Geert Wilders: "We want less Moroccans!"

[petergriffin]

The blonde bombshell is at it again:

At a party meeting Wednesday evening in The Hague, where his Freedom Party is set to win the most votes in municipal elections, Wilders asked supporters whether they wanted “more or fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands.

His supporters chanted back: “Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!” before breaking into applause.

The Moroccans he refers to are Dutch citizen of Moroccan descent, not immigrants.

How long will you give it before this will be fashionable in UK? T

Video:
Wilders: Willen jullie meer of minder Marokkanen? - YouTube

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Well at least he knows it's fewer not less.

Unlike you, judging from the title of your thread.

[Forgotmylogin]

What do you all think of Geert Wilders?

I liked him in Blazing Saddles, thought he was really good with Richard Pryor, but I'm not certain about Young Frankenstein.

[petergriffin]

Well at least he knows it's fewer not less.

Actually not, because he said: "Minder" in Dutch that can be translated as less or fewer.

For the pedants, I've actually been to school, you can say 'less' before plural names if it means a whole category. "The Moroccans" in this case is a collective noun, hence you can use "less".

[Mich the Tester]

What do you all think of Geert Wilders?

He's a contentless, anti-intellectual product of a marketing team that tells him what the lowest common denominator of public opinion is so he can blurt out the crap his supporters want to hear. He avoids debate and interviews. He's actually lost support compared to the last council elections and he can't gain support without going for a new voter demographic outside low educated low income white folk; as soon as he tries to appeal to someone else he alienates his long time supporters. He's now also lost the support of the political editors at De Telegraaf, the biggest right wing newspaper, and even provoked RTL News into taking an expicit standpoint, something they very rarely do. The one politician in this country who has consistently stood up to him and argued on the rare occasions that Wilders turns up for work in parliament is Alexander Pechtold from D66, and interestingly D66 made massive gains in the council elections including beating Wilders in Den Haag, where he was forecast to win. In Almere, where his party was the largest party, he has lost seats to moderate alternatives. He is a spent force in Dutch politics; he'll be around for some time to come but I don't think there's any danger of him getting near power any more, especially after last night's rather hideous rallying call.

[Eirikur]

Being a former Dutch citizen, I think Wilders is a stupid ignorant idiot and a hypocrite, as he's married with a foreigner.
His party is somewhere in between the BNP and UKIP and the followers lowly educated rednecks.

[lilelvis2000]

Was Nigel Farage in the audience as well?

[petergriffin]

Being a former Dutch citizen,

From your username, can I guess you're of Turkish origin?

I think Wilders is a stupid ignorant idiot and a hypocrite, as he's married with a foreigner.

Just like Farage (and Cleggs).

His party is somewhere in between the BNP and UKIP and the followers lowly educated rednecks.

How would you call a redneck in Dutch?

[Mich the Tester]

Was Nigel Farage in the audience as well?

You know, much as I disagree with Nigel Farage I'd be very surprised if he would stoop as low as Wilders did last night. I don't think he would, and I don't think that most UKIP supporters would tolerate what Wilders did. I think they're misguided, but most of them aren't complete bigots.

[Mich the Tester]

How would you call a redneck in Dutch?

Well obviously, 'PVV'er'.

Otherwise;

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