Hate speech in the Hungarian election campaign

The Hungarian election campaign has turned toxic after a Fidesz party politician posted a photo of a slaughtered pig with George Soros' name on it. Ahead of the vote in April, the rhetoric has reached a new low. Janos Pocs, a parliamentarian from Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, thought it was funny — but the joke was outrageous. He posted a photo of a slaughter on his Facebook page, showing a group of people with a dead pig at their feet. Someone had carved the words "O volt a soros!!! " in its skin. The term is a word play and could either mean, "He was next in line," or "He was Soros. " Pocs' comment under the photo simply read: "One pig less," and was followed by a smiley emoji. The photo and Pocs' comment caused a public uproar in Hungary. More than 1,000 Facebook users posted messages condemning the politician. Pocs exclaimed that he had no idea what the problem was, the photo, he said, had nothing to do with George Soros, the US billionaire against whom Prime...