Jarosław Kaczyński’s meeting with PiS activists and supporters in Chojnice again sparked incidents. Same scenario as always: opposition militias cause fights, insult, disrupt politicians and listeners. He knocks on the door, and finally someone who has entered the room rises and accuses:
Why did you bring four hundred police officers? What are you afraid of man? Is it courage?
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Cynicism is incredible: first resorting to violence, breaking up meetings, trying to take away one of the basic democratic rights, and then blaming the presence of the police and accusing Jarosław Kaczyński of being afraid of something. So – it can be assumed – according to the opposition, the PiS leader should allow the opposition militants to destroy the space of the debate, he should finally give up meetings with voters. He should succumb to violence.
They claim to fight in the name of democracy, but in fact they are destroying democracy. If Jarosław let go of Kaczyński, if he allowed militants to block this mode of contact with voters, he would, in effect, be acting like the leaders of democratic parties that gave way to the revolutionary street in the 1930s, be it red or black. That would mean the decline of democracy in the face of an anti-democratic wave. It would be a capitulation that today’s native militia guards would vehemently condemn—if it weren’t for Kaczyński. It is interesting that they did not notice that they themselves had become the ones destroying democratic norms. Basic, essential. After all, democracy is not just voting, but also debate, dialogue, meetings, structures and, finally, political parties. Democracy without substance is an empty facade.
The policemen covering Jarosław Kaczyński’s meetings are defending the foundations of democracy. Militants trying to destroy the PiS leader’s meetings are attacking democracy. These are basic things. Let’s not let the lie win, let the reversal of basic concepts win.
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Source: wPolityce