Posted on 08/27/2020 8:21:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The interior minister for the city-state of Berlin, Andreas Geisel, said the ban was prompted by coronavirus skeptics “deliberately” breaking hygiene safety rules agreed with police during a previous mass Berlin event on August 1. Many attendants did not wear face masks or seek to uphold social distancing measures as requested.
Berlin would not allow itself to be misused for a second time as a backdrop for “coronavirus deniers, Reichsbürger and right-wing extremists,” said Geisel, referring to a movement that denies Germany’s post-war democratic existence.
He urged all “democrats” to distance themselves from what he termed right-wing extremists using pandemic control measures as a pretext to “question democracy.” […]
The lead organizer for next Saturday’s rally, Stuttgart-based businessman Michael Ballweg, said on social media that he would challenge the decision in court, declaring: “we assume the assembly will take place on August 29.”
Ballweg said rally participants would this time ensure the upholding of hygiene stipulations.
Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader Jörg Meuthen called for the “immediate resignation” of Berlin’s Geisel. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
Did the german nitwit “leaders” ever consider the irony of their fascism?
>>He urged all “democrats” to distance themselves from what he termed right-wing extremists using pandemic control measures as a pretext to “question democracy.”
Democracy that cannot be questioned is despotic.
Vee haf vays!
That could have come word-for-word out of Tom Wolf’s mouth.
More proof that this pandemic is “fake”
When you have to decry “right wingers” as deniers but BLM as righteous protesters...
“…(I)t is very clear that socialism and democracy are almost, if quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.” …That is always how the left has defined democracy—as being the exact same as socialism, as being collectivism, as being against individual rights.
— Woodrow Wilson
“(T)he first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the level of ruling class to win the battle of democracy.”
— Communist Manifesto
“What will be the course of this revolution? Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat.”
— The Principles of Communism
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Despotism (Encyclopedia Britannica film, circa 1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaWSqboZr1w
“A community is low on a ‘Respect’ scale if common courtesy is withheld from large groups of people on account of their political attitudes.”
“...in a downright despotism opposition is dangerous whether the despotism is official or whether it is unofficial...”
“A community rates low on the ‘Information’ scale when the press, radio, and other channels of communication are controlled by only a few people and when citizens have to accept what they are told.”
“See how a community trains its teachers”
“...these students are being taught to accept uncritically whatever they are told. Questions are not encouraged.”
“And if books and newspapers and the radio [and facebook and youtube and...] are officially controlled the people will read and accept exactly what the few in control want them to. Government censorship is one form of control. The newspaper that breaks the government censorship rule can be suspended. It is also possible for newspapers and other lines of communication to be controlled by private interests...”
Democracy (Encyclopedia Britannica film, circa 1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx25aMPvbJo
“The newspapers of a real democracy meet these tests...”
Newspaper checks.
1. Balance of coverage
2. Disclosure of source
3. Competence of staff
The ban, and especially its justification, is obviously unconstitutional and will be challenged in court. That is going to be interesting…
Berlin bans protests against banning protests. How will this end?
Protests are going forward today (Saturday)
https://amp.dw.com/en/berlin-court-overturns-ban-on-weekend-coronavirus-protest/a-54730165
Some say the crowd will be huge.
There you go. Why did they even try? It was obvious that the courts would overrule them. And they got very bad press from all sides.
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