Hungary...

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Eh, I guess anti-semites have never really been ones to let facts get in the way of hating.

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I ask this question with genuine dread and trepidation: what do the polls look like in Hungary at the moment?

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I disagree, if we look historical virulent anti-Semitism has existed in areas with significant Jewish population. Anti-Semitism based on general Christian or Islamic antipathy toward Jews rather than direct contact was usual more intellectual or symbolic.

At a guess (and being entirely serious for a change) the issue is that it's traditional by this point.

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I ask this question with genuine dread and trepidation: what do the polls look like in Hungary at the moment?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/hungary-politics-idUSL5E8MFEIJ20121115

Looks like Fidesz is ahead by mid-single digits, but also all the polls are showing 50% undecided?

So that roughly translates as Fidesz 38, MSZP 32, Jobbik 16

Which is awful, but less grotesque than the last time I checked.

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I disagree, if we look historical virulent anti-Semitism has existed in areas with significant Jewish population. Anti-Semitism based on general Christian or Islamic antipathy toward Jews rather than direct contact was usual more intellectual or symbolic.

At a guess (and being entirely serious for a change) the issue is that it's traditional by this point.

I see your point, it's a return to the good old day for many Hungarians, when the Hungarian minorities lived in Hungary, Hungary was more than a minor Central European state and Jews bashing was common.

A nostalgic racist trip down memory lane, yes. I suppose certain specific types of post-communist anti-communist discourses (I'm... tired... so... can't put that better right now) might also come into play.