To accuse the AfD of radicalism, extremist and racist ideas reminds me of the pre-WW2 attacks on Jews as "vermin." The additional assertion from a couple of political types that Germany is currently a stable democracy is absurd, when in the same breath they can espouse silencing 20 percent of a citizenry. The real fascists are beginning to show themselves -- within DasErste and the coalition partners in government.
It was time for us to 'abandon' Germany. The cycle seems to be repeating, and will again be accompanied with economic distress -- ready to be blamed on such as the AfD. Thanks so much for the link. I recall strolling around the grounds there in and around the Bundestag. Schade.
Thank you for your nuanced, kind and friendly words :-)
And yes: totalitarianism is back. Here and elsewhere in the world. Unlike me...
Just one more word: this Hopkins guy maybe didn’t know that using any kind of Nazi symbols, even for satirical purposes, is pretty much a no-no here.
My idea - if I could draw reasonably well - would have been to show Lauterbach in a straitjacket, shouting “dannggg danngg” all the time, while wearing a chamberpot (with some absurd floral pattern painted on its side) instead of a hat.
It would have brought the necessary point across quite well.
I would have been afraid to do what Hopkins did either, although - as an autistic, whose great-uncle was offed by the Nazis (he was mentally handicapped as well) - I would certainly be let off the hook in court. On grounds of being “non compos mentis”.
Still it was saddening to see some not-so-friendly types on this thread show their true colors towards my country - and thus to me as well, I am afraid...
Sorry for this little rant, and thanks to everyone who took the time reading it. It’s back to my radiation therapy for me now. Could you pray for me, if this is not asking too much?
All the best for all of you :-)
You're most welcome. (sadly)