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gpm 6 hours ago

From the wikipedia article linked above...

> In 2026 ÖP party leader Markus Allard sparked controversy on several occasions. In a debate hosted by Studio3 with Liberal member of parliament Martin Melin, Allard asked: "why won't the Liberals push for deporting 100 000 social welfare-Somalis?" and in the same debate said that "Sweden belongs to the Swedes. We have to make sure that we take care of our own damn people and we must deport these damn parasites who sit and live at our expense."

anonym29 6 hours ago | parent [-]

"ethnic cleansing" is an emotionally charged term that conjures genocide in the popular imagination. It is not a good descriptive term for what can rightly be described as regressive or ultra-nationalistic migration policy.

teh64 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is the definition from wikipedia: "Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous."

How does what Allard said not fit this definition?

constantius 39 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I don't have a horse in this race, but all the quotes here were based on nationality, not on the characteristics listed in your quote: the party wants to deport illegal immigrants and immigrants who are not "economically integrated", because Swede is not an ethnicity.

Being left and anti-immigration is not an oxymoron.

Though I must say, based on some comments here, that people who are defending the party's ideology do seem to read it in terms of race...

cherry_tree 12 minutes ago | parent [-]

No, a Somali who immigrated to Sweden is nationality wise Swedish and ethnicity wise Somali. The quote clearly says to expel Somalis and makes no distinction between ethnicity and nationality. Why do apologia for racism anyways? Weird stuff dude.

anonym29 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Is Allard advocating for removing everyone from immigrant backgrounds? I got the impression that Allard only wanted to remove criminals and net tax recipients, e.g. not removing law abiding, tax-paying, assimilated members of Swedish society, regardless of ethnicity/race/background.

10xDev 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You are essentially calling for a civil war. Reason why Russia pushes these ideas under fake "patriot" accounts.

snackerblues an hour ago | parent | next [-]

A country has the right to determine who lives within it. A people has a right to protect their future. If you want to start a civil war to protect random migrants in whatever White country you live in, be my guest. Thankfully most people are sane enough to not support ending their own country's future and you will lose as hilariously as you deserve.

ShinyLeftPad 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Would it be a civil war if it was a law passed by elected government?

axus 5 hours ago | parent [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Confederat...

ShinyLeftPad 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Wasn't that secession? If part of Sweden decides to separate then we could discuss it in that context I guess.

anonym29 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you trying to respond to a different comment? I'm not sure what this has to do with what I said. P.S. Fuck Putin, Slava Ukraini!

gpm 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ethnic cleansing is an emotionally charged term, yes, because the crime against of humanity of deporting an entire population is absolutely horrific and a very close neighbour to genocide.

The proposed policy here is squarely what Rome Statute, Article 7 (1)(d) is intended to prevent. Sweden is a party to the treaty.

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