Three Finnish opposition parties have called for a vote of no-confidence in the government to be held later this week over a racism scandal

Purra, who is the Finns Party's leader, apologised in July for anonymous comments she acknowledged she had posted online about 15 years ago - though she said many had been taken out of context.

They always say the quotes were out of context, but I rarely see anyone provide the correct context to read them in.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/12/finlands-far-right-leader-riikka-purra-sorry-for-her-racist-violent-writings

They included racist rants about Turkish and Somali immigrants; violent posts about shooting people on a commuter train if she had a gun; and the use of the n-word in a post about wanting to spit on beggars and beat up children with an African background in Helsinki.

At first Purra neither confirmed nor denied she made the comments, which were written in her 30s when she had an academic career as a university researcher, but before she was active in politics. She later admitted that she wrote the posts.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/11/racism-and-violence-finlands-government-plagued-by-new-scandal-on-eve-of-biden-visit?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689055480

"There is no 'alarming immigration problem' to be seen here. Negroes sell pirate Vuittons on Las Ramblas," she blogged.

"Oh, it was wonderful civil racism again today on the ground floor of McDonald's, when our little boy ate Happy Meal Nuggets, and at the neighbouring table a Somali family with a BMI [body mass index] +30 ate their own," 'riikka' wrote in June 2008.

“Do you know what 'the reeds rustle' means?" 'riikka' asked her readers in January 2008. 7

"Well, that's the sound these darker male characters make when they approach/pass by/in the escalator/elevator/wherever. It's not whistling (that would be too obvious) but a f****** hiss between the teeth - the more eager Abdullah is, the more saliva comes with it."

"Netsit," wrote 'riikka' in July 2008, a nickname for anti-immigration netizens which is also a play on the Finnish word for Nazis.

"Is anyone up for spitting on beggars and beating n****r children today in Helsinki?," she asked.

I’m so full of hate and pure rage that I'm about to melt on my chair. Holy hell what are you doing to my psyche, Islam?" 'riikka' wrote in January 2008.

And in September 2008 'riikka' wrote "If I were given a gun, there would be dead bodies even on the commuter train."

I would love to see the context that makes that benign.