Even on our most important and finest day, the media cannot manage to take a break from their relentless woke activism.
It is our beloved national day, yet the woke activism in Norwegian media must nevertheless continue. They simply cannot take a single day off, not even on the date we Norwegians hold highest of all.
Or at least we used to, but a reader survey published by VG today shows that only 37% believe that 17 May is Norway’s finest day, while 47% say that they celebrate it but take it fairly calmly. A full 16% think it is merely fuss and bother.
The basis is a sample of only around 1,200 respondents, a typical official survey, but it is nevertheless worrying that only 37% of the population appear genuinely enthusiastic about 17 May.
Could this be due to decades of propaganda from the media, schools and public institutions? One is apparently not supposed to show pride in one’s own country, because nationalism is dangerous. If you are one of those who wish to preserve the old Norway, you are quickly labelled a threat to democracy and to our new compatriots. It is us against them.
I suspect this is a large part of the explanation. And when we look at the coverage of 17 May, it is clear that the propaganda must continue, even on the national day. NRK, Aftenposten and VG provide more than enough examples. It would become too much of a good thing if we were to go through the preachy contributions of even more media outlets than these.
Do you have no sense of humour?
NRK is known for its epic annual television programme “The Feast after the Fast”, celebrating the Islamic holiday eid al-fitr. It is a beautiful and thoroughly whitewashed portrayal of a holiday that springs from an ideology that has nothing whatsoever to do with Norway.
Making comedy sketches mocking a holiday with the unfortunate name “al-fitter” would of course be completely beyond all boundaries. But when it comes to our beloved 17 May and the Men of Eidsvoll, there are no limits to how they may be portrayed.
On the national day itself, they posted a video clip from “Humoretaten” on the front page. It is apparently supposed to depict how the Constitution was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 1814.
It is a condescending portrayal of our forefathers who signed one of the most important documents we possess, and incidentally none of them were black. Nor were there any women among them.
Screenshots from NRK Humoretaten.
But it is only humour, they will say. Have you no sense of humour? Yes, I do. Harald Heide Steen Jr. and Fleksnes-type humour. They have not merely passed away; with them disappeared the humour we all loved so much.
This is typical woke nonsense from our state broadcaster, which shows not the slightest respect for our history and our traditions.
The battle against hate speech on 17 May
Then we have Aftenposten. It is difficult to determine who takes the top of the cake in activism on 17 May, but the newspaper’s editorial today is a strong candidate.
The headline reads “The Battle Against Hate Speech on 17 May”. This is a tear-dripping appeal from the editorial staff. Simen Velle is mentioned in passing, but it is Gaute Skjervø who is allowed to be the public face of a political climate in which hate speech against politicians and others has increased.
– AUF leader Gaute Skjervø must carry a personal attack alarm. It is a defeat for Norway. Aftenposten.
In the picture, Gaute Skjervø looks like a perfectly ordinary man, but he appears burdened by worries because he receives threats and must carry a personal alarm. Had I not known him, my sympathy would immediately have been stirred, and I would have thought: “Poor fellow”.
Aftenposten concludes the editorial with the following message:
A young politician is now travelling around Norway with a personal alarm because the threats against him are considered dangerous. This is intolerable and stands in sharp contrast to the spirit of the national assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Everyone who speaks out about this contributes in an important way to safeguarding freedom and democracy.
Happy 17 May!
Many in the comments section support Aftenposten’s editorial. “Hatred in society increases in step with the Progress Party”, writes Marielle. One strongly suspects that precisely this type of reaction is what the editorial staff hopes for.
But not everyone is equally enthusiastic. Øyvind writes: “Then Labour and the AUF really ought to stop their hate speech against Israel the other 365 days of the year!” And Ove feels threatened by Islamists, street crime and politicians who are destroying Norway, a country where the identity of Norwegians is being erased by the Left.
Integration is love for Norway
Next on the list is VG, where commentator Hans Petter Sjøli is permitted to deliver his message on 17 May. This is where the reader survey mentioned above was published.
The headline and image appear innocent enough and sound like a tribute to the day and to the Norwegians of the future: “The Children Build the Country”. Indeed, 17 May is a unique way of celebrating the nation.
“The little ones are the most important building block in what we call the nation. The nation of Norway”, writes Sjøli. So true, we think, nodding in agreement. But then it declines from there.
For Sjøli is not among the most eager enthusiasts of 17 May, he tells us. And this shines through in the entire commentary, which is a pure lecture on far-right forces in Europe, racism, and that being Norwegian in our time is not about where your parents were born.
Sjøli concludes the commentary by telling us that Norway has not always been as it is today. Our country was for a long time a ruthless class society in which the little man had to go cap in hand and scrape before great men and capitalists. A country where women were subordinate to men and did not possess the right to vote. Homosexuality became legal for men only as late as 1972.
He clearly does not see the Norway that we see: a ruthless class society where the little man must go cap in hand and scrape before a new elite that governs the country. Nor does he see that his multicultural dream is in the process of leading us straight back to the old days, this time because of Islam. A society where women are subordinate to men, homosexuality is forbidden and sharia legislation stands opposed to everything the Men of Eidsvoll declared on 17 May 1814.
If only Norway were full of immigrants like Jesus Rodriguez in the comments section, then we would have nothing to worry about. I shall allow him to conclude the text as a tribute to our country:
I love Norway, I have a Norwegian passport, a Norwegian wife, my children were born here. Am I Norwegian? No, I do not believe so. I will always be Cuban, not because I carry any pride in that, but because I was born and raised there.
I notice that many Norwegians are almost ashamed of being Norwegian, that they are afraid to show their pride for fear of being labelled nationalists. I do not like seeing women of African origin who were born in Norway altering the bunad because they do not feel comfortable in it. I do not like that television presenters in Norway cannot wear a cross around their neck because someone phoned NRK and complained. How long will it be before someone complains about the cross in the Norwegian flag?
Integration is love for Norway.
Long live Norway.
Thank you, Jesus Rodriguez, for the fact that there are people like you in our country. It is a pity that our leaders and media do not make room for voices like yours.