Against "Censorship of Cancel Culture": Bavarian dentist protests in Winnetou costume

Created: 12/23/2022, 4:24 p.m

By: Christian Einfeldt

Protest in Winnetou costume: Dentist Franz Berger has been practicing in disguise for weeks.

© F Berger

A protest against the "cancel culture" and "any do-gooders": In Abensberg there is a dentist who practices in a Winnetou costume.

Abensberg – 30 kilometers from Regensburg, 30 kilometers from Ingolstadt: Right there, in Abensberg, a dentist practices day in and day out in a Winnetou costume.

What do his patients think?

Compared to

, the doctor reports on the first reactions.

One patient asks whether he would not worry about criminal consequences.

Franz Xaver Berger does not concern himself with such questions.

He wants to “make people think” and “shake them up”.

He's fed up with the "woke, politically correct" behavior of "some do-gooders" - and so about ten weeks ago a 68-year-old dentist from the Kelheim district swapped smocks for a costume.

In a practice in Abensberg: dentist protests against the "Cancel Culture"

Franz Xaver Berger doesn't think much of the "cancel culture" and its representatives.

On the contrary: the dentist tells our editors that "we've been patronized by them for years".

Their "censorship" would punish any "misconduct" - most prominently in the media discourse when it came to the Winnetou books and films.

"In anticipatory obedience" a publisher would have "taken a new edition of the Winnetou theme off the market".

For context: Shortly after the release of the much-criticized film "The Young Chief Winnetou", Ravensburger Verlag decided to stop the sale of corresponding Winnetou books and products.

With the basic debate, in the course of which Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder also spoke up, Berger saw the "high point of this campaign" reached.

He calls it a “sign against the cancel culture”: From now on, the 68-year-old welcomes his patients in his Winnetou costume in his doctor’s office in Abensberg.

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After the Winnetou debate: why Ravensburger Verlag had stopped selling the books

In an interview with Merkur.de, the indigenous bestselling author David A. Robertson said that with stories like the Winnetou saga, there is always a risk of “appropriately appropriating indigenous cultures”, “misrepresenting them or stereotyping them”.

It is a risky undertaking: Their representation can quickly make cultures the "target of ridicule and romanticization" by passing on "learned behaviors and attitudes based on misinterpretation, stereotypes and romanticization".

David A. Robertson speaks of a "misconception" of indigenous cultures that devalues ​​individuality, "communities and languages".

Ravensberger Verlag was exposed to precisely those allegations in the summer of 2022.

Even before the theatrical release of the film “The Young Chief Winnetou”, the

writes : “The trailer promises evil, as far as racist clichés are concerned, including the historical revisionist romanticization of colonization and the associated genocide.” Ravensburger Verlag responded to criticism via Instagram.

One had "hurt the feelings of others" and stated that one had "made a mistake".

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Abensberg doctor in Winnetou costume – “definitely” wants to continue protesting

The doctor from Abensberg in Lower Bavaria followed the entire Winnetou debate "with absolute incomprehension".

His conclusion: the "population" was "already intimidated" and companies would suffer "enormous financial losses for fear of unworldly crackpots".

The fact that he would "definitely" want to continue practicing in the Winnetou costume by the end of this year has been clear to him for several weeks.

It is unclear whether his protest will go beyond the year.

However, the signs point to an imminent end.

As the 68-year-old confirmed to mittelbayerische.de, he wanted to give up the practice "in a few months".

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