@randahl It's honestly disgusting how far right reach has gotten.

I mean, I get it. Us against them, keep people scared so they're easier to control … <long digital sigh>

Show threadsupernovaMar 1
@randahl don‘t send the man. We have enough of those guys already. We don‘t care for the Name.
Show threadKimWulffMar 1
@randahl It was a mistake, yes, but now the word is out and many who sympathize with it have gotten a rush, and others who may have had it in the back of their minds will surely get it right on the wish list. Bullshit DF