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One danger of a long and intense elections campaign is parties' messages melting into one, as I am already convinced that the Conservative People's Party (EKRE) loves Estonia that is cared for by the Reform Party (medley of elections slogans – ed.), Kaupo Meiel says in Vikerraadio's daily comment. ....
While the Reform Party s intention of limiting freedom of speech might be aimed at reducing social conflict, it entails too many dangers. Every public and private conversation will be given a much more rigid frame, Cornelia Kangur and Karl Sander Kase write. In December of 2015, several well-known singers sang the following lines on Eesti Televisioon (ETV): Only nature knows, as does the fatherland (possible reference to the Isamaa party – ed.) that a nigger belongs in Africa. We can tolerate them far away over there along with all other species of animal. Had Estonia the kind of hate speech legislation the Reform Party is now looking to introduce back in 2015, news coverage might have read something along the lines of: ....