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Polish Independence Day, Warsaw, Poland (11/11/17)
After 123 years of occupation, partition by the Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire, Poland rise once again on 11.11.1918. This is the 99th anniversary to commemorate this truly Glorious day. Bóg! Honor! Ojczyzna!
FP EDIT: Thanks to all who upvoted.
Now to all who are concerned this is a facist/neo-nazi rally: IT IS NOT. Every year on this day, left-winged media in Poland try to belittle this march, they show hooded guys yelling racist slogans etc.
Yeah, there are those guys, but in negligible numbers presented as majority. As in here: https://imgur.com/a/tQjXc
I was there, 5 years in a row. There are so many families with little children, there is not one concern about they well-being. It looks nothing like Charlottesville, or other Neonazi rallys in USA, simply becouse it is not those things.
Since it's somewhat historical post i must note that since Middle Ages Poland was (and still is) one of the most tolerant country for people of different faith and race. WW2 showed this greatly, when hundreds of Poles were killed for hiding Jews, thankfully hundreds more succeeded.
Now, for country that has nearly 39 millions citizens there are 2-3 occurrences of violent hate crime, this is not a possible number if we were all racist. On this picture about 60 thousend people celebrates their country's independece.
TL;DR: We are proud, we are NOT racist.
LilithIsUs
Im reading chatter along the interwebs that this is a protest? I'm confuzled
ZorkManZeroX
Looks like Nazis https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-nationalist-youth-march-draws-thousands-in-capital-1510429006
ineedteaformyteagun
12rt2345g342563
This is basically a nazi rally. Not something to be celebrated.
CaptainMarkoRamius
ElPoloDiablo
"Poland still is one of the most tolerant country for people of different faiths and races" Hahahahahahah nice meme. I'm Polish. It's BS
elinaClickDog
Amen bracie.
ThatDudeRightThere
They mentioned this in my local news. Labelled: demonstration on pro christianity, anti foreigners and anti EU values. That true?
dryasfuck
Bardo dobrze!
ezca
Kurwa. That's all i got
HighFunctioningAlcoholic
... This looks super similar to the pictures of the super-right nationalist match that happened today in Poland.
hisholybeardness
Either that or Poland is the next big victim of the Mind Flayer from the Upside Down.
299796kms365
Too bad this rally is just a bunch a nationalistic racist cunts
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CAPSLOCK999
It’s racist to have banners that say “bring back white Europe” and “clean blood”.
DuskMariner
And Independent has the title "Fascists march through Warsaw in 'world' s biggest' gathering of far right extremists." Fuck them
12rt2345g342563
That's exactly what it is.
DuskMariner
Oh, what wow. I hadn't realized national pride, desire to keep your country in the hands of your own people were facist. When did that start
Epleskrott
Didn't this end up being a huge right-wing /nazi march? Saw that thousands of neo nazis from all over Europe joined in unfortunately
starrychloe
I hope California and New Hampshire and Catalonia gain their independence.
fastfire57
You bets ya! Those states are living off federal taxpayers. Without that there toast!
12rt2345g342563
California contributes more to federal revenue than any other state.
AlmostScientist
And to celebrate it looks like they started a forest fire
countryg33k
Thats not a forest. Thats a crowd of people.
AlmostScientist
obviously...they're in the middle of a fucking city, was my joke too low key?
dangolecatsyo
These are fascists and /or people who don't mind fascists
MrDaniel0
So?
onlymemesnow
Yup http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-march-draws-emboldened-extremists-afar-51058493
Arkyrion
So are we not counting the whole Germany thing as an interruption? I guess not.
Kylecornsfinger
The floor is lava
doublepotato
I saw the same picture on Twitter claiming it was a march of 60000 nazis against immigration. What's true?
chcedodomu
That's is far from true. Truth is not every Pole is open for foreigners and sometimes you can hear words "Polska dla Polaków" which 1/2
doublepotato
Okay thanks for answering
chcedodomu
means "Poland for Poles" but this march was mostly celebrating independence and remembering our grandfathers whi fought for our freedom. 2/3
chcedodomu
There is still no clear answer if Poland would like to have or not have immigrants here but this article you read is definetely propaganda.
doublepotato
I didn't read an article. I saw a picture with some text attached to it on twitter. Best be critical of ones sources, I say.
chcedodomu
Words to live by
cevapi10upola
Op, are you a nazi scum as these fuckin idiots who regularly skipped history class?
FaustoTheBoozehound
Na zdrowie!
lonelyforsakentorturedheart
Still, can Poland into space?
imfrompoland
can they ? can ?
SharkyMcSnarkface
Het.
Williciousness
Poland can and will into space
rnantis
Space can into poland, http://www.businessinsider.com/polish-mars-lunar-colony-pmas-2017-7?IR=T
Esher1903
Fascist protest.
WolfgangDangler
Too bad democracy in dieing there now.
Fenix04
Looks like Poland is burning Commies away...again. Personally I can't wait to see how the centennial celebration is going to look like.
SharkyMcSnarkface
They're gonna be the single number one cause of global warming in 2018.
ElPoloDiablo
Probably riots
ASongOfPissAndFarts
I'm just waiting for the mind flayer to come through.
UserSubHunterOfIndeterminateGender
Get out of here, Stalker.
ForlornFennec
By next year, they'll probably set the big building in the background on fire.
Fenix04
Considering it's a remnant of the Communist regime after World War II, there are people, locals included, who want it gone. So who knows.
ForlornFennec
It'd be a shame to see the museum of technology it houses go, though.
ilikefoodmorethanpeople
This specific rally would not mind to burn some minorities too, being a white supremacist event and all
actualjesus
Yes, celebrating your independence is totally white supremacist. Dumbass.
ilikefoodmorethanpeople
celebrating it with a bunch of neo nazis is
TheEmperorOfMankind40000
And the winged hussars arive.
Raptor052
I was thinking more along the lines of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnVwAH-5K0
AfterTimeAdrift
Coming down the mountain side!
TheEmperorOfMankind40000
Then the winged hussars arived!
mrlangley
It is a fascist protest :(
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mrlangley
Bitch I might be.
mibango
no, its the day of independance celebration. fascists march among them, but its not an fascist protest.
mrlangley
They had 60000 people and they were the ones lighting the flares. The "cool" image is because of the protesters not the peaceful celebration
SechulLath
I thought the picture looks cool enough to share it with you guys
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
I always upvote the end of 123 years of occupation.
craque
finally, a post where you're not begging for money
Veter90
They are still dependent: from the European Union, from America, from Russia. What do they celebrate?
whatseventhepointt
The picture looks like they set the damn city on fire in overzealous celebrations
tylor
News says it’s a “far-right” protest that has overshadowed the official events.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
“Whoops.” -- Varsovians, 12.11.17, after the Great Polish Independence Day Fire
ilikefoodmorethanpeople
Please also share this was a white nationalist rally
ilikefoodmorethanpeople
Link https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/1110/In-less-than-a-decade-Poland-s-massive-far-right-march-has-gone-global
Magdallena
You forgot mantion that it is full of nationalist .
mibango
yeah guess what independance from foreign powers is about xD
maxluscher
Are these 60k white supremacists and fascists?!
baguetteDuFromagee
europe's race problem isn't black/white like the US is. it's more white vs white vs white vs black.
nashbem
No
JakeMcAwesome
Looks like it from the articles people are referencing
theincrediblehoek
Yes
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BioshockDaddy
So is this article about having fewer Jews and Muslims not true? https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-nationalist-youth-march-draws-thousands
BioshockDaddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-nationalist-youth-march-draws-thousands-in-capital-1510429006
BioshockDaddy
Um sorry. genuine question of what was going on. not trying to cause a political stir
ILikeTheBackgroundMoreThenTheForeground
Also the worlds biggest gathering of neo-nazis. It's a shame this day has turned into that...
baguetteDuFromagee
m8.... these people are from poland. the whole nazi ubermensch thing was only about germanic people
Fenix04
Why the hell would Poles be the very beings they fought against firsthand in World War II? Are you daft?
Starchef
I think this is the metric he's using.
corig123
Or just reading the news https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/polish-nationalist-youth-march-draws-thousands-in-capital-1510429006
flumphcushion
The current party is very, very, hard right, homophobic, xenophobic, antiabortion. Sad but true.
flumphcushion
they tried to rewrite the laws to get rid of the supreme court because it was controlled by other party.
ForlornFennec
You could also ask why Americans would be neo-nazis. Some people are just daft, racist pricks, nationality has little to do with it.