I always thought of Denmark as a tolerant country. I admire the way they managed to save almost every Danish Jew before the Nazis invaded Denmark, and I always thought they treated refugees well.
Now, in what seems to be a worldwide trend of creeping Trumpism, the Danes have passed a law requiring new citizens to shake hands. Since some Muslim (and Jewish) groups discourage or even forbid their followers from touching people of the opposite sex who are not family members, this will mean those people cannot become Danish citizens.
While this new law probably won’t stop many people from achieving citizenship, it does send a message that Danes can be as assholish as anyone else.
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