Bespoke translation by yours truly. Original article [A] by Danisch
First they take us for morons - and then they call us "brown".
The picture also seems strange to me because of the angle. That is 17th June Street. It does have those trees around it. The picture was either taken with a drone or from the Victory Column or its base. I haven't been up there yet, it was closed when I wanted to get up there. But whether the red city hall is so prominently visible from up there? I would need to look at it in person.
And the people are not credible anyway.
No, I want to get at something else:
That is the crucial item. A protest is an expression of speech by the people against the government. What we are seeing here is an expression of speech by the government against the people. Analogous to the reversal of constitutional rights, which are also no longer protecting the people from the government, but protect the government from the people. And these propaganda marches and parades are typical for socialist and communist states.
I am not yet sure what to make of Guerot, she has also talked nonsense before, but she does hit the nail on the head regarding the problem:
"What structurally bothers me here is that a supposedly self-righteous, supposed majority of society imagines itself to be the only decent people. And that's exactly how it's framed in Germany, that's what the newspapers say. "Uprising of the decent." And this decency operates through the desire for a "legal" exclusion of other population groups."
("What's wrong with being decent?")
"Yes, but who is 'decent' and who decides that?"
("The rule of law.")
"No, precisely not. In this case, it's morality. It's morality- Excuse me, may I finish? It's morality that is now leading to- Listen, I'd like to ask: Are you familiar with the American political scientist Sharon Walden? "Inverted totalitarianism"? It's essentially about how authoritarianism isn't found where people expect it, namely with the AfD, but rather among those who now believe they are defending democracy by excluding others. But excluding others is the erosion of democracy, and that's why I am arguing from a rule-of-law perspective rather than using some evasive concept of democracy where the "comfort zone" feels comfortable while breaking the law. That's my point. It's not about feeling comfortable, it's about democracy."]
Ultimately, these people "protest", the government has them protest, for the discrimination, taking the rights away, and excluding them of the "democratic" process, of people in a way that is morally and constitutionally ("hate is not an opinion", thus not subject to freedom of speech) permissible. Because the "firewall" is nothing but that. Excluding people you don't like from the "democratic" process. I've written on that recently, also on the occasion of the fitting comment by Dieter Nuhr.
They are trying to turn a minority into a majority by, using the "firewall", trying to kick out 20% of the voters. On top of that, you get 5 to 10% of voters whose parties fail the 5% threshold. And then, only roughly 70% of voters are the effective reference, and you manage to achieve a majority again because then 36% are an "absolute" majority. And the goal is to get the AfD prohibited, effectively banning this 20% of voters from democracy.
And thus, what we are witnessing here is "totally Nazi" - namely the process of excluding large parts of the population from society, and then using ideology and suggestion to delude yourself into thinking that's double, morally and legally, justified, and you are "The decent people". The Nazis thought they were super decent too.
Fake protests
First they take us for morons - and then they call us "brown".
If you look at today's government protests against the opposition, you have an idea of how many people are already profiting from climate fraud, mass immigration, and red-green cuddle corners. And you understand the extremely high tax burden.
— Stefan Homburg (@SHomburg) February 2, 2025
1. Of course the picture is fake (trees with brown leaves), but is circulated everywhere. In your newspaper tomorrow?
2. In the GDR, such pro-government marches were normal.
3. This time, apparently they congregated all of public broadcasting.
— Stefan Homburg (@SHomburg) February 2, 2025
The picture also seems strange to me because of the angle. That is 17th June Street. It does have those trees around it. The picture was either taken with a drone or from the Victory Column or its base. I haven't been up there yet, it was closed when I wanted to get up there. But whether the red city hall is so prominently visible from up there? I would need to look at it in person.
And the people are not credible anyway.
"Hate is not an opinion"
"All of Berlin hates the CDU" projected on the Victory Column.
The same people.
— Ben Brechtken (@ben_brechtken) February 2, 2025
What also fits is the video of a "protest against the right" in Essen:Ooops! Pro Palestine protest meets Antifa protest in Essen.
The way all of them are silent and just watching.
How stupid do you have to feel there?
Taking on the streets against the right wing and for migrants, and they walk past you and yell "we are anti-zionists"
— Trollina ⁴² (@roter_0ktober) February 2, 2025
"Protest against the right", but quiet as a mouse when, coincidentally, anti-Israel Palestinians come along. That's what they look like.No, I want to get at something else:
Remember:
When you take on the streets not against the government, but together with it, then that is not a protest, it is a parade. And you are not brave, you are embarrassing. #b0202 #Brandmauer #Merz
— Mr. Unbequem (@Dr_Unbequem) February 2, 2025
That is the crucial item. A protest is an expression of speech by the people against the government. What we are seeing here is an expression of speech by the government against the people. Analogous to the reversal of constitutional rights, which are also no longer protecting the people from the government, but protect the government from the people. And these propaganda marches and parades are typical for socialist and communist states.
I am not yet sure what to make of Guerot, she has also talked nonsense before, but she does hit the nail on the head regarding the problem:
Mrs. Guerot on the protests against the right wing:
"What annoys me structurally is that an allegedly self-perceived, empathetic majority of society is deluded into thinking to be the only decent people."
— AldousHuxley (@AHuxley1963) February 2, 2025
[translation of the video, really annoying because these fucking commies talk over one another:"What structurally bothers me here is that a supposedly self-righteous, supposed majority of society imagines itself to be the only decent people. And that's exactly how it's framed in Germany, that's what the newspapers say. "Uprising of the decent." And this decency operates through the desire for a "legal" exclusion of other population groups."
("What's wrong with being decent?")
"Yes, but who is 'decent' and who decides that?"
("The rule of law.")
"No, precisely not. In this case, it's morality. It's morality- Excuse me, may I finish? It's morality that is now leading to- Listen, I'd like to ask: Are you familiar with the American political scientist Sharon Walden? "Inverted totalitarianism"? It's essentially about how authoritarianism isn't found where people expect it, namely with the AfD, but rather among those who now believe they are defending democracy by excluding others. But excluding others is the erosion of democracy, and that's why I am arguing from a rule-of-law perspective rather than using some evasive concept of democracy where the "comfort zone" feels comfortable while breaking the law. That's my point. It's not about feeling comfortable, it's about democracy."]
Ultimately, these people "protest", the government has them protest, for the discrimination, taking the rights away, and excluding them of the "democratic" process, of people in a way that is morally and constitutionally ("hate is not an opinion", thus not subject to freedom of speech) permissible. Because the "firewall" is nothing but that. Excluding people you don't like from the "democratic" process. I've written on that recently, also on the occasion of the fitting comment by Dieter Nuhr.
They are trying to turn a minority into a majority by, using the "firewall", trying to kick out 20% of the voters. On top of that, you get 5 to 10% of voters whose parties fail the 5% threshold. And then, only roughly 70% of voters are the effective reference, and you manage to achieve a majority again because then 36% are an "absolute" majority. And the goal is to get the AfD prohibited, effectively banning this 20% of voters from democracy.
And thus, what we are witnessing here is "totally Nazi" - namely the process of excluding large parts of the population from society, and then using ideology and suggestion to delude yourself into thinking that's double, morally and legally, justified, and you are "The decent people". The Nazis thought they were super decent too.
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