The oppression is real, but Vance’s speech sparked a glimmer of hope.
"Mr. Merz has said that he wants to end illegal immigration. For that, he has been called a fascist and a Nazi. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the streets in state-sponsored rallies (another sign of an authoritarian regime). As a result, Friedrich Merz quickly folded, and his resolve collapsed."
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. . ."My short stories and essays have been published in the Antioch Review, the Cambridge Literary Review, the Chicago Review, the Image Journal, the London Magazine, the Missouri Review, the Southern Review, the Threepenny Review, World Literature Today, and elsewhere.
"Same as you, I was struck by the penetrating clarity of Mr. Vance’s words. It was heartening, too, to see the real surprise on the faces of Markus Söder, the prime minister of Bavaria, and other German politicians seated in the auditorium. They clearly did not see this coming, having expected a speech about the need to raise defense spending. Instead, here was a young politician giving them the dressing-down of their lifetimes while staying polite, however, throughout.
"It was something completely different from the speeches one hears in the Bundestag (the German parliament) where it has become the norm to only simulate politics. Even the more heated exchanges are minutely choreographed, staged for the public to give the impression of real discussions when in fact all are long agreed already. All except the AfD, that is — the new outsiders, the pariahs, the lepers.
"Your conversation on Rumble was a breath of fresh air, too. For a long time, I had been wondering why on earth the foreign media wasn’t catching on to the situation in Germany. Fortunately, that seems to have changed. The “60 Minutes” report may have been conducted in bad faith, but at least it got the information to the American public who could then make up their own minds about what they were seeing. (RELATED: Margaret Brennan and the Good Germans at CBS News)
"Believe me, it was only the tip of the iceberg. Yes, private homes are now routinely raided if you post a supposedly racist cartoon or comment online. The ensuing coverage in the media is meant to dissuade others. Even worse, however, the same happens if you post (or even like) a derogatory comment about the current government, especially about members of the Green Party. Robert Habeck, in particular, our minister of economy, is on a real crusade, suing hundreds of citizens a year for harmless slurs. Mind you, not threats, but everyday insults at most." . . .
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