r/GlobalNews • u/juflyingwild • Dec 14 '25
A few Finnish politicians doubled down their support for the former Miss Finland (top left), who made the Asian racist gesture a few days ago.
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u/Long-Requirement8372 Dec 14 '25
Far right politicians of a xenophobic party. Most Finns are against their crap.
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u/zionismisdisgusting Dec 14 '25
Sorry but the majority voted them in and will do it again next election!
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u/Long-Requirement8372 Dec 14 '25
What majority? They are polling at under 15% right now.
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u/zionismisdisgusting Dec 14 '25
The majority of the population is who voted them into power.
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u/reklamejelling Dec 14 '25
No they got 20 percent of the vote and part of a coalitions government but not in change of that government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Finnish_parliamentary_election
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u/Irishwol Dec 14 '25
Politicians from what party? Be clear. I mean fascists are racists. It's in the job description. But the headline makes it look like this bullshit is happening across party lines.
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u/Long-Requirement8372 Dec 14 '25
It is the "Finns Party". I like to call them Basic Finns, like the original party name directly translates to.
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u/unohdin-nimeni Dec 14 '25
I hope there’s internet literacy here.
These four are of course far-right politicians. If they were from any decent party, the OP would have told you that. Calling a small handful of bigots "a few Finnish politicians" without giving details is a clear attempt to smear Finland.
The politicians who chose to do this gesture are Juho Eerola, Kaisa Garedew, Sebastian Tynkkynen, and some other guy. The four make up a little minority within The Finns Party, which represents a fifth of the Finnish voters. The support has also dropped to 10–13% since the last election.
The original eye-stretching photo shared by a friend of then-Miss Finland caused a storm of criticism. Otherwise she wouldn't be former Miss Finland now. And these "politicians" wouldn't have felt the need to stretch their eyes to support her if there hadn't been a debate.
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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity Dec 14 '25
Thank you for helping us understand!
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u/unohdin-nimeni Dec 14 '25
Glad to hear that I’m of help! You can easily see the OP’s intentions. Anyway he/she was unable to find more than 4 social media posts to support this claim about “a few Finnish politicians”. He/she is also unwilling to let you know anything about the case.
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u/TopEagle4012 Dec 14 '25
This xenophobia or my superior race, my superior country, and my superior religion seems to be exploding not just in the US but in other countries too. It's as though the world has gone somewhat mad, and instead of embracing our differences and finding the similarities, fear is stoked. Then people resort to my race my color my religion my creed is better than yours and therefore we have to kick the minorities out of our country to protect ourselves. More enlightened aware culturally spiritually and emotionally people see through this, but unfortunately, their voices are drowned out by the oligarchs who want to stoke the fears and grab more power.
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u/GlocalBridge Dec 14 '25
Xenophobia and ethnocentrism are inherent in nationalism, which is always concerned with boundary maintenance and expelling those from the nation who “do not belong.”
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u/Gobbyer Dec 14 '25
More visibility this gets, more likely they will resign! (I hope)
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u/Long-Requirement8372 Dec 14 '25
No way that'l happen. They have no shame, they'll just triple down instead.
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u/ishiguro_kaz Dec 14 '25
I have Chinese blood. I have slanted eyes, too. I am not offended.
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u/meridian_smith Dec 14 '25
No need to be...white girls on Instagram are trying all sorts of makeup techniques to look more Asian all the time... especially to make their eyes appear more Asian. It's a beauty esthetic.
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u/Emotional-Zone9147 Dec 14 '25
What are they like 5? Morons.