The Sweden Democrats are xenophobic, racist, and anti-immigration

1. ModerationWhile the Sweden Democrats have questionable roots and have stemmed from fascism, they have changed to be very different over the past several years. Since 1995, Mikael Jansson (former member of the Centre Party) had joined the Sweden Democrats and had helped to make the party more "moderate" and respectable. After a few members had wore Nazi uniforms, the party officially banned wearing any sort of uniform in 1996. The party had also gained influence from other nationalist parties and had begun its path of moderation. An extreme faction consisting of racists/xenophobes had been expelled from the party in 2001, leading to the formation of the National Democrats (disbanded in 2014). Later on, Jimmie Akesson (with help from Björn Söder, Mattias Karlsson, and Richard Jomshof) had helped to make the party more moderate. Part of the policies to moderate the party have involved banning many far-right or xenophobic members. In 2005, Akesson took control of the Sweden Democrats and continued Jansson's efforts to make the Sweden Democrats more respectable and moderate.In addition to this, Sten Christer Andersson (former member of the Moderate Party) had defected to the Sweden Democrats in the 2002 Swedish elections. He had claimed that the Sweden Democrats had worked to expel it's far-right elements. Furthermore, the party had declared the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be part of its policies in 2003.http://nationaldemokraterna.se......https://www.nrk.no......http://www.dagbladet.no......https://en.wikipedia.org......(Sweden)http://expo.se......2. Multiculturalism has lead to increased ethnic tensionsMulticultralism in Sweden has not done anything positive, and has only led to increased racial tensions. There have been an estimated 55 no go zones in Sweden, where police fail to enforce Swedish law. Instead, these areas are unofficially governed by Shariah law. Such no go zones are only possible when a majority of the population there refuses to comply with the nation's official laws. It is quite evident from journalist attacks that many Muslim migrants have not assimilated into Swedish society. As a result, ethnic tensions between Muslim migrants and Christian/irreligious Swedes have been on the rise. [1, 2, 3, 4]Furthermore, there have been cases of violent crime of migrants attacking Swedes. Last year, there were over 30 gernade explosions in the city of Malmo, which is infamous for its high foreign population. There were also 75,000 sex crimes reported yearly, which is staggering for a country with such a low population. [5]Furthermore, there has been a violent backlash of extremists attacking people with a muslim/migrant background. Many schools were attacked, and some buildings were set on fire. [6]Much of this rise in hate crime and ethnic neighborhoods have led to an increase in ethnic tensions. Since the Sweden Democrats aim to tackle this problem, they would likely bring down racial/ethnic tensions in Sweden. It is not necessarily racist or xenophobic to acknowledge the problem that Sweden has been having with mass migration. 1. http://speisa.com......2. http://www.svd.se......3. http://dailycaller.com......4. http://www.smh.com.au......5. https://www.jihadwatch.org......6. http://blogs.spectator.co.uk......7. https://www.bra.se......3. Immigrant/non-white Sweden DemocratsAccording to the Aftonbladet newspaper, 14% of members in the Sweden Democrats are from an immigrant background. This is almost on par with the immigrant/foreign-born population in Sweden. [1] Furthermore, the Sweden Democrats were the only party in the 2010 elections to have a majority of immigrants on the electoral list. If there are several members of the Sweden Democrats whom are immigrants, or come from a background of immigrants, it is quite evident that the Sweden Democrats are not opposed to all immigration. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org......2. http://lt.se......4. The Sweden Democrats are not fully opposed to immigrationThe Sweden Democrats have not expressed absolute opposition to immigration, rather they have supported limitation of immigration due to it becoming extreme. Jimmie Akesson has stated that "immigration is extreme" in an interview, and has stated that the immigraiton problem in Sweden is that the amount of immigration is too much. He has not implied that all immigrants are bad, but that immigration is out of control. http://news.bbc.co.uk......https://en.wikipedia.org......Due to a lack of time, I will end my arguments here