Posted on 01/22/2017 8:51:56 AM PST by GonzoII
The genie will not go back into the bottle again, whether you like it or not." — Geert Wilders, MP and head of the Party for Freedom, the Netherlands.
A growing number of Europeans are rebelling against decades of government-imposed multiculturalism, politically correct speech codes and mass migration from the Muslim world.
Europe's establishment parties, far from addressing the concerns of ordinary voters, have tried to silence dissent by branding naysayers as xenophobes, Islamophobes and neo-Nazis.
"In many respects, France and Germany are proving they do not understand the meaning of Brexit. They are reflexively, almost religiously, following exactly the path that has provoked the EU's current existential crisis." — Ambassador John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"There is a genuine feeling that Trump taking over the White House is part of a bigger, global movement. Our critics, looking at Trump's candidacy and his speech yesterday, would call it the rise of populism. I would say it's simply a return to nation state democracy and proper values.... This is a genuine political revolution." — Nigel Farage, former head of Britain's UKIP party, who led the effort for the United Kingdom to leave the EU.
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If it doesn’t happen now, the left will destroy what’s left of the civilized world.
Make it so.
Wow!
I guess people around the world love their countries and cultures and don’t want to give them up.
Certainly populism won the election. If the Dems had nominated Bernie, he might have won.
“Do you hear the people sing?...”
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