leedswolf
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I had not realised there was a longer though brief video and it was not just a short thing. We are moving quickly towards being ruled by maniac wealth hoarding oligarchs and voluntarily being controlled online.
Over here in the far west of Germany there remains a deeply ingrained awareness of a few things in this respect. On my part, my awareness comes from having lived for a couple of years in each of Köln and Berlin and having been based here near Trier for the last twenty years while on my travels employed in International Schools. I don't claim to have the whole story.![]()
Musk urges German far-right supporters to move beyond 'past guilt' in surprise AfD campaign appearance
Addressing the crowd via video link, the world's richest man said: "I think you're really the best hope for Germany. Fight for a great future for Germany."news.sky.com
Over here in the far west of Germany there remains a deeply ingrained awareness of a few things in this respect. On my part, my awareness comes from having lived for a couple of years in each of Köln and Berlin and having been based here near Trier for the last twenty years while on my travels employed in International Schools. I don't claim to have the whole story.
Overall and unlike say, the UK, there is a wish to look forward rather than backwards. With respect to the 1930s and 1940s a minority of people are prepared to talk quietly with trusted friends at the right time and in the right place. There is, of course, a great divide between those who were educated about the nation's 'common guilt' and those who weren't - that's generally speaking a Western/North Eastern divide apart from West Berlin. Meanwhile, the younger generations in the west in particular want to move forward as democratically inclined citizens who can be proud of their country's achievements including the economic miracle of the post war period.
The AFD supporters are generally recognised as being not very well educated, not very bright, 'chip on their shoulder' MAGA types who are being rabble roused by opportunists, just like in the USA and UK.
There's a general feeling that the good times are over though or as the locals say, 'vorbei'.
I love Germany and agree with most that you say, but things like this don't help the cause to keep racists out of power.
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Germany: Man criticizes judge who fined Syrian for raping 15-year-old girl, gets fined twice as much
A German man who described a judge as “obviously mentally disturbed” — after the judge issued a light sentence tofreespeechunion.org
At least we know where you are getting your opinions from. I am calling this out as a conspiracy theory.
Put it up them. Only English version I could find was on an aggregator site that just reported the original article from a discredited “news” site that pushes this sort of stuff.Not at all, I was told by German friends about the case and they despise AFD. I looked up the event in English, so it can be put up on here.
Put it up them. Only English version I could find was on an aggregator site that just reported the original article from a discredited “news” site that pushes this sort of stuff.
That's not an English version. Which you said you had looked up and could post on here. Please do.
What WellenWolf said. You are so desperate to prove your point you’ll believe anything that serves your agenda…but if you want to be quoting far-right racist sources to back up your point, that’s on you.You go to setting at the top of the youtube page of the video, go to captions and then translate to English.
Bild isn't far right. The story is true and my point was the German far right have gained votes from the inaction of a judge not to give a prison sentence to a 30 year old man who raped at 15 year old girl.What WellenWolf said. You are so desperate to prove your point you’ll believe anything that serves your agenda…but if you want to be quoting far-right racist sources to back up your point, that’s on you.
And I stand by the fact that it probably isn’t true.Bild isn't far right. The story is true and my point was the German far right have gained votes from the inaction of a judge not to give a prison sentence to a 30 year old man who raped at 15 year old girl.
My point is the extreme right make electoral gains out of cases like this and I stand by it.
And I stand by the fact that it probably isn’t true.
Bild is a tabloid rag that doesn’t care much for facts and is likely reporting the original, and unverified, source from a far right, racist, populist website (which you linked to) and that website was quoting another far right website.
These websites, click bait sites, print lies for idiots to believe. You have not been able to provide any corroborating evidence, despite saying you could (in English) but you “stand by it”.
I looked for corroboration for the story about the Syrian rapist and the linked Paul S and other than stories that can be linked back to the original uncorroborated source…there is nothing in any reputable news media. But you “stand by it”. You’re the problem.
I believe it because I have been told it by numerous people. As Bild did run with that story and is a huge German media company, if it were incorrect, it would have been countered by both other media outlets and politicians. I can't find anything saying it isn't true,, which you would have thought you would be able to, if it wasn’t.Yet there is still no corroboration. No reports in the media of AfD or any other group protesting about this. No reputable reports of it in the news media, let alone denials…but it is so well known. How can something so well known be so unreported…unless there is nothing to report.
So far, your corroboration is one story from a far right fringe “news site” that has been repeated by a handful of other fringe weirdos and the rag that is Bild. There is absolutely no mainstream reporting of this because it didn’t happen. And people like you repeat it as fact so often that you believe it without even questioning the origin.
You can’t find anything except dubious right wing outlets…I believe it because I have been told it by numerous people. As Bild did run with that story, if it was incorrect, it would have been countered by both other media outlets and politicians. I can't find anything saying it isn't true,, which you would have thought you would be able to, if it wasn’t.
I will leave it there.
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