[Note: March 9, 2020— I have re-written portions of this article.]
The “Far-Right” Swedish Democrat party made some gains in that country’s election last night, but a Reuters story has labeled them as “a party with roots in the white supremacist fringe”:
“The Sweden Democrats, a party with roots in the white supremacist fringe, won 17.6 percent and 63 seats, up from 12.9 percent and 49 seats in the last election four years ago, the biggest gain by any party in Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag.”
“The results were largely in line with the conventional opinion polls tracked by Reuters in the run-up to the election but well below some online surveys that had predicted the Sweden Democrats could become the largest party.”
The Wikipedia page about the Sweden Democrats lists many of the alleged racist controversies of the group.
Actually, such “far-right” political parties often do have roots in extremism, but usually it is because of Establishment infiltration or because the entire party has been founded as an Establishment “controlled opposition” group.
Unfortunately that sort of infiltration in such groups is so prevalent that it has given the Establishment media an excuse to co-opt the term “far-right” to imply that it refers to white supremacism and neo-Nazis.
The term “far-right” only actually means “to be very against government meddling and control,” and of course it doesn’t mean “racism and bigotry.” See an interesting video here that explains what the terms “left wing” and “right wing” actually refer to.
A problem that has been keeping Europe headed on its current self-destructive path is the fact that the organizations that push against leftist Establishment corruption are often compromised to act in a bigoted manner due to infiltration, forcing activists to choose between various false alternatives.