A picture of anti- Victor Orban protest today
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  • 245 points dead97531

    The protest is called "Protest in support of children and against Orbán's lies."

    You can follow it live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXNv88JJoY

    This was organized in 3 days after Péter Magyar (Tisza Party) has published a secret document that showed the following:

    On Friday, Péter Magyar published a document prepared in 2021 on the conditions prevailing in child protection and the violence suffered by children placed there. The 47-page report states, among other things, that

    • staff are overworked,
    • one in seven children under their guardianship is a victim of abuse,
    • half of the guardians initiated police proceedings in 437 cases of sexual abuse involving children in their care, 224 guardians found that the cases were closed due to insufficient evidence,
    • the child protection guardians surveyed know of more than 3,300 abused children – this means that one-fifth of children in specialized care are abused, most often emotionally, psychologically, and physically,
    • 235 guardians reported sexual abuse of children,
    • and 11 percent of guardians know that "a child under their guardianship has been sexually abused at their place of care." 324 children suffered this type of abuse while in specialized care.

    The document concludes by mentioning that there is enormous latency in the field of child abuse. The document only "summarizes the attitudes, knowledge, and experiences of child protection professionals responsible for 15,807 children entrusted to the care of the state."

    Also:

    In the investigation at the Szőlő Street juvenile residential school, following Tuesday’s dramatic action, several people have now been arrested or are under investigation, including the acting director of the institution, Károly Kovács-Buna, who resigned on Monday. Earlier, the former director, Péter Pál Juhász, and his partner were already arrested; they are also suspected of human trafficking and forced labor. In addition, videos have emerged showing abuse that took place in the institution.

    The government had previously lied about the case, claiming that “no minors were involved.”

    Edit: This article goes into it further:

    https://lansinginstitute.org/2025/12/10/beyond-rhetoric-systemic-failures-in-hungarys-child-welfare-and-the-political-accountability-of-viktor-orban/

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    18 points dat_9600gt_user

    You guys should really step up the naming game for these protests.

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    11 points DaysedAndRefused

    >Péter Magyar published a document prepared in 2021 on the conditions prevailing in child protection and the violence suffered by children placed there.

    That's... that's his name? That's like if a minister in Germany was named Hans Deutsche .

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    35 points dead97531

    Every single time I (or someone else) mention his name, there always be at least 1 comment on his name :D

    Names based on ethnicity is common in Hungary and the surrounding countries as well.

    • The third most common last name in Hungary is Tóth (it refered to slavs and later to Slovaks).
    • Fifth most common is Horváth = Croatian
    • Ninth is Németh = German
    • Sixteenth is Oláh = old word for Romanian
    • Nineteenth is Rácz = old word for Serbian
    • Twenty-second is Török = Turk

    etc.

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    2 points DaysedAndRefused

    I can't tell if that's peak racism or the opposite, damn.

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    6 points Zerasad

    Hungary has been very multicultural since the 1200s, so it is to be expected. Countries with only a single prevailing culture don't have ethnic surnames because that is not a differentiating factor.

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    3 points __Polarix__

    Török (Turkish) and Orosz (Russian) as well, less common though

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    19 points MommysDeviantStool

    Magyar is a common surname.

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    2 points Orravan_O

    That's like if a minister in Germany was named Hans Deutsche.

    Pierre Mendès France says hi.

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    2 points DaysedAndRefused

    Was going to say General French: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French%2C_1st_Earl_of_Ypres but he was English.

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  • 446 points 227CAVOK

    Are they in a tunnel? 

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    304 points GKGriffin

    It's the tunnel under the Buda Castle, so yeah.

    https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai_V%C3%A1ralag%C3%BAt

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    126 points 227CAVOK

    Cool, must have missed it when I was there.  I'll come back once "the Victator" has been voted out. 

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    -66 points SignificanceLow7986

    You still believe there will be another vote ? 

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    70 points dead97531

    I don't believe, I know. We aren't Russia or Belarus or North Korea.

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    30 points sporeegg

    Never take voting for granted. Right now, Democracy everywhere is under siege.

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    35 points dead97531

    I know what I'm talking about. I know foreigners like to make us look like we are a dictatorship but that's simply not true.

    Orbán doesn't have that kind of control over the army like Erdogan and Putin.

    And they don't have the manpower either.

    Edit:

    Read more here about election:

    https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/article/attachment/2022-03/Hungary%202022%20Manipulated%20Elections.pdf

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    1 points readilyunavailable

    Man, it's so funny seeing someone else be the target of European racism, other than us.

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    -13 points Ok-Rub8529

    Free and fair? Must be why so many people are protesting.

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    18 points dead97531

    Who said that it is free and fair?

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    1 points CommonSenseAgent

    When people vote for someone you don’t like, it means democracy is under siege? 😆

    You sound like a tyrant. Democracy works both ways.

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    4 points SignificanceLow7986

    Hopefully you are right! 

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    4 points 6gv5

    Eliminating elections would send the message that people haven't a voice anymore, which would likely trigger a revolt. In some cases is safer/easier for corrupt leaders to just fake a democracy than to straight eliminate it. If Russian propaganda isn't enough to skew preferences toward him (fake news + stupidity can do wonders) Orban will attempt for sure to tamper with elections, but I'm very skeptical about eliminating them. He's a piece of shit but he's not that stupid.

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    1 points novataurus

    …didn’t Top Gear drive cars through there?

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    1 points Logan_MacGyver

    Yeah usually it's for car and foot traffic

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    37 points MissMunchkitten

    I think so.....Regardless of political stance, the energy in this protest demonstrates how deeply citizens care about the direction of their country and its governance.

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    23 points patatjepindapedis

    Pretty brave to do a protest against an authoritarian on a location where they could trap and murder you by barely even lifting a finger

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    23 points goat_in_heat

    It wasn't the location, it was a march from Deák Square to Buda Castle (Orban's office is there), and they crossed through the tunnel. Also police brutality/aggressive protests and political violence are not really things that happen in Hungary at all.

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    8 points vivenkeful

    Is this a joke? I am sorry.. like i have no idea what news you have been reading, but mass killings are not something they would do. Not even assassinations. This is not Russia. Shocking, I know.

    And he is not a full authoritarian, just a corrupted prick dancing on the edge between populism and - for some reason- Putin.

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    4 points Stunning_Macaron6133

    I suspect that's the point.

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    3 points minobi

    In case if he decides to bomb opposition

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    1 points ntsmmns06

    That or someone’s colon.

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    1 points dat_9600gt_user

    Yeah.

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  • 209 points nuteteme

    I hope that the good and beautiful people of Hungary will vote for a change in april.

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    118 points MarcellHUN

    As a not so good and kinda mid looking person of Hungary I really fucking hope that too

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    7 points nuteteme

    My best friend lives in Budapest, I'm treated as a honorary Hungarian every time I'm there.
    Those guys even named a street after my family name, in the middle of Budapest, with the Danube on one end, overseeing Margit Sziget. Considering this, good and beautiful people of Hungary still stands.

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    15 points sporeegg

    Beauty and morals are in the heart. Try to resist the ugliness of selfishness, and you too are good and beautiful.

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    1 points Nazamroth

    Beautiful enough to get me on the front page of fashion magazines?

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    0 points __Polarix__

    As a rather pessimistic person, I cannot see Orbán giving up on power. Nevertheless, I will do the very minimum and vote against Orbán and my whole family will do the same (just like we did last time...)

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    8 points BufonemRopucha

    They definetely will. Im worried 2020 Belarus might repeat tho

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  • 54 points colonel_vgp

    Great! Keep it up! Support from Bulgaria EU bros!

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  • 49 points MaestroGena

    That shit looks like something from the movie V for vendeta

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    5 points procedural-human

    Nah that's from HxH

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  • 22 points _nzatar

    Break your chains brothers

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  • 34 points Slickrickjoe

    Feels like every Square in Europe eventually Doubles as a Protest stage History repeating, Just louder and with Better signs.

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  • 8 points BigDutchRabbit

    Good job Hungary! ❤️

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  • 12 points MarkMew

    Bro posted the worst picture imaginable. /s I screenshotted another one from the live stream but just found out that you can't post images in comments here:(

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  • 22 points arbicus123

    The only effective anti orban protest is voting him out next year

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    1 points jekemboofer

    [ Removed by Reddit ]

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    -25 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    He will commit electoral fraud and win.

    It's stupid to think anyone could vote him out. Did it work in Venezuela, Russia, Belarus, etc.? No. Neither will work in Hungary.

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    34 points majorannah

    You're always here demoralizing people.

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    -20 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    I'm speaking the truth. The truth people don't want to hear.

    Hungary stopped being a democracy long ago and it's ridiculous to pretend otherwise.

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    26 points majorannah

    Without any sort of constructive thought, it's pure demoralising. Whenever the opposition embraced this kind off negativity, it always hepled Orbán stay in power.

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    -17 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    If I'm right (and I genuinely hope I'm wrong) you will have to apologize to me after April 12. 

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    15 points majorannah

    I knew you were here demoralizing. ☺️

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    0 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    I knew you were some poor fool, who believes she lives in a democracy 😅

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    11 points Supernova1000000

    Bro orbán doesn't have as much power as putin or erdogan. Hungary is officially still a democracy, it's part of the EU and NATO. Orbán can't just do anything he wants without consequences like his daddy putin.

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    -3 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    What consequences did he face last time? Like, you know, when they started tearing up and burning ballots from abroad that did not have the "right" vote in them?

    The sad truth is, the EU gives zero fucks. They knew all the illegal shit he did last time and did nothing. Why would it be different this time?

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    -11 points New_Needleworker994

    They hated him because he spoke the truth

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    1 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    I know right? People here are so delusional, I don't know whether to pity them or laugh at their naivety.

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    -12 points New_Needleworker994

    Its like this when discussing the Ukraine war as well. Redditors have this weird thing where they only want to hear talking points that are pro their "side".

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    11 points Supernova1000000

    Okay, then just continue being pessimists. This is one reason why I hate this sub.

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    13 points dbpcut

    Oh folks should just not try then? Bot ass logic.

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    11 points vdcsX

    Neither of those are similar to Hungary. Elections are not fair, but still free.

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    -1 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    Do you really believe elections will be free? Do you really believe Putin and Trump will let their lapdog go? You really think they won't meddle in the elections? That's naivety at its best.

    Yeah, I definitely would not call any election where a party with 40% support gets a two-third majority, fair.

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    11 points vdcsX

    So you couldn't comprehend one single line of text. Elections are not fair, but still free.

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    -2 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    No, they aren't. Votes from abroad have literally been torn up and burned if they didn't have the "right" vote.

    Does that sound free to you??

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    9 points vdcsX

    That's the "not fair" part. Do you even know the definitions..? Doesnt look like it at all.

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    -5 points ThrowawaypocketHu

    Oh boy, you are hopeless 😅

    Alright then, keep defending that shitty country and their shitty government.

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    9 points Supernova1000000

    They're not defending the government, we just don't like this constant pessimism. Do you hate Hungarians too or something?

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    7 points majorannah

    Don't feed the troll. That person hasn't said a constructive thing ever. They're just here demoralizing. Orbán would be proud.

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  • 5 points Agitated_Lynx_7438

    Get rid of this russian puppet. Keeping fingers crossed for Hungary.

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  • 9 points midlifematt

    seems like a literal underground movement /s

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  • 6 points geneticeffects

    Whoa. Powerful image!

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  • 3 points CrownsEnd

    Hyper(Loop) Protesting

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  • 3 points novolusz

    Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/q6TR4ShFsIA?si=i24lpfedO_O1aG36

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  • 6 points dazzling_Dream_s

    Are they in the metro system?

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    22 points FindingNo7

    No in a tunnel under the Buda castle.

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    8 points dead97531

    Tunnel that goes through the Castle Hill (Buda side of Budapest).

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  • 5 points covidharness

    Hungary has to fucking act up soon!

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  • 2 points Cookies4weights

    Interesting choice in venue

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  • 2 points supranes

    Victor Orban the real coward wont even get out and greet his population

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    1 points belloch

    He didn't get a counter protest to happen this time at the same time as the real protest, did he?

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    1 points terrorbagoly

    No, he was far away from the capital, giving a speech in a small town’s sports hall that only his registered supporters were allowed to attend.

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  • 2 points makeMeLessAttractive

    Good luck guys!

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  • 4 points NotBehindNothing

    Nice!!

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  • 6 points ContestNo2060

    Way to go!

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  • 4 points bistrova97

    For people who are wondering, it was raining that day.

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  • 3 points NookieLuvsU

    Victor will claim voter fraud and Trump will support him. I'm sorry, I don't think it will happen without a fight.

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  • 4 points shadowsinthestars

    I hope he's soon being renamed to Loser Orbán, that's for sure.

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  • 1 points mods_are_morons

    Orban is a huge Putin fanboy. I don't expect him to leave peacefully.

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  • 1 points Tman11S

    The whole EU will celebrate when we’re rid of Orban, stay strong and vote for change!

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  • 1 points jekemboofer

    I'm hungarian but idk when I need to vote for him to get kicked out... lehet egy másik magyar tud segíteni azzal?

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    1 points majorannah

    Seriously? April 12th, though it's not official yet (as in the president hasn't set the date), even though everyone - including Orbán - has been talking about April 12th.

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  • 1 points Livergood83

    F*king Orban!

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  • 1 points Miami-Novice

    Trump: "Fake news!"

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  • 1 points dat_9600gt_user

    What a great image. Wish it had more pixels though.

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  • 1 points TheRealSmelladroid

    Hunter X Hunter tryouts.

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  • 1 points Kuyazzz

    Is that the hunter exam or something

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  • 1 points Appropriate-Bite-34

    13th district?

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  • 1 points Long-Ad-6773

    I hope the world revolts against all tge shit leaders like sstrump,orban,xi,lukashenko,...

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  • 1 points LeoGoldfox

    I have read enough stories about fatal crowd crushes to never put myself in a situation like this. These people are brave!

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  • 1 points xzy_xyz

    https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WGKBBCR0jn4&si=dZX3SeAPW8XbOreq

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  • 1 points Agitated_Lynx_7438

    Let’s unite again the Eastern Europe against the ru locus swarms from the East and for a strong eastern alliance within EU! Getting rid of Orban is a first step!

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  • 1 points Altruistic_Brief_854

    Murino

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  • 1 points EiffelPower76

    Why are they anti Victor Orban ?

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  • -6 points Substantial-Ear-3735

    Finally people woke up 🙏

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    28 points LightSideoftheForce

    Finally? People started waking up last February, and more and more are joining. This is just the last occasion not the first one

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    2 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    2 points LightSideoftheForce

    That’s what “last February” means

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    13 points MarkMew

    Protests have been prettty regular for most of this year, thankfully.

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    0 points Substantial-Ear-3735

    probably it’s not enough just make protest? 🤔because Orban is still in parliament and his ruzzian preferences are progressing.

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  • -2 points Level-Trick-1701

    good job against the fascist Orban, but it's not safe to protest in a tunnel, be careful guys

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  • -4 points Caut-Nevasta

    Are they still allowed to protest? Weak Mr. Victor, weak...

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    6 points Kiff88

    They did ban it during the summer. 400 thousand people did not give a shit.

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    -1 points Caut-Nevasta

    Some of you really need that "/s".

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  • -11 points GaborSzasz

    A külföldiek nem szavaznak, csókolom.

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  • 0 points Stunning_Macaron6133

    Well, maybe Orban's had enough pilfering and would be happy enough to retire on his megayacht in the Adriatic.

    I can't see this succeeding unless Orban flat-out orders the vote to not be rigged in his favor anymore.

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  • -5 points yrabl81

    That makes me itch to publish here pictures from Israel, protesting Bibi and his right-wing racist government.

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  • -11 points chenbr0

    What percentage of the country's population is shown here?

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  • -2 points W4ll_33

    They should just throw some ziklon-b pellets in there

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  • -24 points [deleted]

    [removed]

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    7 points dead97531

    Biggest lol of the century. Tisza is aligned with Orbán's view of illegal immigration and keeping the southern fence as well. But unlike Orbán they won't invite migrants from Vietnam and the Philippines by the thousands to work in the chinese run factories.

    Fun fact: One of Orbán's son became a billionaire because they run the agency that invites migrants into Hungary.

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    1 points Niko_Bellic99

    A Kung Lao migrikkel nincs baj, más nép a problémás

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    4 points vdcsX

    Are you living in Hungary? No? Fuck off with your bs then. Move here if you like that shit so much.

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    2 points Niko_Bellic99

    My fellow countrymans wants them because Budapest is too safe and boring, we want some action!

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    -11 points appelton

    Yeah too safe…definitely.

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    -13 points [deleted]

    [removed]

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    -10 points choobad

    Seems so. These are the "I am so good and tolerant and anyone not with me is hitler"

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    6 points Supernova1000000

    Yeah, no. These people are protesting against children being raped by pedos that get saved by fidesz every time. People want orbán to fall because this isn't tolerable. But I guess that's okay for you. It's toxic people like you that make this sub so bad and ruin the mood.

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    -2 points appelton

    My only problem with TISZA is this :"Tisza advocates for following EU migration rules but opposes mandatory quotas" ...it sounds sketchy ..cause EU migration is an absolute disaster.. On paper they seem to align with Fidesz when it comes to migration but at the same time they advocate for following EU migration rules ? As to legal migration from ASIA ..it isn't that bad ..honestly. Very few people know this, but for example Poland especially Warsaw has a ton of Vietnamese people. They are all hard working amazing people. Can't say a single bad thing about them. All legally moved to Poland in the early 90's. Legal migration that is well thought out makes a lot of sense.

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    -3 points Sea_Historian_429

    They are a left globalist party cosplaying as centrists or centre-right, otherwise they would have no chance to win.

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    -8 points appelton

    Suicidal empathy. They have all the proof they need right in front of their eyes but they refuse to take it for what it is = mass replacement. UK has fallen, France has fallen, Germany has fallen. Sweden is f* . Denmark managed to get back on the right track so they might survive. Spain is about to fall. Only Hungary and Poland still standing. I understand Orban with his authoritarian style is far from being perfect….but what’s the alternative? An EU backed lefty candidate who ho is going to align with Von der Layen ?

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    3 points Niko_Bellic99

    Well people here literally saying they hate Orban so much they would even vote for a monkey than him, weird.

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    3 points Supernova1000000

    Stop spitting propaganda please.

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    0 points appelton

    You are brainwashed bud. Since when is EURO STAT DATA propaganda ? you don't even know what you are talking about.

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  • -31 points ReadTheManualBro

    Wow 3453 people! Crazy ! There must be a revolution down there.

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    2 points philthewiz

    Wow 746 karma people! Crazy! This must be a real person's opinion!

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    1 points ReadTheManualBro

    Make me a sandwich

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  • -2 points UltraNuclearMAGADad

    And seconds after the photo was taken, ricin gas flooded the tunnel.

    /s for those to stupid to realize

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  • -2 points sleepy_walk

    protesters are self-containing themselves in a safe-from-normal-people environment, all that is left to do is to lay down a brick wall in the exit

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    3 points Sorry-Combination558

    A russian shill lmao

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  • -3 points therealmistersister

    What are the chances that tunnel could be flooded with some nerve gas, ultimately eliminating all dissidents?

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    1 points LlayeFLORES

    Zero.

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  • -5 points DougDHead4044

    AI generated from the original picture Trump posted on X about all the Afghanistan refugees in the plane ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Front rows, you can actually see the same faces👀👀👀

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  • -5 points Working-Face3870

    AI

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