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’s
political
fault
lines
are
disappearing
for
the
benefit
of
hard
-
line
parties
and
populist
movements
that
have
risen
at
either
end
of
the
political
spectrum
.
One
major
commonality
among
these
parties
and
movements
is
their
unprecedented
barrage
of
bellicose
verbiage
against
the
Court
,
based
on
flawed
,
inaccurate
and
easily
debunked
misinformation
.
Such
abject
attitude
speaks
volumes
about
the
social
and
political
values
of
these
parties
and
movements
and
their
lack
of
commitment
to
the
European
culture
of
human
rights
.
In
recent
years
the
resentment
against
the
Court
has
reached
a
new
,
alarming
pitch
,
stoking
sectarian
rage
against
the
Convention
system
itself
.
The
rhetoric
of
the
Convention
as
a
“
villain
’s
charter
”
,
which
protects
the
terrorists
,
the
paedophiles
and
all
sorts
of
criminals
against
the
innocent
majority
,
or
the
abusive
,
lazy
migrants
against
the
hard
-
working
Mr
Smith
,
or
the
privileged
minorities
against
the
underprivileged
,
common
man
on
the
street
,
echoes
the
whipped
-
up
fear
of
the
outsider
–
of
that
which
is
foreign
or
different
.
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