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A typical Kasidiaris speech, where he describes immigrants as "subhuman".In the midst of all this publicity, there remains a kind of enigma to Kasidiaris. Domestically, he seems to live quite a closed, disciplined lifestyle, ascetic bordering on eccentric. He still lives with his parents in the suburbs of Athens. If he has girlfriends, they're kept under wraps. The closest he has come to being "linked" with anyone was beingphotographed on holidaywith the Greek triple-jumper expelled from the London Olympics for herracist tweets. He seems wedded to the cause instead. Is he a genius at PR who is bright enough to know how to play dumb? Or are we over-thinking this: Is he just plain D-U-M dumb, and so will soon enough hoist himself on his own petard?“I'm not sure he is intelligent,” Stamou considers. “But he's definitely changed the debate. He's just not very well-informed. He only ever has the same three points for everything. His language is in the gutter. But that is enough for the youth. It's a fashion thing now. The young people follow winners. They go to the gyms and they havevery nice bodies. He looks like a winner. So he has made these things more acceptable.”Tsimistakis disagrees: “Yes, I would say he's intelligent. Not just him. The Golden Dawn has given us many figures who are intelligent in that sense. In my opinion, fascism is an ideological thing, but it is also a kind of sickness. These people have the basics completely wrong, but they still have complex ideas. So, there are many of them who present books, literary books, ideological books and have formed an intricate, but completely backwards, world view.”“I think he's about as intelligent as the other members of the Golden Dawn,” Dimokidis suggests. “But his looks are more than that. He has become something of a pin-up boy – a twisted sex symbol in Greece for some women and some gay men. I read on his Facebook hundreds of girls saying: 'You're adorable, You're a hunk.' In an organisation of very strange faces, he has a very boy-next-door face. So he makes these things acceptable.”Whichever view you take of the blancmange in his head, it's obvious he's going to be with us for a while yet. His uncle is only 55, yet already Kasidiaris is known as "The Protege". He has proven his talent for making things happen, and for making himself known when they do. He is the empty vessel that makes the loudest noise, which, in politics, is sometimes all you need to be. I imagine that soon enough he’s going to make it impossible for anyone in Europe to forget his name.Follow Gavin on Twitter: @hurtgavinhaynesMore stuff about the Golden Dawn:Are Golden Dawn Turning to Terrorism to Get Their Message Across?
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