Enter the Fjordmaniacs

Fjordzilla is rampaging again through the Norwegian press, bringing on the vapors, heart palpitations, and a general loosening of bowels amongst the literati wherever his terrifying visage appears.

And what is the source of this latest wave of panic? It seems that the Norwegian media have been too supportive of Fjordman!

At least that’s what Thorbjørn Jagland, a longtime enemy of Fjordman, has proclaimed. What keeps him awake at night in a cold sweat is the “real danger that the topics he [Fjordman] writes about could become part of the normal public discourse”.

Horrors!

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer has translated an article about Fjordman from today’s VG. He includes this note:

It seems that the political elites in Norway are suffering from ‘Fjordmania’ — maybe we should refer to them from now on as ‘Fjordmaniacs’?

Notice also the mandatory reference to Anders Behring Breivik; it’s almost as if ABB and Fjordman have morphed into this giant two-headed bogeyman that has been condemned to live life as an outcast and a pariah, constantly taunted and ridiculed by the righteous few.

See these previous articles about Thorbjørn Jagland:

The translated article:

Jagland condemns the Norwegian media for their support of Fjordman

It is troubling that the Norwegian media haven’t focused on the ethical aspects of ‘Fritt Ord’ (Freedom of Expression) monetary grant to Fjordman, says Jagland.

“The fact that Fjordman is given so much coverage in the media and the fact that he has received a grant to write a book means that there is a real danger that the topics he writes about could become part of the normal public discourse. Someone has to sound the alarm, says the Secretary General of the Council of Europe,” says Thorbjørn Jagland to Dagsavisen [Norwegian newspaper].

In a commentary in today’s edition of Dagsavisen Jagland writes about what he refers to as a “failed liberalism” in the Norwegian media.

“Fritt Ord’s decision has been supported by a unified Norwegian media. It is disturbing that no one has contested the decision and adopted a different position,” writes Jagland.

“I fear that within a few years, as a result of misguided liberalism, Anders Behring Breivik could be given free access to all the various news channels,” Jagland continues.

Jagland goes on to say that he started to become seriously interested in Fjordman after hearing about the grant.

“I have to admit that I’m appalled by his writings. I think it is important that we lay down some foundations in order to prevent us from losing our shared morals,” he says.

The Secretary General of the Norwegian Press Association, Per Edgar Kokkvold, reacts to Jagland’s criticism.

“Which newspapers has he actually read? The first thing that strikes me is that we cannot possibly have read the same ones. I haven’t read a single newspaper that hasn’t critically examined the ethical aspects of the grant, whether it has been in the form of an editorial, comments, letters to the editor or articles. There have been several critical voices,” says Kokkvold.

7 thoughts on “Enter the Fjordmaniacs

  1. I think we should call them Fjordophobics. We could embarrass and ridicule them and further ridicule the ludicrous concept of Islamophobia and it would be interesting to see how they like being smeared and denigrated as having a form of mental illness simply because of their attitude towards the ideas and views of Fjordman.

  2. I think we should call these swivel eyed critics Fjordophobics to embarrass and ridicule them and also ridicule the ludicrous concept of Islamophobia. It would also be interesting to see how they like being smeared and denigrated as having a form of mental illness on the basis of their their attitude towards the ideas and views of Fjordman and those who agree with him.

    • Dear Dinan,

      I had the same thought – just called it “Fjordmanophobia”.

      “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Let’s use it after the best of our abilities!

      Marten

  3. Fjordzilla is rampaging again through the Norwegian press, bringing on the vapors, heart palpitations, and a general loosening of bowels amongst the literati wherever his terrifying visage appears.

    Greatest lede graf EVAH!

  4. “Fritt Ord’s decision has been supported by a unified Norwegian media. It is disturbing that no one has contested the decision and adopted a different position,” writes Jagland.

    — Oh, the irony. Isn’t Jagland disturbed that someone (e.g. Fjordman) has deviated from the unified Norwegian official culture and adopted a different position and threatened those precious “shared morals”?

    It’s astonishing that Jagland frets about “morals” being lost if certain “topics … become part of the normal public discourse.” I.e., Norwegians should not even discuss the effect of mass Islamic immigration on Norwegian culture, because talking about it will destroy Norwegian morals. Just keep quiet, pretend it’s all delicious multiculti goodness, and everything will be fine.

  5. Sorry for the double post I edited the first and didn’t realize I’d posted both versions.

    And yes Radegunda the irony of the left declaring certain topics off limits for discussion, if views differ from the narrative they want to impose on us. They have no intelligent replies for opposition to their views so they arrogantly declare we can’t discuss issues such as the negative impact of Islamic immigration and culture on western societies.

    We can’t be allowed to say how we feel if we dislike being colonized and having our culture and values usurped by a stone age totalitarian ideology based on backward prejudice and superstition instead of reason and intelligence.

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