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There is one angle of this debate in Germany which I ought to add.

Back in 2000, there was a fire-bombing of a synagogue in Düsseldorf. Then chancellor Gerhard Schröder reacted by calling for an Aufstand der Anständigen, that is, an "uprising of decent people", which led to the organisation of several protests (which ended when two Arab-Germans were caught as culprits). In her TV commentary, Anja Reschke called for another Aufstand der Anständigen.

What remains to be seen is whether a second large-scale Aufstand der Anständigen will now form. It didn't happen over Greece or Pegida (and Merkel is no Schröder to call for it).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Aug 11th, 2015 at 05:39:50 PM EST
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