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Yes far right is applied to discredit any expression of patriotism and sovereigntist impulse

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An interesting piece, and illustrates that the term itself is deployed more as a rhetorical by elites to frighten the wider population into silence. What is perhaps instructive is the selective way in which the label 'far right' is applied. Open support of Antisemitism, or support for organisations that explicitly aim at global empire are ignored depending on who is marching for them. With the growing pressure of Islamism on secular institutions specifically in the education system, it will become harder for elites to hide this inconsistency. At the moment it seems the term 'far right' is really a short hand for antinativism , but of course that could change.

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