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Live Around the Planet: Wednesday February 18th
SteynonLine ^ | February 18, 2026 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 02/18/2026 5:16:30 AM PST by Twotone

...the Beauty of Killing Fascists:

This review was certainly planned differently, on the assumption that this would be a conventionally proceeding first night. But now one has to start with the ending. In the final scene, the 'fascist' has the floor - that is, the far-right politician who hasn't said a single word until now, just waited for his execution by a large group of committed anti-fascists, who have made such actions a recurring ritual for seventy years. So Tiago Rodrigues' play ends with a very long monologue in which the prisoner delivers the usual nonsense from JD Vance, AfD, and the like - that the national majority should not be tyrannised by minorities, and so on and so forth.

So just the usual crappy piece of leftwing agitprop. Big deal. Alas, it is 2026, and so the audience lacked the imaginative capacity to understand that they were attending a dramatic performance in which the stage is peopled by fictional characters whose words are being declaimed by professional actors:

And then it begins. In the audience. First, isolated whistles and boos— is it just a bit of panto fun? No. It's deadly serious. A lady theatregoer repeatedly chants 'Stop,' another throws an orange at the actor Ole Lagerpusch. Then two men rush the stage, become physical, try to drag the actor into the auditorium. It wouldn't take a lot, and they go for his throat. The performance is on the verge of being stopped, but the actor manages to hold on until his final line: 'The future belongs to us.'

The dramaturge Angela Obst hurriedly appears on stage and explains to the audience that this is not a political rally but a theatatrical performance, and that they should please not take it out on the actor Lagerpusch.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fascists; germany; marksteyn; thespians

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Steyn does a live audio conversation with his club members on Wednesdays. Non-members can listen in, but can't ask questions. I thought this little tidbit about this production in Germany was post-worthy.
1 posted on 02/18/2026 5:16:30 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

“ that the national majority should not be tyrannised by minorities,“

They act like this is a bad thing. We are going down the same road, and it is silly. Why acquiesce to weirdos and foreigners? Am I missing something? Thinking like this is fascist? Do they even know what that means? Perhaps this was spoken to a bunch of leftards who were triggered by it.


2 posted on 02/18/2026 5:26:33 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bk1000

That’s exactly it. It was a leftist production that triggered leftists.


3 posted on 02/18/2026 5:30:56 AM PST by Twotone (Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle.)
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To: Twotone

What the hell just happened here?

Going to the source for more reading…


4 posted on 02/18/2026 5:42:14 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Suspending my monthly donations until it becomes clear FR is run by and for conservatives.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

So lefty audience members at a leftist play attacked a leftist actor for portraying a banal righty?

Whackadoos!


5 posted on 02/18/2026 5:45:12 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Suspending my monthly donations until it becomes clear FR is run by and for conservatives.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

When travelling to Earth 2 (that is leftist enclaves) be prepared.


6 posted on 02/18/2026 6:06:52 AM PST by xp38
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To: Twotone

The Left lives in a world of make-believe.

Here, they can’t even watch a straw-man stage play without thinking it is real.


7 posted on 02/18/2026 7:03:22 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: Uncle Miltie

Go here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15566389/Actor-attacked-audience-delivering-far-right-speech-character-German-theatre.html


8 posted on 02/18/2026 8:43:14 AM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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