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Germany is ‘importing’ antisemitism, our leaders claim. Irony is not their strong point (www.theguardian.com)

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Blaming migrants for the rise in anti-Jewish crimes shows a breathtaking lack of self-awareness

It could have been a Mitchell and Webb sketch – a man with a very German accent and a distinguished Nazi grandfather complaining: “These foreigners, coming over here, importing their antisemitism.” Only this was not a comedy. The man was Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and he was making his complaint last month in an interview with Fox news in the US, attributing rising antisemitism in Germany to “the big numbers of migrants we have within the last 10 years”. How did Merz manage to miss the joke – apart from by being German of course?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I had no idea how many batshit crazy (or plain evil) politicians Germany has. Between the genocide in Palestine and the open homophobia this week, I’m speechless.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

there are always evil people everywhere. the good people have to keep them in check all the time or they slip through and gain power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

He's in power already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, I’m sure we have these people too. But so far they haven’t made it far in politics.

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