Summary
Hungary’s parliament passed a law banning Pride events and allowing facial recognition to identify and fine attendees.
The legislation, backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party, passed 136-27 and expands Hungary’s “child protection” law, which restricts LGBTQ+ content. Amnesty International condemned it as a “full-frontal attack” on LGBTQ+ rights.
Critics argue Orbán is scapegoating minorities to distract from economic issues and boost far-right support ahead of elections.
Budapest Pride organizers vowed to proceed with their march despite fines of up to 200,000 forints (£425).
Fuck Orban and all the autocratic assholes restricting freedom of expression around the world. This decade fucking sucks.
Article 7 now! How much more “breaching of EU values” we need to see for something to be done? 😐
The EU should finally smite that asshole down.
Kick them out of the EU, yes. Corruption charges.
EU support has already been penalised afair, but we should stop treating Hungary like a normal member altogether (like delivering our citizens to Hungary for charges of hurting (protesting against) Nazis).
I wish the conspiracy theories about european weater control were true
Permanent thunderstorm for banning pride events
Hungary would likely appreciate that for a while, since the puszta is undergoing desertification in recent years due to drought.
Facial recognition? … attend gay pride events with the mask of your favourite politician
while I agree, that’ll earn you an instant arrest. you can’t cover your face in autocratic states
Which is highly illegal under the EU
I’m fairly sure that violates a few EU directives…
Sadly The EU doesn’t has the balls to kick this fuckers out of the EU. This is literally the only way to deal with this asshole.
Yes, but they just won’t follow it, then cry at the EU for anti-christianity.
I’m looking forward to seeing the most fabulous masks that feathers and glitter can buy in Budapest this year.
Orban’s Hungary is Mini-Russia.
Hungary being a bitch is basically the only reason anyone even knows about this puppet country. The trolls of Europe.
Trolls do it to be “edgy”, Hungary does it because Orban sucks Putin’s microcock at every opportunity.
He fancies his chances as part of the Union of Soviet Suckers and Rubes, Putin’s redo of the grand old “Soviet Empire”. Fucking LOL.
Fuck off with that.
Your device runs Neumann memory architecture. Neumann btw is the father of Game Theory. He also did plenty of calculations for the Manhattan Project as he was a genius. Not to mention the other Hungarian Scientists on that project.
Semmelweis the savior of mothers.
Szentgyörgyi the discoverer of C vitamin.
Rubik’s Cube.
Ballpoint pen.
Safety match.
Dynamo.
These are all inventions by Hungarians.
And there is plenty more, just because you are an ignorant slut doesn’t mean that Putin’s Slut is what makes Hungary Relevant.
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Make pride events like carnival; mask on.
Sounds to me like Hungary is a shit hole country
Yup, Orbán lost an election in 2002, and he couldn’t cope with it. So once he became PM again in 2010 (with a landslide majority of seats), he set to making sure he’s never kicked out of power again. Now, 15 years later, Hungary has been mostly turned into an oligarchic dictatorship, the only steps he hasn’t taken yet are disappearing people and overt application of violence :/
People calling for collective punishment of a whole nation are irrational. Even sanctions won’t do shit.
The problem is reach. Whatever the EU does, thanks to Orbán and his cronies owning all terrestrial media and major online publications, the opposition gets drowned out in a sea of disinfo, controlling the rural population, which is 70% of the country. Antennae television and radio stations are still big there. Budapest ALWAYS votes against Fidesz.
EU needs to dust off Radio Free Europe, and also disperse leaflets in the countryside. Spend the EU money that Hungary would have gotten on such a campaign. Focus the campaign on the state of poverty, corruption, inflation, class division, infrastructure, education and health care collapse, instead of this sham parade of their “child protection act” that they want the population (and the EU) to focus on.
The rule should be that if any country loses a condition that is a prerogative for joining the EU they should be put on a track to leave. If you dismantle democracy and hold the union hostage for millions, whilst shitting on its ideals. -> change your ways or get out.
What the fuck, Hungary!?
So those vote counts… The whole Orban thing… Sounds like it’s kinda most of the whole country? As opposed to US being more 50/50?
Or is there subtext I’m unaware of?
Despite the 2/3 majority in parliament, the actual vote head counts were closer to a 45/55 (or 48/52, depending on the source) at the last few elections. This is due to severe gerrymandering, excessive propaganda, oppressing opposition and independent media outlets, and intentionally cutting education funds.
But I’m also both saddened and infuriated by the fact that while it’s not the majority, still, HALF of the fucking country still supports this vile, hateful, corrupt, literally evil government.
I guess there’s no hope for the country, and it will soon devolve into another Belarus.
Today I learned that attender is a word. Is it more preferred in British English?
No. Attendee or attendees are the correct terms.
Times to remind these people that probably it was a riot and that full face coverings exist. Make them regret ever fucking with us
