Commentary
The left can’t stand that a successful, popular, strong conservative government is leading a country at the heart of central Europe. When that country cheerfully maintains its sovereignty and distinct national identity while still belonging to the European Union (EU) and NATO, the elites bristle. Making things worse, the country self-identifies as having a Christian heritage and being pro-family. It also accepted and aided more than 700,000 people fleeing war-torn Ukraine.
Hungary and its just reelected prime minister, Viktor Orbán, now find themselves in the crosshairs of attack for daring to be Hungarian. “How dare they?” chuff the anointed arbiters of all European cultural structures, moral norms, legal debate, and wealth redistribution. “Journalists” and media opinion-leaders are quick to join the attack slinging accusations of various “-isms,” phobias, mind-reading analyses, dog whistles, and coded messages….