--- John Lacny <jlacny at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I don't want to downplay the danger of the far right
> in Bulgaria, but this
> is a quaint way to think of Western European
> fascists, sort of like the way
> many of the British used to think of Oswald Moseley:
> he may be a bit daft,
> but ultimately "our" fascists are somehow less
> ferocious than the savage
> Oriental kind. It's bunk.
>
Given that as far as I can tell the piece was written by a Bulgarian, I think you're looking at the opposite phenomenon -- the INCREDIBLY ANNOYING Eastern European Westernizer habit of idealizing the West. In this case, yes they have fascists, but since they're Western fascists in a "normal country," they're still more civilized than ours, because they're Western. This thing irritates me to no end.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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