Romanian right-wing anti-vax conspiracy theorist Gheorghe Piperea filed the motion.
Gheorghe Piperea MEP is a member of The Alliance for the Union of Romanians. The AUR party has a slogan that sounds like something stitched onto a pillow in a particularly aggressive fascist grandmother’s house: Family, Nation, Christian Faith, Freedom—the kind of wholesome, all-American (or, in this case, all-Romanian) values that make you want to salute the flag, hug a Bible, and shoot the nearest immigrant. The AUR has distinguished itself as a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of anti-science conspiracy theories, homophobia, and antisemitism—because why settle for just one kind of bigotry when you can have the full set? In short, the AUR is what happens when nationalism, religion, and a deep suspicion of reality collide—a party that promises to take Romania back to a golden age that never actually existed, unless you count the Middle Ages, which, come to think of it, might be exactly what they’re going for.
Romanian right-wing anti-vax conspiracy theorist Gheorghe Piperea filed the motion.
Gheorghe Piperea MEP is a member of The Alliance for the Union of Romanians. The AUR party has a slogan that sounds like something stitched onto a pillow in a particularly aggressive fascist grandmother’s house: Family, Nation, Christian Faith, Freedom—the kind of wholesome, all-American (or, in this case, all-Romanian) values that make you want to salute the flag, hug a Bible, and shoot the nearest immigrant. The AUR has distinguished itself as a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of anti-science conspiracy theories, homophobia, and antisemitism—because why settle for just one kind of bigotry when you can have the full set? In short, the AUR is what happens when nationalism, religion, and a deep suspicion of reality collide—a party that promises to take Romania back to a golden age that never actually existed, unless you count the Middle Ages, which, come to think of it, might be exactly what they’re going for.
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