> There's also some mysterious implication that the criticism was due to some kind of undercurrents in Hungarian politics. Is this another tedious culture war thing?
You're allowed to regard anything as a tedious culture war thing, and be annoyed or offended by it on that basis. That's what's great about a culture war. Feel the annoyance course through your veins. You know you want to.
Mild annoyance is the path to the dark side... Mild annoyance turns to irritation. Irritation turns to outrage. Outrage turns to anger leads to hatred. And hated leads to suffering.
You're allowed to regard anything as a tedious culture war thing, and be annoyed or offended by it on that basis. That's what's great about a culture war. Feel the annoyance course through your veins. You know you want to.