In the vein of our own Hate America Club (tea party), there is this short reminder of racism in the Baltic States. People legally settled in Estonia, born there of legally present parents, aren't permitted citizenship because they don't speak Estonian. It's okay because the aliens are of Russian origin, so the sins of the Soviet are visited on them. Class enemies of a kind, I suppose. The social policy is evil. The claim that the government is engaging in outreach is a bit of farcical posing. The same government pulled down a memorial to the Soviet Army's victory of Nazi Germany -- on the theory that memorials all belong outside the public spaces of the city. Yes, better the Nazis had won Word War II.
But what has Estonia to do with Mr. Smith? Should be apparent -- the Estonians welcomed the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe, welcomed the Nazis to Estonia and aided the war effort. So, I suppose, for Mr. Smith Estonians are to answer for Nazis. Best strike them off the list of those permitted to immigrate, and best not be dealing with them at all. Or maybe the statute of limitations has run...
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