I understand author's ire and deplore the possible renaming, but surely more than one GI back 60 years ago might have wanted the square renamed.
Posted on 11/05/2015 1:28:19 PM PST by Rusty0604
A square in the Leipzig old town named for 19th-century German romantic composer Richard Wagner may be renamed to help promote a “cosmopolitan and tolerant†city.
Richard Wagner, born in Leipzig in 1813, is a towering figure in the German psyche for his role in influencing the unification of Germany into a single state in the years leading up to 1871. ... The Richard Wagner Platzes was named in 1913 in honour of the composer, celebrating the centenary of his birth. A new petition has been launched online, and the discussions in the comment section on the page provide an illuminating insight into the perspectives of those tousling over Richard Wagner Platzen. One writes that he refuses to sign the petition, because “according to Wikipedia, Wagner was a convinced anti-Semite. My attitude is refugees welcomeâ€. Another contributor asks in response to the comment that if Wagner is to be removed because of his anti-Semitism, why is it right to welcome Muslim refugees who have increased anti-Semitic attitudes in the community of late.
Renaming squares and streets is an emerging cultural battleground in Europe, as leftist groups on city government boards seek to erase cultural histories and inconvenient reminders as soon as they seize power. Breitbart London reported on two such examples in July where Spanish authorities insulted the memories of right-wing figures by renaming their squares after LGBT-lobby campaigners.
Plaza Margaret Thatcher was one such square, with her memorial to be torn down and the place renamed for Pedro Zerolo, a left-wing gay anarchist who died this year. Following that, it was reported the square dedicated to noted Catholic scholar Juan Vázquez de Mella would also be renamed after a gay rights campaigner.
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Bingo.
Renaming streets, parks and squares is a favorite pastime of Marxists.
Clever.
Freud was right.
Merkel is a chemist...maybe she wants to see reaction with a high level of combustion.
How about minarets, and loudspeakers wailing the call to prayer instead of the Wagner Opera House?
I understand author's ire and deplore the possible renaming, but surely more than one GI back 60 years ago might have wanted the square renamed.
Should have left a couple of German alpha males alive and set them up in a brothel, with all hope they would reproduce.
Merkel the chemist is learning if you’re not
part of the solution, you’re the precipitate.
I think it is more the case that given their warlike past, Germans overcompensate by bending too far before breaking. It’s a function, most likely, of Western Civ.
The Japanese mostly embrace their ancestral repugnance.
I pray that millions of German patriots will finally rise up and shout,
“SCHLUSS JETZT!!!”
This leadership needs to be dragged out of their homes and beaten in the public square.
It is hard to keep that in mind. Yes, the Germans need to be provoked to the point where they start killing and driving out the Islamics.
Either that or it will be in flames. There is no middle ground here. Not any that I can see anyway.
This is binary. always was. For over 1000 years. It will be until there is no ‘us’ or no ‘them’.
There is one! ONE MAN STANDS! It is he who saved the little blue haired Girl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMh8V04s7Ts
Then Technoviking is of German residence ;)
I’m part Kraut. I have little in that part of my heritage to be proud of for obvious reasons. But one thing I do know is eventually Germans collectively hit a break point.
And people die in droves shortly after.
Richard Wagner was a horrible person. His German patriotism was nothing like American patriotism.
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