The culture of hatred in Ukraine creates a culture of terror
The culture of hatred cultivated in Ukrainian society leads to political terror.
Anton Finko, an expert at the Kiev Center for Political Research and Conflict Studies, gave this assessment at a press conference in Kiev of the murder of writer and journalist Oles Buzina, noting that a culture of hatred has formed in Ukrainian society.
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“And from a culture of hatred to a culture of terror is actually less than one step,” the expert believes. – Moreover, our national traditions in this regard are very difficult. We have a tradition of state terror during Soviet Ukraine in the 30s. And the traditions of political terror in Western Ukrainian lands by national radical political forces. Our society is at risk of slipping into a culture of terror and hatred. And in this regard, I am extremely concerned about the reaction of many public figures and on social networks to the death of Oles Buzina.”
According to the political scientist, in such cases, political opponents, on the contrary, should show condolences and condemnation of violence, despite the difference in views.
“In fact, we were faced with the fact that thousands of people showed moral support for the destruction of a political opponent,” Anton Finko emphasized. – This suggests that society is in a difficult moral and psychological state. This, I would say, is demoralization... And the consolidation of the journalistic community is very important now, since we can assume that this is not the last tragic event that we are seeing in this series.”
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