Posted on 04/02/2025 7:46:51 AM PDT by george76
The EU Parliament has lifted the immunity of AfD foreign policy spokesman Petr Bystron because he shared a photo of Angela Merkel on Twitter in 2022.
The reason? Bizarre: since Merkel is seen raising her arm in the image, it’s being interpreted as a Nazi salute – but only because Bystron posted it.
Prosecutor: Waving is not a Nazi salute This farce has a backstory: In 2022, during a protest against COVID-19 measures, Bystron waved to the crowd.
The public prosecutor immediately launched an investigation: “Nazi salute!”
In response, hundreds of AfD supporters filed complaints against Angela Merkel, who had been photographed waving in a similar manner. But in each case, the prosecutor ruled: “Not a Nazi salute, no investigation.”
Bystron used exactly that photo of Merkel in court to defend himself—successfully. The court ruled that not every raised right arm constitutes a Nazi salute. “Great!” Bystron thought. “Then using the Merkel photo should be no problem.”
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Bystron meme: Merkel’s wave suddenly deemed unconstitutional Far from it! Now, the prosecutor claims it is a Nazi salute after all – and has indicted Bystron for spreading unconstitutional symbols!
Strange? More than that. The charges came a full year after the image was posted on X.
The alleged violation of §86 of the German Criminal Code only came to the prosecutor’s attention once the EU election campaign began – with Bystron leading the AfD list alongside top candidate Krah. What a coincidence!
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Absurd? Welcome to Germany’s version of “lawfare.” Bystron waves – Nazi salute. Merkel waves – not a Nazi salute. Bystron posts a photo of Merkel –
Nazi salute! You’d be hard-pressed to find a clearer case of political abuse of the justice system against the opposition in Germany.
Thankfully, Donald Trump is putting an end to these kinds of practices in the U.S. Let’s hope this wave reaches Germany soon. It’s badly needed.
EU leaders need to be under heavy US sanctions until this sort of nonsense stops. It is ridiculous how the US keeps giving them a free pass.
EUtopia it aint!
A nuclear war between Europe and Russia would be fine with me.
Just leave the New World out of it.
All opposition parties are pre- and retroactively determined guilty of (insert crime here) which comes with an automatic penalty of being ineligible for office.
Ergo, nobody now disagrees with the EUcratic solution. Allies ist in ordnung!
Germany....where if you repost something online that someone else wrote and is deemed hate speech your as guilty as they are......what a country.
It’s only a Nazi salute when a Republican does it
Two potential ways to avoid these photos:
1. Wave with palm facing towards you like former popes.
2. Keep your fist closed until you can open your hand fully vertically. Any image obtained as you raise your hand can be explained as an expression of black solidarity.
Who’s going to emerge as Europe’s next Hitler?
Don’t wave with your arm/elbow bent because that’s how Col. Kline did it and that, too, is a nazi salute. Anytime you wave you’re a nazi.
The world will be a much nastier place if the small number of the white race disappears.
Klink.
and we are not bailing out
nazi europe
they are on their own
Nuclear winter knows no boundaries.
Well, the Nazis would agree.
Naw, it’ll be fine.
Just stay indoors more than usual.
But Klink’s salute was always limp and half hearted.
I also forgot: the sidearmed wave.
Same sort of thing happened to me on Xitter. SHoskins said ( and her statement was posted) that Demos needed to fight and die.
So, I asked when.
Xitter censors suspended me. So, it is OK for a raving liberal lunatic to tell her fellow lunatics to die, but not OK for me to ask her when.
X is still biased.
Hitler is the new Kulak. Anyone can and will be a potential Hitler.
We’re waiting for the new Stalin to appear. The Left isn’t concerned about Stalin or Stalinism
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