I know you write about the US, but yesterday here in Germany the conservative chancellor hopeful passed, right after an Auschwitz memorial hour in parliament, an anti-immigration law (that violates European treaties and quite possible the constitution) with the votes of the Neo-Nazi party. Today conservative commentators blamed the left …
I know you write about the US, but yesterday here in Germany the conservative chancellor hopeful passed, right after an Auschwitz memorial hour in parliament, an anti-immigration law (that violates European treaties and quite possible the constitution) with the votes of the Neo-Nazi party. Today conservative commentators blamed the left for driving the conservatives into the arms of the Neonazis, because we are not quite at the stage of the US where the right wingers are open and proud when it comes to being racist and generally abominable. If they get away with this, they will get away with anything, including a coalition with the neo nazis after the February election. So "do not lose hope and oppose" is not an American message, it is, or at least it should be, a rallying cry for the rest of the world.
I applaud your message. I'd like to ask of everyone who writes to drop the word "conservative" from our political discourse. Conservationists are conservatives. The politicians and their supporters are right-wing extremists or supporters of such and should be properly named.
OK, Anca, I’ll do that if you will drop using the word “progressives”. They aren’t; they are smug, self-centred, pious and entitled people who love to proclaim their virtues and who do not hesitate to cancel anyone who dares to express a contrary opinion. Examples: open borders please (we must express solidarity with ALL the “refugees”); no arms for Ukraine; no re-start of the mothballed nuclear plants; every gender declaration is valid. Time to call spades spades, or even bloody shovels!
The problem with that is that we have any number of people who look at history and say to themselves "well done Adolf, I will certainly learn from that". Forgetting that there are people who are not misinformed or anything, but are evil because they really want to, is one reason opposition here is so feeble. We always assume first they are open to reason and compromise. Compromise has failed to a point where the conservatives now want to burn oil just because Greens and Social Democrats like to breathe oxygen, so clearly this is not working.
My German friends living in London were the first to take in a Ukrainian family when war broke out because ‘we have an obligation to show we have moved beyond our past’. A very different approach to Musk’s ‘no guilt, guys’. I deeply feel for the terrible moral turmoil this is unleashing in Germans who understand the stakes. You are right in saying we must stand together across nations in any way, no matter how small, that we can. This will often mean exchanging our natural reticence to antagonise and being prepared to say ‘that is cruel, wrong and causing our nation immense harm’.
It appears Germany has the same media double standard as the US does. That is a big reason it is so hard for Democrats to fight back. The mainstream media civility police that sees Trump’s bullying of our allies as “muscular” (NYT’s wording) would have trashed Biden for doing anything remotely like that. But then Biden, unlike Trump, was too old, right?
God's speed? We liberals tend to get super politically correct. I don't want to say hope or luck. You are on the right side of history. I am a black American who constantly cites Martin Luther King Jr. I thank you for being on my side. The "Good whites" are the only hope for the world. Nazis and racists are not what has moved the world forward to what we have today. Their hate was never the answer and will never be the answer. So again thank you for standing with me and helping the world to see my humanity.
He warned about how white racism is INCURABLE because nasty low-minded people like you sit up and create one lie after another for hating blacks and a fair society. Ain't got sh*t, white Tr@sh, but you here barking for Elon Musk and his orange Dog?
oh! you rich like Apartheid Elon and you just here slumming? AIN'T GOT SH*T WHITE TR@SH....and let rich white men sucker you by telling you how they hate blacks and you THAT dumb? How's my assumptions doing? White Tr@sh supposed to teach me black history?
Well what do you think. Above I wrote they had passed a law, but that was a glitch in language (my second language, so I hope I am excused). What they passed was a resolution, to pass a series of anti immigration measures, and after all the backlash the actual law fell through today in Parliament. This was not a victory, this was an absolute terrible shit show and has damaged German democracy probably forever, but against all expectations the lefties fought through, so well done there. Now let's see what this means for the election, but it is slightly uplifting.
What is happening in Germany is beyond belief. As sick and disgusting as what is happening in the US is, it seems even more terrifying and despicable to be occurring in Germany. I know Germany has worked to never forget and to educate their people about the horror of what happened in its past.
I just have no words anymore to adequately explain the anguish I feel for the US and Germany and everywhere that has fallen to or is on the road to authoritarianism.
This only happens to us if we allow it. Why aren’t 10 million people in Washington right now shutting this down? Trump will call out the military, people will be shot and he will be laid bare for all to see. We need to force that confrontation now.
Am I willing to get shot? In defense of our Democracy I would give my life to save it. Would you?
I know you write about the US, but yesterday here in Germany the conservative chancellor hopeful passed, right after an Auschwitz memorial hour in parliament, an anti-immigration law (that violates European treaties and quite possible the constitution) with the votes of the Neo-Nazi party. Today conservative commentators blamed the left for driving the conservatives into the arms of the Neonazis, because we are not quite at the stage of the US where the right wingers are open and proud when it comes to being racist and generally abominable. If they get away with this, they will get away with anything, including a coalition with the neo nazis after the February election. So "do not lose hope and oppose" is not an American message, it is, or at least it should be, a rallying cry for the rest of the world.
I applaud your message. I'd like to ask of everyone who writes to drop the word "conservative" from our political discourse. Conservationists are conservatives. The politicians and their supporters are right-wing extremists or supporters of such and should be properly named.
And let's stop calling thd religious zealots who support ump "Christians". They do not follow Christ in any way.
I completely and utterly agree! Thank you !
OK, Anca, I’ll do that if you will drop using the word “progressives”. They aren’t; they are smug, self-centred, pious and entitled people who love to proclaim their virtues and who do not hesitate to cancel anyone who dares to express a contrary opinion. Examples: open borders please (we must express solidarity with ALL the “refugees”); no arms for Ukraine; no re-start of the mothballed nuclear plants; every gender declaration is valid. Time to call spades spades, or even bloody shovels!
I’m sorry… You think it’s Progressives that want to stop helping Ukraine?
Yes, indeed.
We must learn from history, or be doomed to repeat it. We pledge allegiance to the flag, not the fascists!
The problem with that is that we have any number of people who look at history and say to themselves "well done Adolf, I will certainly learn from that". Forgetting that there are people who are not misinformed or anything, but are evil because they really want to, is one reason opposition here is so feeble. We always assume first they are open to reason and compromise. Compromise has failed to a point where the conservatives now want to burn oil just because Greens and Social Democrats like to breathe oxygen, so clearly this is not working.
My German friends living in London were the first to take in a Ukrainian family when war broke out because ‘we have an obligation to show we have moved beyond our past’. A very different approach to Musk’s ‘no guilt, guys’. I deeply feel for the terrible moral turmoil this is unleashing in Germans who understand the stakes. You are right in saying we must stand together across nations in any way, no matter how small, that we can. This will often mean exchanging our natural reticence to antagonise and being prepared to say ‘that is cruel, wrong and causing our nation immense harm’.
Trump is the new Hitler
Holocaust in Gaza? You must be dying for someone to discover a sprawling gas chamber facility overthere and that will make your day. Hollow cause you.
a holocaust is occuring at this very moment and it's happening in your rice-pudding of a brain.
Friedrich Merz has been such a downgrade from Angela Merkel.
Fascist concern troll here, everybody....block and ignore lol
They are everywhere like fleas, flies, ands acne and about as pestilent.
It appears Germany has the same media double standard as the US does. That is a big reason it is so hard for Democrats to fight back. The mainstream media civility police that sees Trump’s bullying of our allies as “muscular” (NYT’s wording) would have trashed Biden for doing anything remotely like that. But then Biden, unlike Trump, was too old, right?
Screeaammmmm.. ugh. Cause he's 2ish years younger at ~80.
God's speed? We liberals tend to get super politically correct. I don't want to say hope or luck. You are on the right side of history. I am a black American who constantly cites Martin Luther King Jr. I thank you for being on my side. The "Good whites" are the only hope for the world. Nazis and racists are not what has moved the world forward to what we have today. Their hate was never the answer and will never be the answer. So again thank you for standing with me and helping the world to see my humanity.
He warned about how white racism is INCURABLE because nasty low-minded people like you sit up and create one lie after another for hating blacks and a fair society. Ain't got sh*t, white Tr@sh, but you here barking for Elon Musk and his orange Dog?
oh! you rich like Apartheid Elon and you just here slumming? AIN'T GOT SH*T WHITE TR@SH....and let rich white men sucker you by telling you how they hate blacks and you THAT dumb? How's my assumptions doing? White Tr@sh supposed to teach me black history?
five words for you GTFOH.
The World must unite and stay united against all fascism and totalitarianism. Nothing else will save us. United we stand or together we will fall.
Well what do you think. Above I wrote they had passed a law, but that was a glitch in language (my second language, so I hope I am excused). What they passed was a resolution, to pass a series of anti immigration measures, and after all the backlash the actual law fell through today in Parliament. This was not a victory, this was an absolute terrible shit show and has damaged German democracy probably forever, but against all expectations the lefties fought through, so well done there. Now let's see what this means for the election, but it is slightly uplifting.
What is happening in Germany is beyond belief. As sick and disgusting as what is happening in the US is, it seems even more terrifying and despicable to be occurring in Germany. I know Germany has worked to never forget and to educate their people about the horror of what happened in its past.
I just have no words anymore to adequately explain the anguish I feel for the US and Germany and everywhere that has fallen to or is on the road to authoritarianism.
This only happens to us if we allow it. Why aren’t 10 million people in Washington right now shutting this down? Trump will call out the military, people will be shot and he will be laid bare for all to see. We need to force that confrontation now.
Am I willing to get shot? In defense of our Democracy I would give my life to save it. Would you?