Immigration has divided people in two different groups. There are people who are against immigration and those who are on it`s side. These confrontations can be seen for example in social media, where people often disputes about immigration. But social media is not the only place where you can see this kind of conversation. We can also see it in our everyday life. One example comes from Finland, where a group called Loldiers of Odin started to make jokes about an anti-immigration group called Soldiers of Odin. In this blogpost I want to tell you about this case and also I want to think about how could we decrease these confrontations.
So let’s start from Soldiers of Odin. This group was founded in Finland 2015 and in 2016 the group was accepted to the register of associations. Soldiers of Odin has also groups for example in Sweden,Canada and Estonia. (Wikipedia; Soldiers Of Odin) Next video tells you more about the group;
This group and their actions raised a lot of conversation in Finland. People were upset and this leaded up to different events. One big and well-known movement against Soldiers of Odin was a group called Loldiers of Odin. This group started to make fun about Soldiers Of Odin and for example they went to the same events where Soldiers of Odins were. The video below tells more what they were actually doing.
I want to tell you about these cases because the whole thing shows well how bifurcated our nation is. I find this Loldiers Of Odin-case quite funny and good but I don`t believe that it has changed the opinions of Soldiers Of Odin.I actually asked from one Soldier of Odin what is he thinking about Loldiers of Odin. He told me that he finds their case stupid and it was just a wasting of energy.
Anyway, we can not make any big conclusions from this one opinion, but I think that we can`t change things if we make the differences bigger. My point is that if we only emphasize our own persectives we can`t find a solution, we are only making those differences bigger. I think we can`t find many solutions or peace if we think only from our own perspectives and not try to understand the other side.
Instead of breeding these disagreements between people, we should try to resolve them and somehow find solutions. What can we do then? I think the most important tool is to try understand other people.I think we should try to build bridges between us. If we continue by judging people we are just making the diferences bigger. If we want to defend human rights and help people we have to stop judging at try to understand.
References;
BBC news, Clowns mock Finland's anti-immigrant street patrols, 18.1.2016.
://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35343392 (9.12.2017)
The France 24 observes, Meet the LOLdiers of odin, the clowns mocking Finland`s anti-immigration groups, 4.2.2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN6JPNmo-Qo (9.12.2017)
Wikipedia; Soldiers Of Odin. https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_of_Odin (9.12.2017)
Yle Perjantai, The cold march of Soldiers Of Odin, 3.2.2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fJIsOAXuI (9.12.2017)
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