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Sweden, Twitter, and when a Progressive icon becomes the darling of the Right
by Ritt Goldstein
FALUN, Sweden - When most people think of Sweden, it's of a country that once virtually defined the meanings of both integrity and social justice, a place that for many was once more an ideal than a nation. But unrealized by most, that place we knew was slowly dying, victim of the same neoliberal toxins that have poisoned so much, with another Sweden, a 'Brave New Sweden', rising in its place.
Today's Sweden is one that's troubled, one whose official 'Tweets' are even disturbing, with the leader of Sweden's Jewish communities just asking for the removal of the current 'Tweeter' because of troubling comments upon Jews. But it seems such conduct is simply a part of the 'Brave New' state now emerging, a state whose changes have led it to be increasingly defined as the new icon of the Right.
The conservative Kansas City Star headlined in May, "Time to take a cue from
Far-right and xenophobia surge
In 2010 a far-right party with neo-Nazi roots, the Sweden Democrats (SD) was elected to
Just days ago, Sweden's Twitter account -- Sweden's official Twitter where a different citizen takes over the account every week -- began 'Tweeting' what the New York Times termed "odd questions about Jews", and even the Wall Street Journal reported troubling comments upon both Jews and Gays. The culprit, a 27 year old single mother of two, genuinely failed to perceive the implications of what she was saying, and that is a real problem here.
To quote from a just published EBook of mine, "Living as a Sub-Human in
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