It seems that with all the work we do, we should hire one person who will just listen carefully to all of Prime Minister Zoran Milanović's statements and immediately inform us when we need to draft a statement condemning what was said and send it to the public. Since we do not have such a person, we will only briefly review on our own website the Prime Minister's latest statement in which he speaks about the Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament Ruža Tomašić.
Iako se uopće ne slažemo s njezinim političkim stavovima i smatramo ih diskriminirajućim za sve građanke i građane Republike Hrvatske koji nisu Hrvati, bezrezervno osuđujemo način kojim se opetovano koristio Zoran Milanović. Ujedno mislimo kako takav način komuniciranja produbljujuje konflikte koji su odavno trebali biti prošlost. Umjesto argumentiranog i smirenog pojašnjavanja zašto ne bismo smjeli podržavati stavove zastupnice Tomašić, premijer grubo krši standarde pristojne komunikacije govoreći o jednoj ženi i političarki u srednjem rodu, nazivajući je elementarnom nepogodom:”Ruža Tomašić gora je od elementarne nepogode. Građani su u mnogim zemljama birali svašta”.
We can only say that Ruža Tomašić has the right to her political views, and we can agree or disagree with them, but we must always politely explain why we find them unacceptable without personal and mundane insults.
Zoran Milanović's speech is worse than all the statements of his political opponents because, attacking them in the name of protecting human rights, he actually promotes intolerance, insults and contempt for others.
If it may not be hate speech, it is certainly violent speech.
