L’Ungheria ha detto a Orban che non può metterli a zittirli

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# Hungary Told Orban: Fuck You!

He really messed up this time.
He tried to “ban it” in his usual way, fumbling around, leaving loopholes, talking nonsense the whole time, basically saying: *“don’t even bother organizing it.”*
But they did bother. They organized it — and there are tons of us here!
Many people are showing solidarity, even though they’ve “threatened us with fines” — people just don’t care.
For Orbán, this can only end in failure.
He said it wouldn’t happen, but it did.
There are lots of people, the crowd is loud, and it shows unity.

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Many people went “just to make a point,” and compared to previous years’ Prides, it was definitely bigger. According to many who have attended numerous Prides, it’s among the largest ever.

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A massive crowd gathered at Budapest Pride, despite attempts by the government to obstruct the event. Thanks largely to the perseverance of the mayor, Gergely Karácsony, and the original organizers, the march was still successfully held.

Supporters arrived from abroad, including EU representatives, and many well-known public figures either expressed their support or attended the event in person.

Péter Magyar, leader of the largest opposition party, who often remains “neutral” on Pride for tactical reasons, also posted about the event, calling on the police to “protect the people, not the power,” and declaring that they are building a Hungary “where it doesn’t matter who loves whom.”

Many people turned out with a spirit of “just to prove a point,” and there were also plenty who attended for the first time. Recently, even a far-right voter spoke on Partizán (Hungary’s most popular online political YouTube channel), saying he went to the event to SUPPORT it, not to counter-protest.

Far-right parties and “organizations” occupied and closed off several bridges, which forced a change to the route. However, only a marginal number of people take part in these “events” — just a few dozen or a few hundred stand around holding flags, blocking traffic, but that’s all. Meanwhile, tens of thousands participate and march in the Pride.

It’s not often these days that I am proud of my country. This is one such moment.

Wanting freedom looks good on Hungary.

My respect goes out to all the democracy loving Hungarians

I was there. I never saw a protest this big and I’ve seen a few. It was huge, well in the “hundreds of thousands”-big. Especially for a protest about which Orbán said that the organizers should not bother trying this year.