#OtheringHateAntisemitism
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#MagazineGreenEuropeanJournalAmandaMachin,
#MagazineGreenEuropeanJournalNiklasBjurstrom "Far-right parties and leaders from across Europe claim that 'our children' are being threatened by those who are preoccupied with issues such as climate change, gender equality, LGBTQIA+ rights, and colonial history. These actors portray an image of an antagonised nation while simultaneously asserting themselves as the saviours of that nation and casting environmentalists and progressives as its enemies.
This 'us' vs 'them' dichotomy can be seen as inevitable in any form of politics, as thinkers such as Chantal Mouffe point out. In the far right's case, however, this construction is presented in highly nationalistic and xenophobic ways where the 'us' is ethnically defined and reified, and the 'them' are racialised others who are aided by treacherous elites. What intrigues and worries us is that, as it brings children into the picture to construct an exclusionary 'us', the far right heightens the ostensible innocence and vulnerability of the nation as well as the apparent ethical righteousness of those who claim to be its protectors. Children, therefore, have become a powerful instrument of the far right."
https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/save-our-children-breaking-down-far-right-narratives-around-youth/
#PoliticsFascismNaziNeoFarRightAltRightRadicalRight
#IRLPoliticalTheoristChantalMouffe [Wikipedia]
#PoliticsNationalismXenophobicNativism
#OtheringDiscriminationRacismExclusionary