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No, it most certainly is true. The left has decided that it’s acceptable and encouraged to stoop to the level of their enemies. You probably disagree with this because it’s a hard truth you don’t want to acknowledge; don’t worry, I see it all the time.

Sigh, there’s no stats on this, so I’ll refrain from further discussion…

It’s a waste of time and an effective distraction from what we should be doing instead.

Well.

I guess we’ll see…

Georgescu has strong ties to them

I see he’s praised the Iron Guard before. Makes sense.

Sigh… I really don’t like the way things have been going in Europe…

If you ask the average leftist on English-speaking internet forums

Seems pretty obvious you haven’t actually interacted with an average leftist, let me tell you, because that is not true…

I’ll say though, I’m torn, but leaning towards thinking this really wasn’t that bad. There’s a difference between allowing right-wing policy and opening the door to fascism. Should poison be allowed to run for main course?

Călin Georgescu seems to be a pretty clear-cut fascist, to be honest.

That’s a good way to put it, thanks! :D

Yeah, I do suppose you’re right on that… We’ll wait and see. At the end of the day, I guess it’s the Romanian people that’ll have to decide whether this was acceptable or not, too.

This is the most reasonable assessment in my opinion.

I wasn’t really assessing anything per se, more so asking a genuine question about whether this kind of thing should happen. I’ll say, I know Lemmy can be a little… Politically interesting… But I was not expecting downvotes for such a mild reply.

But yeah, I’ve actually been thinking about this for quite a while. I really think that, if we want leftist policies implemented, we really do need a charismatic candidate and a compelling narrative that can compete with what the right is pushing.

Well, on one hand, I like the far-right getting some institutional push-back. On the other hand, I’m a little concerned with both the state of democracy — that such a candidate could get so many votes — and the disregard for the people’s vote — while there may have been significant Russian interference, to what extent should the courts intervene with what seems to be a genuinely popular candidate?