🚨 Madness is unfolding in public life right now! Because of Magyar Péter, the leader of the Tisza Party, increasingly aggressive and coarse communication and behavior are being normalized.
This has a far deeper impact on Hungarian society than we might think: it trickles down to parents, and from them to children. That is precisely why we must put a stop to all forms of violent expression and preserve peace — this is a shared responsibility! ❗
The madness that is currently taking place in public life — and that has truly intensified over the past months — has reached a point where I can only say that, unfortunately, the Tisza community itself largely derives legitimacy from its leader to allow forms of behavior and communication that were not previously present in politics, even though politics has always been a heated arena.
I believe this then filters down to people, to parents, and at home children hear and absorb something from it. And most likely, when — sadly, inevitably — my daughter receives a nasty, ill-intentioned remark at school or elsewhere, it won’t be that the child who insults her is expressing their own opinion. Rather, they will be repeating what they hear at home.
That is why, in my view, we as parents and as adults bear enormous responsibility for how we shape public life. And that is why we urgently need to put a halt to this direction — one that is already allowing even physical violence into the world — which I have been feeling with increasing intensity in Hungarian public discourse over the past months.
🔴 1️⃣ “Madness” – emotional delegitimization, not an argument
Technique: emotional labeling / light dehumanization
“Madness” is not a description, but a stigmatizing label.
It does not cite any specific action, quote, or event.
It does not argue → it shuts down thinking.
📌 Message to the audience:
“There is no need to think about this. It’s pathological.”
🔴 2️⃣ Collective guilt – from leader to children
Technique: chain blame framing
The constructed chain:
Magyar Péter
→ the Tisza Party community
→ parents
→ children
→ school bullying
❗ There is no evidence at any point in this chain.
This is a moral domino effect, not causal analysis.
📌 The trick:
If you object → “you are endangering children”
If you argue → “you are part of the problem”
🔴 3️⃣ Involving one’s own child – emotional blackmail
Technique: parental fear trigger
“If my daughter gets a nasty remark…”
This is not an example, but:
- an emotional shield
- a criticism-blocking tool
📌 Effect:
The listener dares not disagree,
because “who would argue with a worried mother?”
🔴 4️⃣ Appropriation of the victim position
Technique: moral high ground capture
She presents herself as:
- a guardian of peace
- a responsible parent
- a moral benchmark
While:
- the opponent = “one who legitimizes violence”
- yet there is no quote, no act, no context
📌 Classic pattern:
“We protect peace, you are the danger.”
🔴 5️⃣ “We must put a stop to this” – vague authorization
Technique: authoritarian soft cue
Who puts a stop to it?
By what means?
Against whom?
Where is the limit?
❗ This is not a call for peace, but preparatory framing for:
- surveillance
- stigmatization
- silencing
🎯 The overall picture – what is this really?
Not child protection.
Not social analysis.
Not responsibility.
👉 Moral panic + collective guilt + emotional coercion
👉 The goal: moral delegitimization of a political opponent without debate