Priit Pullerits: the new deporters

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To put it mildly: we’ve got some weird-thinking fellows loose amongst us. Outwardly, one would not recognise them, probably. Yet, as soon as the big mouths open up, their treacherous nature is laid bare at once.

Let me bring an example. For seven long years I have kept a sports blog, oft the battle ground for fiery guys fighting it out over their competitive achievements. At times, over developments of a more general nature. Thus, not long ago, this is what I wrote: «There are not many fighters left amongst the men of Europe. On the surface, they may all look nice and tidy, but nothing doing: in a world pressured into the mould of political correctness, they have become docile and submissive, overly compromising and thereby unable to fight; spineless, I would even say; flexible to the extreme. All sorts of leftish liberals have established their staunch dictatorship, resistors to which are sent, with shrill shrieks of disgrace, into a social Gulag.»

Following the above critical opinion voiced towards male Europeans, I was contacted by an outwardly polite person, asking if he could translate some of my opinion pieces and articles into English, adding: «I would like to forward these to the Schibsted corporation for them to take a position on this. Your tonality is, at times, unbefitting to cultured countries.» Schibsted, the Norwegian concern, is the owner of Postimees.

A desire like this may, of course, be ignored. Does the desirer really think that Schibsted executives from Oslo will contact the Postimees board to provide precepts, ordinances and commandments on how a journalist ought to be punished in a democratic society with freedom of speech?

However, a desire like this cannot be left unnoticed, as it is pointing to there still being people among us who believe, in all honesty, that reporting and complaining to high places in Europe is normal behaviour. One such character, a leftwing politician, went to Europe years ago, gossiping about that very Schibsted and Postimees as well.

Let me put it plainly: people like that are potential deporters. These are the ones who, as they encounter thoughts and ideas of others, would immediately call the so-called mentality police.

These are the ones who stoop before patterns of thought, attitudes and values enforced upon us from the outside, accepting such as absolutes indisputable and supreme, and stand ready to punish all others who will not blindly agree to these forced patterns of thought, attitudes and values nor behave accordingly and submissively.

These are the ones who take sadistic delight in being able to threaten others for their opinions, whether with a letter of the law, a fine or public disapproval. These are the ones who rejoice in finding ways to wilfully categorize and thereafter publicly isolate those who dare disagree with them.

These are the new deporters, in our midst.