Hungary, as she stands now, is a very conservative country. Some of this conservatism is downright backassward, really, so when events like the one pictured above take place, I feel the need to make it known, celebrate a little bit.
This is a photo of an anti-racism, anti-homophobia, anti-Horthy cult demonstration that took place yesterday. It was taken by a young photographer whose mission is to document the history of his city.
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Just what is the Horthy cult? The term refers to the regained popularity of Horthy Miklós Admiral, among the extreme right wing here in Hungary. Horthy served in the Austro-Hungarian navy and also served as regent of Hungary during WWII. It was he who allied with the Nazis in an attempt to regain what Hungary had lost in the Treaty of Trianon. He led a period of White Terror in Hungary at that time and was an open anti-Semite. Recently, a few Hungarian villages have been erecting statues of Horthy Miklós in heroic memoriam.
You can read more about this here : http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/right-wing-extremists-cultivate-horthy-cult-in-hungary-a-836526.html
