Fascist reunion under the BMW logo in Bucharest

On March 14, the Christian Democratic Foundation led by the ex-Minister of External Affairs, Teodor Baconschi, organized jointly with the Organization of Women of PD-L, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and two ultraconservative groups (the Pro-Life Foundation and the Family Alliance), a conference called "family and life ethics" under the patronage of Bavaria Motors and the big BMW logo.

A big moral dilemma for the speakers. What would BMW do? 

The discussion between various religious  fundamentalists and conservative politicians had many fascist aspects: a strong nationalist discourse, the anti-choice radical view, homophobic statements, the social eugenics project of a woman MP (Ms. Turcan), the "good"example of the new Hungarian constitution, the presence of a fascist leader that was using "classic" nazi citations to make his argument.  All under the German brotherly support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, whose representative used his time to explain that "abortion is murder".

Bogdan Stanciu, the Pro-Vita representative, made a presentation in which he praised the current Constitution of Hungary, emphasizing its focus on Christianity, nation, anti-choice and anti-gay marriage. Baconschi congratulated his presentation by using the words "articulate, coherent and true", adding that Stanciu's references are also "our references" (the Goebbels reference also, I assume).

The old cliche of the "liberal holocaust" that destroys the greatness of the Romanian nation, together with demographic fears and the apocalypse-to-come, was connected again to the disappearance of the conservative family and religious beliefs.

As a sort of conclusion to the anti-women-anti-gay-anti-poor talk, Baconschi closed the hateful monologues by stating the alliance between the ruling party (which he represents as vice-president) and the ultraconservative group Pro-Vita, whose president comes also from the New Right fascist organization. He also mentioned that those who look for tolerance can go to a brothel (a pun in Romanian, the expression "tolerance house" means brothel).


Nevertheless, the audience was allowed to comment for the last 10 minutes when several feminist voices attacked this event harshly and they encountered an unexpected support from the crowd, most of the audience was cheering their in-your-face comments. 




thanks to Medusa for her coverage and here is the page of the event [both in Romanian].

Reactions to a homophobic attack in Cluj

Some old news appeared in the Romanian queer blogosphere: on April 24, around 5.00 AM, a well-known drag queen from Cluj, Petruta, was severely beaten in front of a club by 4 men. The attackers used fists and chains and police is still on their tracks. The whole incident was filmed by the cameras of a close-by shopping center. The bloggers are asking for any type of information regarding the case in order to help the police which is not doing anything so far. While Cluj is perceived as a gay-friendly city where many events took place and where Petruta even won a contest for the best drag queen in 2008, homophobic attacks are on the rise and the queer community feels threatened.

Robert G., who blogs at darkq.net, the so-called gay Romania blog, mocks Petruta as “an honest and God-fearing boy” and explains the event as a reaction to her outrageous flirting with straight men on the street. While most of the people ignored her that night, two men could not take the offence and hit her twice in the face, not using chains. Shaming Petruta and victim-blaming are argued by the fact that another drag queen and a gay man were not hurt in the incident even if they were present! Robert criticizes the overreaction of the queer community, which complains again that it is discriminated when there is no apparent reason for that.

Alexalexutu comments that he was also attacked by 3 men in the same place on another occasion and even if there were many people present no one intervened (it is a very central location in Cluj).

Zoli_k accuses Petruta and her behavior for the event (she was nasty and uncivilized) by comparing her to other famous drag queens (Kaballa, Fernanda) who were never beaten on the street. For him, the whole situation is a sort of “What Lola wants, Lola gets”. To this comment, Kaballa responds that she was heavily beaten also and defends Petruta.

Petruta made a touchy statement when more voices accused her of a promiscuous behavior:  "Brothers, I didn’t yell “cock” and I wasn’t extremely drunk. I am sorry if I embarrass the community but I didn’t complain and I didn’t ask for anyone’s help. I am sorry about this post and for all this fuss that is not helping me with anything. For those who are bothered by my presence, it is their own business; I do not eat or drink from their table. Anyway, I thank those who wrote well about me and I do not care about those who wrote bad things, I didn’t shame your community and I did nothing against you. I didn’t go out in the media or TV to tell what happened to me.”

The blogger who posted the first article on the issue responded: “No one is happy for what happened to you, it is just the opinion of the people. Take it as a learning experience and pay attention to how you behave in the future.”

Starting with this particular case, some questions have to be asked: are drag queens marginalized in the Romanian queer community? What type of solidarity can be constructed within and outside this community? How to react in obvious violent cases of homophobia, transphobia and misogyny?

Saturday at the Pride: the two sides of the fence

Saturday was a special day. Together with more than 2000 people we marched for Budapest’s “Gay Dignity”. Remembering last year’s violent events and Jobbik’s political statement to do everything possible to stop the March, we expected another riot.

Friday was the first day of fall in Hungary with thunderstorms, wind and low temperatures. We waited for rain on Saturday also. But the weather and the March didn’t follow the predictable script. During the Pride, Andrassy utca looked awfully quiet, no locals to cheer on the sides. In front of the Opera there was one middle-aged woman dancing in support: she was applauded and cheered by the crowd. From some windows you could see other people watching. That was from our side of the fence. As some observed, Budapest Pride became mainly a TV event in terms of reaching audiences outside the event.

On the other side of the fence, like 100 meters away, extreme right-wing rioters were trying to get in but police did a great job in protecting the marchers. Concerning protesters, the only ones we have seen at the Pride were at the Hosok Tere entrance: two groups of skinheads surrounded by cops. They didn’t get in.

Otherwise, from our side the rioters were absent: we didn’t hear them, we didn’t see them and we could enjoy a very peaceful, cheerful, happy event.
Because they couldn’t get closer to throw stones, eggs, tomatoes and Molotov cocktails like last year, the protesters came with a plan B: a crowd of 500 neo-Nazis and skinheads went wild in Budapest's Jewish district. Riot police used tear gas and baton charges against the loud and violent xenophobic group. Police made more than 30 arrests. These people were using dangerous weapons and I heard that two guys with army knives were stopped earlier to enter the Pride. More details of this not-going-to-the-city-for-nothing adventure:

The rioters invaded the heart of the traditional Jewish Ghetto District, started a small fire, tore down signs and shouted threatening anti-Semitic vitriol. The attacks were witnessed by families of foreign Jews visiting the district for the current Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival.

One British tourist trying to argue with the rioters at the edge of the ghetto had to be rescued by police when he was verbally abused and physically assaulted by a gang of 20 attackers. A policeman who tried to break up a confrontation not far from there was knocked to the ground and kicked, as was a woman displaying a Gay Pride T-shirt while standing alone at a tram stop.

(from JTA)

Because how else can you solve a failed homophobic attack if not by an old-fashioned anti-Semitic rampage somewhere close to the Synagogue? These anti-Pride protesters come with a pretty coherent political discourse with their actions: hate all of them. I guess that last year old women hitting marchers with their big Bibles were in a different hate group than these guys...

Another interesting crowd that I actually saw on my way home from Blaha Luija Ter was made of Swedish football supporters. They were in town with their team and because they couldn't enjoy the Budapest tourist attractions, everything being closed in the center with the big fence that was protecting us, they decided to manifest their anger in a very particular way: they joined the extreme-right protesters in their homophobic attack on the March.... Another coherent activity for a day: start getting drunk in the morning, attack together with friendly locals the LGBT crowd or at least try to get in over the fence, get some tear gas from riot police, drink some more, go to the stadium and support your team in the cheerful hooligan style, yell some more and then get back home with your low-cost flight. Full extreme touristic program for a day.

I am still wondering what would have been without that huge fence in between. Will we need a bigger fence next year?

photos by Szandra Gonzales

not playing queer

Pam Spaulding writes on her blog about some weird situtions in the soap opera industry. First, Chris Engel, an actor from The Young and the Restless, quitted the series after he realized that his character was about to kiss another man.

Now there is another similar case: Patricia Mauceri plays the mother of a character that turns out gay in One Live to Live. She refused the script because a Latina mother can never accept that, in her opinion. She was changed with another actress.

Patricia Mauceri in character

Here is the whole story:

"OLTL" was taping scenes in late-June concerning roommates Cristian, Layla and Fish. (They'll air in September.) Cristian and Layla suspect that sweet cop Fish is gay, but aren't sure how to approach him about it. So they buy a book about how to tell if you're gay and plan to give it to him.

Cristian's mom, Carlotta, was supposed to find the book and assume Cristian is gay. Her reaction was scripted to be very accepting and even amused, citing his love of art and fondness for going shirtless as signs she should have recognized.

But Mauceri, who has played diner purveyor Carlotta Vega for 14 years, refused to play the story as written, saying a Latina mother would not be so accepting. Rather, Mauceri rewrote the scenes to make Carlotta confused and troubled, and submitted them to "OLTL" execs.

"That's not the story we're telling," responded an exec.

Mauceri then said she could not play the scenes as written, so the show called Santiago.

"Saundra Santiago is now playing Carlotta Vega," confirms an ABC rep.

The stereotype that all Latino mothers are homophobic is used in this case to promote a very personal and direct form of homophobia. Some actors afford to refuse the part or re-write the script. That brings to my mind the situation in theatre, the one that I know better. A couple of weeks ago, Iulia Popovici was mentioning how Romanian actors are avoiding to identify with their gay characters, almost yelling "this is not who I am!". I see that quite often when a gay character comes on stage. Quite bizarre, this detachment is not happening with criminals, murderers, rapists, bigots etc. Playing evil is more convincing most of the times. Does it mean that playing queer is seen as being more threatening to most heterosexual actors? Or is it the fear of their own sexuality, the fear of becoming one of them by rehearsing? It is a good example to show how performance has implications on subjectivity just like performativity does. Actors fear that and they try to keep the character as far as possible from their subject. Then you come with some black-face type of performances, ridiculing the queer character, in the style of Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen was most of the time close to his wife during premieres, even if in character: he needed the proof that he IS not Bruno, he is not queer, that is just a character to make fun of of). Directors are doing it in a similar way: they dis-identify with their queer characters and stories by some poor form of Brechtian alienation. The purpose is not to make the audience think about their own situation or to make them critical of what they see: theatremakers are just telling that it is not their story, it is not their alliance, it is not their concern and creativity, queerness is incidental and it's "used" mainly for its comical homophobic effect. That is the situation if the queer character is not part of a melodramatic plot and is killed at some point to reinstall the original status quo. Then it becomes a tool for a queer cleansing of the stage. Both situations are dead ends for any social change and reinforce a homophobic attitude.

homophobia after death

I have just returned from Finland and while reading some blogs, I ended up with Renee's macabre short post at Womanist Musing about a gay man from Senegal who was exhumed twice from the graveyard for being gay. Not knowing much about Senegal, I won't make some statements about how homophobia works localy, the effects of French colonialism, the religious connotations or how heterosexuals discriminate gay people in Senegal. To put it simple, this case from Thies is really fucked up: "a man who was presumed to be gay died of natural causes in a hospital. Just hours after he was buried in a Muslim cemetery four men had his body exhumed his body, leaving it near his grave. The police were forced to intervene and the body was reburied. Not wishing to be stymied in their efforts the man was once again exhumed and this time his body was dumped in front of his family home."

Death is not a safe place anymore, even after becoming a corpse, the queer body is atill denied, rejected, thrown out of the grave. The zombiefication of the gay man in this case makes me wonder of some stories of life after death. Because obviously homophobia goes that far.

destroying the US army

Jerome Lindsay from The Washington Post writes an article of how openly gay troops will destroy the US military. Don't get too excited, the case is more complicated:

With the nation engaged in two wars and facing a number of potential adversaries, this is no time to weaken our military. Yet if gay rights activists and their allies have their way, grave harm will soon be inflicted on our all-volunteer force.
The administration and some in Congress have pledged to repeal Section 654 of U.S. Code Title 10, which states that homosexuals are not eligible for military service. Often confused with the "don't ask, don't tell" regulations issued by President Clinton, this statute establishes several reasons that homosexuality is incompatible with military service.
Section 654 recognizes that the military is a "specialized society" that is
"fundamentally different from civilian life." It requires a unique code of personal conduct and demands "extraordinary sacrifices, including the ultimate sacrifice, in order to provide for the common defense." The law appreciates military personnel who, unlike civilians who go home after work, must accept living conditions that are often "characterized by forced intimacy with little or no privacy."
While there have been changes in civilian society since this statute was adopted by wide bipartisan majorities in 1993, the military realities it describes abide. If anything, they are more acute in wartime.
In our experience, and that of more than 1,000 retired flag and general officers who have joined us in signing an open letter to President Obama and Congress, repeal of this law would prompt many dedicated people to leave the military. Polling by Military Times of its active-duty subscribers over the past four years indicates that 58 percent have consistently opposed repeal. In its most recent survey, 10 percent said they would not re-enlist if that happened, and 14 percent said they would consider leaving.
If just the lesser number left the military, our active-duty, reserve and National Guard forces would lose 228,600 people - more than the total of today's active-duty Marine Corps. Losses of even a few thousand sergeants, petty officers and experienced mid-grade officers, when we are trying to expand the Army and Marine Corps, could be crippling.
And the damage would not stop there. Legislation introduced to repeal Section 654 (H.R. 1283) would impose on commanders a radical policy that mandates "nondiscrimination" against "homosexuality, or bisexuality, whether the orientation is real or perceived." Mandatory training classes and judicial proceedings would consume valuable time defining that language. Team cohesion and concentration on missions would suffer if our troops had to live in close quarters with others who could be sexually attracted to them.
There are better ways to remedy shortages in some military specialties than imposing social policies that would escalate losses of experienced personnel who are not easily replaced.
Some suggest that the United States must emulate Denmark, the Netherlands and Canada, which have incorporated homosexuals into their forces. But none of these countries has the institutional culture or worldwide responsibilities of our military. America's armed forces are models for our allies' militaries and the envy of our adversaries - not the other way around.
As former senior commanders, we know that the reason for this long-standing envy is the unsurpassed discipline, morale and readiness of our military. The burden should be on proponents of repeal to demonstrate how their initiative would improve
these qualities of our armed services. This they cannot do.
Everyone can serve America in some way, but there is no constitutional right to serve in the military. The issue is not one of individual desires, or of the norms and mores of civilian society. Rather, the question is one of national security and the discipline, morale, readiness and culture of the U.S. armed forces upon which that security depends. It is a question we cannot afford to answer in a way that breaks our military.

I left this long quote from the article because it sounded too good to be true, in the sense that gays soldiers will completely reshape the military culture and make it more open and egalitarian. I guess it was the same situation and worry when women started to join the army. And things didn't change much. Because the simple fact that you are gay doesn't make you immune to the conservative and patriarchal discourse of the military. The homophobic stereotype in this case of gay soldiers as umasculine, totally detached from discipline and militaristic culture is such an illusion. And the fact that most heterosexuals will leave the army because they are homophobic is plain bullshit. I would like to see the US army that this guy is afraid of. Especially with "the nation engaged in two wars and facing a number of potential adversaries."

photo via flickr

Forbidden Milk

I was about to write a post about Gus van Sant's movie. I thought it was kind of softish, but a good initiative of mainstreaming alternative heroes. A sort of low-fat Milk in a genre framework of melodrama. Nancy Goldstein wrote an article on it: highly informative for those who are not so familiar with Harvey Milk and the struggles in Castro district, supporting my suspicions on the cleaninng up of the story but keeping the movie close to the genre specific. And not to mention how Sean Penn could fit the sympathetic direction of a straightened movie about a gay politician. A good-old Holywood style movie for everyone to watch.

I didn't write this post only to see today while reading some Romanian news that a Romanian commission for classifying movies, part of National Centre of Cinematography (CNC) rated Milk with R (or forbidden under 18 in Romania). Andreea Tanase, Cristina Corciovescu, Tudorel Butoi, Oana Stroe and Vladimir Marin, the members of the commission, took this decision because there are some images with a hanged man, fellatio and, most of all, it's propaganda for a specific sexual orientation. I would love to see how they forbid all movies that fit the framework of propaganda for specific sexual orientations, all those lovely romantic comedies and so on (but of course the only sexual orientations that are forbidden are the non-heterosexual one) . We should not forget that we are talking of a state institution here that shows right-in-your-face homophobia with an obscene nonchalance.

The only reaction came from the movie distributor, RoImage: they contested the decision. Fucking great. Goodnight, Romania! I hope I'll never see your ugly face again! The only place where Milk is forbidden for kids under 18.

Extremely scarry! Romanian values

European Values Survey from 2008 came out with some interesting data concerning Romanian values:

86% of Romanians think that religion is very important, this time more than Polish people. These values are higher outside Europe only in Iraq, Morocco, Indonesia or Rwanda. The religious element goes hand in hand with a wild capitalist individualist framework, last European values for voluntary work. A sort of metaphysical determinism fits the framework with a focus on a higher entity that decides, there are no social viable connections, each for its own, God can help me first, then the others, but it’s not my business anyway. A sociologist comments it in this article (only in Romanian), as a sort of social autism: a majority sociological syndrome designed for survival.

6% of the 1.488 interviewees consider politics important, while 74% consider it unimportant at all. These numbers go hand in hand with the 73% of desires for a strong leader, one that is not concerned with elections or the Parliament. “Only” 20% are convinced that a military regime means a better life for them. All these numbers are higher than any other European country can give.

16% Romanians trust people, much lower than in other European countries

75% are against abortion

63% are against divorce

91% think that homosexuality is not right

Family is seen as highly important by most of the interviewees in contrast to friendship. Actually, only in the Netherlands friends are more important than family but Romanians have one of the worst opinions on friendship in Europe and that makes me think… Why shouldn't we start changing thinks from here? Support Friendship! Subvert Romanian patriarchy, make a friend today!

Insecurities Increase

by Antonette*

Insecurities increase,

with daily verbal abuse

and death threats,

All because of the way I dress.

Aging tranny bitch queen,

tattooed masculine lines,

some ‘bull-dyke’ on steroids.

Nice figure,

but face like Freddie Krueger,

the serial killer.

Why can’t people let me be?

Constantly judging

by first appearances.

You can’t judge

by looking at the wrapping.

The woman in me,

dying to be accepted.

The public forces the Queen

to put the dresses away

after a certain age.

The abuse and constant danger,

Forces the she-male

to only come out at night,

if at all.

Imprisoned by letting the forces

of the shallow general public,

To intimidate the feminine side,

so she must fade away

and hide.

The tranny bitch submissive Queen,

Too old to be seen as anything other

than a sexual deviant,

Fallen so far.

Starting over again

at the bottom,

Can’t get much lower

than a tranny working the stroll.

Shit on from all sides,

an abnormality.

Can I keep going,

dressing daily for my femininity?

Old memories,

sadden the heart,

vacant loneliness,

Stress upon stress.

Afraid I might kill

some ignorant young fuck,

For his ill timed,

homophobic foul mouth.

Don’t look 30,

but awesome for 50-something.

Strong masculine lines

and tattoos,

Constantly reinforce

the fitting handle

of,

Miss Understood.

* I found this wonderful poem at the Queer History Project website. You can find the story of the poem and other amazing queer stories there.

Thanksgiving Prayer - William S. Burroughs

Always good to remember Ol'Bill's words of advise. Not as good as the Gus van Sant classic version, but with some interesting footage.

"Thanks for the wild turkey and
the passenger pigeons, destined
to be shit out through wholesome
American guts.


Thanks for a continent to despoil
and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a
modicum of challenge and
danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to
kill and skin leaving the
carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves
and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin' lawmen,
feelin' their notches.

For decent church-goin' women,
with their mean, pinched, bitter,
evil faces.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for
Christ" stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for Prohibition and the
war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where
nobody's allowed to mind the
own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the
memories-- all right let's see
your arms!

You always were a headache and
you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams."

IKEA products make you gay

Tony Grew wrote an interesting article about IKEA's new catalogue in Poland and some local reactions. You never know when the catalogue is printed in your country and how people will react on it. But Poland is ridiculous at this point. I am boycotting any Polish products because of their boycott and I think I will buy some IKEA items next week even if i don't need any but just to piss off the Catholic church:

Catholics in Poland are boycotting IKEA because its catalogue features pictures of same-sex couples. National newspapers and news websites have covered the story and the concerns of some religious people that the Swedish company is "trampling" on Christian concepts of family.
"I would not like to cease doing shopping in IKEA but if the firm does not stop promoting homosexual relationships, I will, unfortunately, feel compelled to do so and I will notify about it all the people I know so that they do the same," one Catholic woman wrote.
IKEA has defended its advertising and has refused to respond to the boycott.

"Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary society," said IKEA spokesperson Karolina Horoszczak.

The boycott is being led by Fronda.pl website: "Treating single-sex relationships on a par with married couples is impermissible," said Grzegorz Górny, the editor-in-chief of Fronda.

"IKEA's publication is a promotion of a particular style of living, which does not deserve public propagation. This is connected with the strategy of accustoming people to homosexual relationships and then of legalising such relationships. This is done to establish their picture in society as equal and then to legalise them."

This is nothing new, IKEA had this sort of problems in US already: In 2007 the American Family Association (AFA) accused the Swedish furniture retailer of trying to force a liberal, "homosexuality-affirming" world view on US consumers through advertising. The association, who claim to promote "traditional family values," said IKEA routinely promote gay lifestyles.
The ad showed a gay male couple playing on the floor with their young daughter. As they lean back against their IKEA sofa, a voiceover says: "Why shouldn't sofas come in flavours, like families?"

Some Polish politicians are among the most homophobic in Europe.
A gay parent who is in a sexual relationship should have their children taken from them, according to a member of the governing Civil Platform party.
Stefan Niesiolowski, who is a deputy Speaker of the Polish parliament, told a TV audience in June that same-sex families are abnormal and described lesbian couples with children as a "serious pathology."
Former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his twin brother, Lech Kaczynski, the current President, caused controversy within the LGBT community for their anti-gay stance.
The pair banned several gay pride marches in the country and on a state visit to Ireland at the beginning of this year Lech Kaczynski said that the promotion of homosexuality would lead to the eventual destruction of the human race.
Poland was widely mocked last year when it was revealed that Ewa Sowinska, a government-appointed children rights watchdog, said she would ask psychologists to advise if the Teletubbies' camp antics could affect children.
"I noticed [Tinky Winky] has a lady's purse, but I didn't realise he's a boy," she said. "At first I thought the purse would be a burden for this Teletubby. . . Later I learned that this may have a homosexual undertone."

Glume

Gigi Becali a fost sambata, 22 septembrie 2007, la Arad. Printre altele, s-a trezit sa declare că în cazul în care va ajunge preşedintele României va desfiinţa cluburile pentru gay, iar pe homosexuali îi va izola la marginea oraşelor, în cartiere speciale. Stirea este puternic difuzata.

„Sex-shop-urile nu au ce căuta în centrul oraşului, să le vadă toată lumea, copiii şi cei care nu vor să le vadă. Cluburile pentru gay le voi desfiinţa. Dacă aceşti oameni păcătuiesc, nu au decât să o facă la ei acasă. Îi sfătuiesc să meargă la preot dacă au probleme cu capul, pentru că eu voi desfiinţa cluburile de homosexuali şi lesbiene“

„O să le fac cartiere speciale, să stea acolo şi să ne lase pe noi în pace“

Ceea ce este interesant aici este lipsa de reactie, cel putin pana acum. probabil vor urma zilele urmatoare cateva pozitii sau cineva isi va aduce aminte de chestiunea asta prin campania electorala. Ziarele online s-au limitat la a transmite "faptele asa cum sunt". Vorbim aici nu de un personaj marginal, de un individ total lipsit de putere politca: Becali este cotat în sondajele de opinie pe locul al doilea, la categoria încrederii în politicieni, cu circa 30%, imediat dupa Băsescu. Partidul condus de Becali este situat pe locul al patrulea, după PD, PSD şi PNL, cu şanse clare de a intra în Parlament.

Vara trecuta Becali era prezent pe majoritatea posturilor TV in emisiuni sportive, talk-showuri politice, lifestyle etc. popularitatea sa este remarcabila. Faptul ca este considerat in multe cazuri un bufon inofensiv si simpatic, greu de crezut si pe care nu poti sa te superi, nu poate scuza luarile sale de pozitie deosebit de violente. Numarul 1 in sondaje recidiva acum cateva saptamani cu remarcile sale discriminatorii: de data asta nu era vorba de tigani, ci de armenii cei rai. Doctorul sau era un caz rar de "armean bun". Comisia impotriva discriminarii a reactionat. Oamenii lui Basescu au raspuns dezinvolt ca era doar o gluma, in stilul caracteristic al presedintelui. Si asa a ramas.

Si Becali probabil glumeste pe seama gaylor, femeilor, tiganilor etc. Treptat, stilul sau a devenit unul caracteristic, un produs mediatic foarte bine vandut si usor de reprodus. De unde si succesul sau. Usor usor, cu asemenea reprezentari, puternic sustinute de viitori alegatori, Romania ramane o gluma si inca una proasta de tot.