"Hungarians were shocked last week to learn that the chief of police in the southern city of Hodmezovasarhely had taken his own life. In the preceding days, he had been the target of personal attacks in a pro-government local newspaper after permitting a rally critical of the governing Fidesz party. People were also exhorted to take violent action at the event. It's not clear to what extent his tragic death was connected to the public hostility,"
""For a long time now, we've seen public discourse becoming increasingly aggressive," says Gabor Polyak, a professor of media law and policy at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest. "Politicians are constantly painting someone as the enemy, dehumanizing groups, and flooding the public realm with propagandistic messages which are funded by the taxpayer." 'The neurotoxin of propaganda' Last weekend, Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest to protest against hate speech and incitement in public discourse."
The chief of police in Hodmezovasarhely took his own life after personal attacks in a pro-government local newspaper following his decision to permit a rally critical of the governing Fidesz party. In preceding days people were exhorted to take violent action at the event, though the connection between public hostility and the suicide remains unclear. Public discourse has grown more acrimonious, with politicians dehumanizing opponents and propagandistic messages funded by taxpayers, according to a media law professor. Tens of thousands gathered in Budapest in a non-partisan demonstration organized by the Loupe Theater Troupe to protest hate speech and demand a ban on political advertising.
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