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“Climate of hatred”: Big political debate breaks out after Flick's Lauterbach criticism

2021-02-15T18:34:12.318Z


A discussion about the culture of debate in the Corona crisis is breaking out in German politics. In the midst of it all, the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.


A discussion about the culture of debate in the Corona crisis is breaking out in German politics.

In the midst of it all, the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.

Berlin - The

SPD member of the

Bundestag and

health expert Karl Lauterbach

has been standing since the beginning of the

corona pandemic

increasingly in the public eye.

Thanks

to his professional career, the

doctor of medicine and

epidemiologist

can

assess

the current situation in the

corona pandemic better

than almost any other politician.

The conclusions

Lauterbach

draws from his assessment do not seem to please everyone and so the

SPD politician

has to put up with constructive criticism and wild insults alike.

Karl Lauterbach: Wolfgang Kubicki agrees with Hansi Flick and criticizes counterproductive "alarmism"

Most recently, the statements made by

FC Bayern coach Hansi Flick

caused a sensation, who referred to

Lauterbach

as a “so-called expert” who always had to comment on something.

The 55-year-old also demanded that the politicians

develop

a

strategy

with which one could see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Statements that not only made waves on social networks, but also

sparked a debate

among

politicians

.

Among other things,

Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP)

seems

to have

few problems with

Flick's

statements

.

The 68-year-old even joined the Bayern coach's criticism.

"I also consider

Karl Lauterbach's

alarmism

to be counterproductive," the Bundestag Vice President told

t-online

.

Kubicki

accused the

SPD politician of

not dealing with “how one can succeed

in living

with the

virus

.” Similar to

Hansi Flick

, the

FDP politician

lacks the

prospects in

Lauterbach's

statements.

"Of course, we need

more light at the end of the tunnel

when dealing with the

Corona crisis,

" demands the 68-year-old.

Kevin Kühnert criticizes Hansi Flick - shares responsibility for “climates of hatred” around Karl Lauterbach

The former federal chairman of the

Jusos Kevin Kühnert

had also commented on the criticism of the

Bayern coach

on Twitter

, but rather sided with his party colleague and

sharply criticized

Flick's

approach

.

If you then "just put it on without reflection, refer to them as so-called

experts

and don't justify where the contradiction lies in the matter, then you also share responsibility for sowing such a climate of hatred," the 31-year-old told him SID.

Kühnert also

emphasized that he

would approve of

an apology from the

Bayern coach

: "That's why I would like you to reconsider these statements and

apologize

to

Karl Lauterbach

." The 31-year-old also noted that

Karl Lauterbach

and other politicians, journalists and scientists who have dealt with the

pandemic

have become more and more victims of "death threats" or "violent fantasies" in recent weeks.

In view of these circumstances,

Kühnert

spoke

of a “climate of hatred”.

Karl Lauterbach comments on the Flick criticism - Kubicki worries about the culture of debate

Kubicki,

on the other hand, was critical of the “relentlessness in the culture of debate”, which

has meanwhile made

the

FDP politician

very worried.

Corona promoted

a "dull black and white thinking" that no longer allows differentiation.

According to

Kubicki

, self-assertion is the primary goal and less an attempt to find the better way.

Karl Lauterbach

himself commented on the allegations of the

Bayern coach

on Sunday 

and emphasized the importance of the discourse.

“If

Hansi Flick

disagrees, he should just bring his arguments.

He doesn't have to be an expert for that.

Other arguments also count, ”said the

SPD politician

.

Lauterbach

also had an answer to the question why he would comment so often.

"'So-called experts' express themselves because journalists ask them for an assessment."

(Fd / SID)

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Source: merkur

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