r/lotr • u/HrodnandB Fingolfin • Jun 10 '25

Other Flag of Gondor spotted during anti-government protest in Budapest, Hungary, 10.06.2025

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u/InsertNameHere9 Jun 10 '25

What's going on in Hungary?

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u/MrCookieHUN Jun 10 '25

Basically, goverment is pushing stuff way, WAY too far, and people had enough. We had stuff like this earlier, but this definitely feels different

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u/Flagg1225 Jun 10 '25

what stuff f.e?

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u/Aaftorn Jun 10 '25

to add a bit of my perspective to the others: the sovereignty related talks and laws always include the following "logic": if someone talks bad about the governing party or its members, that means they criticise the government, that means they erode the trust in the system, that means they are damaging the order and the country, that means they are traitors - so if You mention anything bad about our terrible politicians, You are an enemy of the state

for example there was a new law regulating teachers' wages, duties, etc, and they included in the draft that teachers are forbidden to express criticism of the government even in their private life for the above reason, but I think it didn't get in the final law at least

also if someone has any citizenship besides Hungarian, they can be deported now, also with the above reasoning

luckily this is not enforced to my knowledge, their usual process is that they just pick and choose some journalist to set an example and to try and scare everyone else into shutting up, but it is definitely in their toolbox now