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True* Finns vs false** muslims

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* The Finns Party was previously known as the True Finns or Perussuomalaiset (also basic Finns). There's a very specific (and convincing) Finnish humor (mostly out of reach for non-Finns - but test the road movie mentioned below, it's in broken English) based on deep (almost depressing yet extremely funny) self-irony and self-criticism. This could be summarized in the Finnish word 'perusjuntti' which means a 'a basic unsophisticated and stubborn person'. There is no good English word for it.   There's a classic joke about a Swede who invited a Finn for a drink, and when the Swede said "cheers" the Finn asked "should we drink or talk?", meaning you start talking only when you're drunk. To learn more about Finns check out Leningrad Cowboys Go America which is a 1989 road movie by Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki about the adventures of a fictional Russian rock band (Leningrad Cowboys, that travels to the US to bec...