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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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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There is no bigger proponent of antisemitism than Israel itself, and Germany is its bitch.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Can confirm we are it's bitch.

And the rift that has been growing between that what is represented and what the people think will also cause issues at some point.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (2 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.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 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

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

He's in power already.

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

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And the guy who said this shit runs the country. He's the total opposite of Merkel.

She was amazing. Well, she was well liked in Ireland anyway.