Can the majority be "the fringe?" It can if "fringe" is defined by the media.

Mark Steyn comments on the prosecution of Dutch politician Geert Wilders for "Islamophobia" and how that's working out for the Dutch establishment.

Gee, prosecuting Geert Wilders for "Islamophobia" in a politically rigged show trial seems to be working out just swell for the Dutch establishment. Local election watch from EuroNews:

Attention is also on Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party which is contesting locally for the first time after its strong showing in the European elections.

From Time:

The real victors in the next elections could end up being smaller parties at the fringes of mainstream politics, with polls indicating that the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Geert Wilders might take second place.

From The Financial Times:

Early results from Dutch local elections on Wednesday night indicated that the far-right anti-immigration party of Geert Wilders was on course to make big gains in a closely watched vote ahead of a general election in June.

From The Guardian:

Big Gains For Far-Right Leader Geert Wilders

From Agence France-Presse:

...the big winner being extreme right, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders whose Party for Freedom (PVV) is now estimated by some to be the most popular.

Asking the question that all these reporters miss because of their own prejudices:

...one is struck by the media boilerplate: Wilders is the "extreme" "far-right" "fringe", but the parties he beats are the "mainstream"? That there is a lot of what's wrong with the European political discourse. Maybe he only seems so "extreme" and "far" because you're the one out on the fringe.

Defining your opponents as evil has always been the way of tyrants in positions of power. Hitler did it, Stalin did it, Mao did it ... all with holocaust results.

And in his own inimitable way our malevolent little quisling punk is doing it.