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Crude Nazi comparisons from the right: How do I tell my radicalized uncle?

2020-12-01T23:49:14.772Z


When Jana from Kassel compares herself to Sophie Scholl, there is outrage and ridicule. Many also experience this kind of forgetting of history in their families or at work. A completely different reaction would be more effective.


Protesters against measures to contain the corona are wearing shirts with a yellow Star of David to protest against an alleged compulsory vaccination.

"Jana from Kassel" hallucinates a bond with Sophie Scholl at a "lateral thinking" rally.

An eleven-year-old on stage compares herself to Anne Frank because she had to celebrate her birthday quietly - for fear of being "tipped off" by neighbors.

At a family celebration, the otherwise sociable uncle describes the Infection Protection Act as an "enabling law" without the chicken or the word getting stuck in his throat.

Absurd comparisons, especially during the Nazi era, are popular.

You are motivated by incomplete knowledge, ignorance, or bad intent.

You can experience them at demonstrations, on the Internet and in parliament, often at work, just as privately in the family or among friends and acquaintances.

For a long time, the misunderstanding of history in the post-war reality of the Federal Republic of Germany was regarded as a riot area for right-wing radical muddles.

With the arrival of the AfD in the parliaments, the southpaws got a more publicized podium.

Their targeted provocations, such as Björn Höcke's talk of a "180 degree change in the politics of memory" or Alexander Gauland's "bird shit" derogation of the Nazi dictatorship, have left their mark.

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