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28.08.2018, 08:36
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: |  | | | Rival protests have once again broken out in Chemnitz, a day after a deadly stabbing provoked an anti-immigrant demo. Chancellor Merkel condemned rioters who she said were "hunting down" foreigners. | | | | | https://www.dw.com/en/fresh-dueling-...itz/a-45242473
"Multi-culturalism" on full display in Germany ... | 
28.08.2018, 15:42
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Is the rumour true that the murdered man came from Cuba?
True "Multi-culturalism" ?
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28.08.2018, 15:51
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Is the rumour true that the murdered man came from Cuba?
True "Multi-culturalism" ? | | | | | Why rumour?
It's been all over the so-called right wing news sources basically since it happened.
It's the more "Merkel friendly" news channels who can't palate the thought of right wingers protesting because a well integrated brown skinned man was murderd by a refugee. Therefore they conveniently ignore his ethnicity to make it look like a nazi thing.
And now that it's becomng more and more difficult to suppress, they talk of it being a rumour.
Yeah.
The bubble is a beautiful place, isn't it?
PS: the two alleged nazis who were injured trying to save his life were Rusiians by the way.
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28.08.2018, 16:30
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Why rumour?
It's been all over the so-called right wing news sources basically since it happened.
It's the more "Merkel friendly" news channels who can't palate the thought of right wingers protesting because a well integrated brown skinned man was murderd by a refugee. Therefore they conveniently ignore his ethnicity to make it look like a nazi thing.
And now that it's becomng more and more difficult to suppress, they talk of it being a rumour.
Yeah.
The bubble is a beautiful place, isn't it?
PS: the two alleged nazis who were injured trying to save his life were Rusiians by the way. | | | | | The first time FAZ mentioned his ethnicity was yesterday afternoon; you must read some extreme stuff | 
29.08.2018, 09:15
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel?
German lad gets stabbed by migrants, protest ensues and the leader of the country ignores the capital offence but condemns the protesters. "German democracy" 1930s translates pretty well to the modern version
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29.08.2018, 09:49
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | German lad gets stabbed by migrants, protest ensues and the leader of the country ignores the capital offence but condemns the protesters. "German democracy" 1930s translates pretty well to the modern version | | | | | And the bulk of the German press machine backs Merkel's side of the story and are falling over one another to see who can condemn the protesters the harshest.
In the 1930s the nazis had to forcibly subvert the press to bring them into line. Today the press are singing the tune volunatrily.
Scary.
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29.08.2018, 20:47
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | And the bulk of the German press machine backs Merkel's side of the story and are falling over one another to see who can condemn the protesters the harshest. | | | | |
When ANTIFA and radical Left "protest" and riot, the media basically gives them a pass or writes like they are "fighting injustics" or something. When far-right protest, they zoom in on a couple of guys throwing a nazi salute, and shout it from the roof-tops like the sky is falling. I'm not defending the nazi salute guy, but is he really any worse than the anti-capitalist guy who wants to overthrow the govt and bring in Communism?
Media is clearly slanted, to the point people don't really trust in anymore. On the other side, there is social media, but that often is just an echo chamber. There has got to be some new form of media on the horizon, something that shows both sides of the story.
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30.08.2018, 11:14
| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Media is clearly slanted, to the point people don't really trust in anymore. On the other side, there is social media, but that often is just an echo chamber. There has got to be some new form of media on the horizon, something that shows both sides of the story. | | | | | Germany needs an Alex Jones type who will tell it like it is
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30.08.2018, 11:30
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Media is clearly slanted, to the point people don't really trust in anymore. On the other side, there is social media, but that often is just an echo chamber. There has got to be some new form of media on the horizon, something that shows both sides of the story. | | | | | Before you can tell both sides of the story so people can decide for themselves, you need to first of all acknowledge there is another side to the story. The German press is still light years from even contemplating that.
These days we have been seeing a lot of coverage of the anniversary of the Prague Spring. Two years ago was an anniversray of the Hungarian Uprising. An interesting point that is common to both events is that an important focus of the protesters was directed against the media, and that some of the most important events happened in or in the direct vicinity of the state radio or TV buildings.
Journalists don't learn from their collective past errors, apparently.
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30.08.2018, 11:34
| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Germany needs an Alex Jones type who will tell it like it is | | | | | They tend to put you in prison in Germany for telling it like it is.
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30.08.2018, 11:39
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | They tend to put you in prison in Germany for telling it like it is. | | | | | I don't think anybody has gone to prison quite yet, but there have been dawn raids against bloggers etc.
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30.08.2018, 13:03
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Germany needs an Alex Jones type who will tell it like it is | | | | |
Yep I see what you mean.
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | Germany needs an Alex Jones type who will tell it like it is | | | | | In fact his tells are often so accurate the he is regularly banned from social media | 
30.08.2018, 16:24
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | When ANTIFA and radical Left "protest" and riot, the media basically gives them a pass or writes like they are "fighting injustics" or something. When far-right protest, they zoom in on a couple of guys throwing a nazi salute, and shout it from the roof-tops like the sky is falling. I'm not defending the nazi salute guy, but is he really any worse than the anti-capitalist guy who wants to overthrow the govt and bring in Communism? | | | | | One guy is murdered. Another guy does a nazi salute.
The press thinks the nazi salute is more offensive than the murder.
This is in a nutshell what is wrong with Germany right now.
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30.08.2018, 16:32
| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | One guy is murdered. Another guy does a nazi salute.
The press thinks the nazi salute is more offensive than the murder.
This is in a nutshell what is wrong with Germany right now. | | | | | Everyone's enjoying getting their socks in a knot about this and the media is just playing on it. Why publish another "murder" story which dies away after a day when you can dog-whistle a whole load of attention if you put some "alt-right" spin on it?
Rumbles on for weeks! Clicks and shares a-go-go...
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: |  | | | Everyone's enjoying getting their socks in a knot about this and the media is just playing on it. Why publish another "murder" story which dies away after a day when you can dog-whistle a whole load of attention if you put some "alt-right" spin on it?
Rumbles on for weeks! Clicks and shares a-go-go... | | | | | In other words, somebody being murdered by a refugee is already so normal that it's no longer really newsworthy.
Whereas somebody doing a natzi salute is apparently extremely newsworthy, implying that it doesn't happen very often.
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30.08.2018, 17:10
| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | In other words, somebody being murdered by a refugee is already so normal that it's no longer really newsworthy. | | | | | No. On newsworthy terms, he's just a bloke. Harsh as it sounds, it happens all the time around the globe. The fact it was a refugee that apparently did it is also not that newsworthy.
But, see how news travels when it's a child or a woman.
This is pretty messed up in itself but... | Quote: | |  | | | Whereas somebody doing a nazi salute is apparently extremely newsworthy, implying that it doesn't happen very often. | | | | | Well, if you simplify it like that; yes and no. People can't get enough of this because it massages all their deep seated fears. Refugees getting away with murder, saviour alt-right under fire for something as "innocent" as a Nazi salute. Oh the injustice of it all!!
The truth is that people aren't getting away with murder but, as you can see from this forum, and I see from the media and social media platforms, various sectors of journalism are seeing an opportunity to yank everyone around on their chain.
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: |  | | |
Well, if you simplify it like that; yes and no. People can't get enough of this because it massages all their deep seated fears. Refugees getting away with murder, saviour alt-right under fire for something as "innocent" as a Nazi salute. Oh the injustice of it all!!
| | | | | It massages fears on both sides.
It also works people up by striking fear with stories of nazis in our midst. You should see some of the discussions on German sites. Plenty of people seem to believe that one guy doing a nazi salute is the same as Hitler personally rising from the grave and coming to power the very next day. It would be extremely comical if the topic wasn't as serious.
So a on event is basically calling every wanabee celebrioty and political pundit to come out with s lame condemnation completely ignoring that actually somebody was murdered. And that just maybe, seeing they are busy condemning things, they could in passing condemn that too. But no. | Quote: |  | | |
The truth is that people aren't getting away with murder but, as you can see from this forum, and I see from the media and social media platforms, various sectors of journalism are seeing an opportunity to yank everyone around on their chain.
| | | | | Which maybe you can't really blame them for. But at the same time the media (especially in Germany) keep on saying, we need to act responsibly and be balanced and provide quality and fact-based coverage. But when they have an opportuniyt to walk the talk, they don't.
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30.08.2018, 20:07
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel?
One guy doing the Nazi salute is not horrible.
One guy doing the Nazi salute and people not reacting is horrible.
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| | Re: Do you believe in Merkel? | Quote: | |  | | | One guy doing the Nazi salute is not horrible.
One guy doing the Nazi salute and people not reacting is horrible. | | | | | Why is it than when, say, an extremist Muslim does something stupid, people say, don't react, you're only encouraging him and giving him the oxygen of publicity he craves for.
Yet when a nazi does something stupid, people say, it is horrible not to react. Let us shout it from the rooftops.
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