The first identifiable ugliness

Actually this is not about an unidentifiable beauty but about that identifiable ugliness. I know that acting out of emotion is often awkward, however, I’ve counted to ten more than once and my anger isn’t getting any less. With the brutal attack on Labour politician Jo Cox it became clear to me that the dangers we encounter are not coming from some lunatics out of a far away country but repeatedly more from our own neighbours, dumb enough to be brainwashed, uneducated enough to believe all the rhetoric nonsens some populist, extreme and narcissistic politicians preach. I am sad at the same time, in the first place because of Jo Cox and the family and friends that have to deal with this political murder, this terrorist attack. It seems people still do not want to open their eyes to reality. Is that sleeping mode they’re in so safe that they continue to close their eyes to it becoming an increasingly dangerous environment? Give them a European Championship to watch, give them an enemy that they can reflect their anger on, keep them uneducated and they’ll eat out of the hands of dangerous politicians with a second agenda. This time the explosion of that hatred happened in England, but all over Europe these fascist and extreme nationalist politicians, disguised as so-called liberals fighting for freedom of speech and against the threat of all that is different, are gaining power. The hate that populists like Wilders in the Netherlands, Marie lePenn in France and the new neo-fascist parties in Germany are spreading, is unbelievable welcomed by so many angry minded, uneducated and frustrated people, that often just shout and do what they do because look for someone to blame for their personal lack of inspiration and perseverance to make something out of their lives.

At this point, we don’t know all in’s and out’s about the attack. However, Jo Cox was shot and stabbed by someone who, according to witnesses, shouted “Britain First” before he walked away. We know that Jo Cox was in the prime of her life and that she leaves a husband and children. She was a politician and had an opinion. That opinion was another apparently, than the man who murdered her was shouted in to his brain by some irresponsible political wannabee leader. Is that how we now deal with disagreements? It seems so. These hate preaching politicians must be aware of the impact of their actions, they can’t be that blind. Or is this what the intent to accomplish? Put people up against each other, starting a civil war? The death of Jo Cox must be a warning to Europe. If we allow ourselves to live in a world where we are not able to deal with disagreements, it is dangerous for us all. We have to fight that massive hysteria these lunatics try to spread. It doesn’t help to magnify differences. It’s the moral duty of politicians to inform the people with facts, but the debate is hijacked by people who are in the extremes. People who abuse their podiums for personal gain and do not realize, or maybe they do, that they thereby cause division. The ball is in he hands of those who feel called upon. Now is the time, later will be to late. Britain is a wake-up call. Only when we ignore, or better defeat the thoughts of supremacy and racist words of hate of these populist extreme right-wing politicians, only when we recognize that second agenda of a lot of the current political leaders in Europe, only then can protect the society in which we actually live together. Only then can we bring a worthy tribute to people who have died because they have an opinion.