Today is the memorial day of the victims of communism in Hungary
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Officials commemorated the memorial day for the victims of communism on Sunday.
Speaking at a ceremony at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, interior ministry state secretary Bence Retvari said violence was a fundamental aspect of communism, and “the left always looks the other way when it comes to violence”.
“The red fog first descended on our country in 1919,” claiming more than 500 victims, according to some sources, he said.
During the second communist dictatorship, 700,000-800,000 people were taken to Gulag camps, of whom 300,000 never returned, Retvari said. A million criminal proceedings were launched, with mainly members of the peasantry and the working class being put on trial, he added, paying tribute to the 1,200 people who were executed and the 200,000 who fled the country in 1956.
Violence is a fundamental aspect of communism, he said, noting that a year ago, far-left Antifa groups had assaulted passers-by on the streets of Budapest. “Extremists think they’re allowed to resort to violence to upset the social order,” the state secretary said.
He said that if communists failed to seize power, “they try to take a detour, by first seizing ideological power”. The victims of communism need to be remembered so that history “becomes ingrained in our central European DNA, and to warn western Europeans . that far-left ideas must be rejected”, he added.
Retvari said certain politicians tended to “look the other way” when it came to Antifa attacks or when other politicians use violence.
Moderates reject violence, and those who defend it are always extremist political forces, he said.
Speaking of which. Not communism, but Mr Putin´s regime …
Anybody see anything from our Mr. Szijjártó or Mr. Orbán or any of our Politicians say anything meaningful regarding Mr. Navalny´s untimely death? I am no great fan of Mr. Navalny – however his bravery and fighting for what he believed in, even against a system that does not tolerate dissent or criticism, is admirable. He was eventually killed for what he believed in – I think we can at least acknowledge this.
Again, our Politicians stand alone in the European Union. So much for their “values” and whatnot. Cannot even get them to utter “thoughts and prayers”, these days.