Life / What do decent Poles think about true rightists ? [148]

By rightists I mean both standard and radical, primarily from Poland (e.g., PiS, nationalists, far right etc) but also abroad.

Well, I am afraid decent Poles` opinion about right wingers isn`t too positive. I can say it from my own experience of talking to many righteous people in Poland.

Here are the reasons, the order is random.

Reason 1 - Negative attitude to the EU
Rightwingers generally oppose the EU, claiming it is the source of various rotten ideas, such as e.g., gay marriages or Muslim immigrant issue. However, most Poles support the EU, seeing many benefits in the membership. For them, their eternal dream of becoming fully European instead of merely Eastern European nation is gradually taking real shape.

Reason 2 - Contemptuous attitude to women
Rightists can`t get rid of old traditional views on women - their role is to bear children, run the house, take care of the family, satisfy male sexual needs etc. Most of all, women should obey their male partners as they are believed to be weaker and less intelligent. Decent people can`t accept such views, obviously women are equal to males, not inferior.

Reason 3 - Intolerance
Rightists don`t like diversity, they perceive it as suspicious and even dangerous, that is why certain groups and minorities are discriminated by them. Sometimes I get an impression that rightists would like to round up all Jews, blacks, femminists, gays and other LGBT, Muslim immigrants etc and close them in concentration camps so that they don`t spoil the ideal world with their stinking presence. The same with people who show a little tolerance and compassion towards minorities. It is natural that decent people cant`t tolerate such discrimination.

Reason 4 - Brutal methods
Rightists do not hesitate to use radical, sometimes dirty methods to achieve their goals - lies, manipulation, verbal abuse, violence, brutality. I mentioned concentration camps before as a metaphor, but high prison sentences and death penalty are strongly supported by rightists. They also advocate beating of children, claiming it is good for their psyche and proper development.

Reason 5 - Hypocrisy
Rightists openly support traditional values but in private lives they often breach them. So, they opt for strong family and traditional marriage, but they often have lovers on the side. They advocate total ban on abortion, but when their lovers get pregnant, rightists make them remove pregnancy. They often claim to be confirmed believers (PiS members and supporters are mostly Catholic) of Christian faith, but they easily forget about Christian values when they brutally abuse their opponents.

Reason 6 - Incredibly high self-esteem
That`s the funniest of all reasons because rightwingers strongly believe they are on a mission to clean the world of all rotten elements . In Polish context, I sometimes get an impression they really suppose they were sent by God to do the cleaning upon those who deserve it. They deem themselves better than not only "leftist vile scum" but also other average people, and as such they think they have the right to do all the things I mentioned above and below.

Reason 7 - Positive attitude to the Kremlin
Paradoxically, rightists conceive the Kremlin as a partner worth doing business with. They don`t mind the Kremlin`s aggressiveness and dirty tricks. I particularly mean the right wing parties in Western Europe.

Reason 8 - Vengefulness
Rightists have a tendency to never forget real or imagined wrongdoing directed at them. They never forgive and are able to wait for years for a unique chance to attack, humiliate and successfully destroy their political/ideological opponents.

Reason 9 - Suspiciousness
Rightists constantly suspect other people of potentially harmful activities. Conspiracy theories are very poipular among rightists.