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Re: by itsmartapuntocm on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:16PM (#49662856)
"When wolves get out of control, you shoot them. When gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them. This isn't hard, it isn't cruel. It's the basic logic of self-preservation."

https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a

Re: by mikhael28 on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:32PM (#49663089)
The European Union is known for its Schengen Zone, which allows EU citizens to travel between other EU member states freely. However, did you know that until 2025, there were two countries who were full EU member states, that were not a part of the Schengen Zone? [1]

They were Romania and Bulgaria, the two countries where - you guessed it - most of the Romani people, colloquially known as Gypsies, are from. The rest of the EU, for a very long time, denied these countries equal Schengen access precisely because no one else in the EU wanted Gypsies in their countries. Precisely because of the disrespectful behavior they display when they set-up shop somewhere.

DHH did not call for them to be shot, he expressed that he would like to deport homeless vagrants who were not Danish citizens. If vagrancy is a crime, then deporting a criminal is not a controversial stance. It is, in fact, standard operating procedure for any nation-state in the world that can afford to do so.

However, his language and rhetoric to invoke shooting wolves (a dangerous and feral animal) in the same sentence (essentially) as deporting Gypsies is, at a minimum, dangerous and irresponsible as it can encourage vigilantism and civil violence where people can take the law into their own hands. It would have been better if he had moderated his language, however strictly speaking - this does not quality as 'literally calling for ethnic cleansing', especially when in the context of deporting non-citizens of a nation state who are accused of criminal activity.

[1] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/bulgaria-and-romania-...

Re: by tfrancisl on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:34PM (#49663122)
When you have to do mental leaps and bounds to make it not seem like calling for ethnic cleansing... it's probably a call for ethnic cleansing.
Re: by mikhael28 on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:52PM (#49663416)
Logical arguments can be hard to follow, it is true.
Re: by db48x on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:33PM (#49663112)
There is nothing remotely racist or fascist about that. He’s talking about behavior, not race. And deportation is merely a tool that both fascists and non–fascists alike can use. Frankly the historical examples of fascism did very little actual deporting.
Re: by galactus on Sunday September 13, 2026 @08:03AM (#49683045)
he talks about groups of human beings as if they were animals. if you are ok with that, fine. but that’s what he is doing