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Answer to the Antifascist Max SchnellerDrawing attention to a culture of debate, respect, and dignity  Max Schneller at the Antifa demonstration on April 28, 2025 Dear Max Schneller, Many people now think it's brave that you dared to express your opinion publicly. I don’t think so, because your statements align with the general narrative. You have the mainstream at your back and you're speaking in front of people who have been staging peaceful protests for years—in short: you have nothing to fear. At most, your bravery could be categorized as the “doorbell dare” type, which still kind of fits your age. Real courage—expressing one’s own opinion against the crowd and acting accordingly—has always been rare. For instance, antifascists who resisted the rise of National Socialism went against the mainstream, risked their lives, and often lost them. They could clearly name their concerns: restrictions on freedom (of the press, speech, and assembly), indoctrination and uniform opinion, discrimination and dehumanization of minorities, warmongering. People who call themselves “antifascists” today, I experience as part of the ruling system; they fight critics of the general narrative, sometimes even through threats of violence. The only argument I hear against the critical demonstrations is that “fascists” supposedly participate in them. As for societal developments, the shape and safeguarding of fundamental rights, contradictions in government action, the roots of power politics, and geopolitical interests... they don’t seem to think about any of this, certainly not critically. More than anything, I see a tendency to suppress dissenting opinions and to establish a single, uniform viewpoint. We disagree, but my response is not intended to convince you of my opinion. It’s not about being right—I want to draw attention to a culture of debate, respect, and dignity, and for that reason, I’d like to ask you a few questions. You position yourself in front of demonstrators who have completed vocational training, gained work experience, started businesses, raised children, protected and nurtured them, shown social commitment, accompanied dying relatives, made decisions, lived through two different societal systems, and much more—in other words, people with a great deal of life experience. Your opinion is that of a student with 16 years of life experience. It deserves to exist and has the right to be heard—but with this limitation. And that limitation means it would be wise to join those who are researching and trying to understand what leads people to different viewpoints. That’s what respect for others requires—and it naturally forbids belittling their views or elevating your own as morally superior. Do you really think that so many people in nearly every city have taken to the streets peacefully, enduring restrictions on assembly, exclusion, defamation, and degradation for years, just because they became "great" after a five-minute Google search? At the outbreak of COVID, you were in fifth grade. Did you actually check the DIVI intensive care register to see if ICUs were full, evaluate RKI protocols on political instrumentalization of a health issue, examine the effects of the measures on students, the COPSY study from Hamburg, the suffering of lonely elderly people, the impact on artists and businesses, etc.—did you really look into all that? Or how did you arrive at the conclusion that the facts disprove us? Are you familiar with the mechanisms of labeling groups of people with derogatory adjectives and blame? We are—and you provided an example yourself: or have you ever actually seen a tinfoil hat among the demonstrators? Do you think politics and the media have fulfilled their responsibility to maintain social cohesion by labeling dissenting opinions instead of presenting their arguments? Wouldn’t more objectivity be appropriate so that people can form their own opinions? Have you thought about what it ultimately means for society when people with different views are excluded and fought against? Do you know examples of propaganda? Have you ever unmasked a statement as such? People who grew up in the GDR have a keen instinct for this. The wording during the COVID era, for example, made them sit up and take notice. You said that you are interested in history. Where have you heard the denigration and demonization of “Russians” before? When was the last time in history that people talked about being “fit for war” and “victorious peace”? What reasons were given back then to justify the necessity of war? What do history books regularly name as the real reasons for war in retrospect? Is there a discrepancy between our government’s justification for “war readiness” and the underlying power interests? Isn’t there a general discrepancy between humanism, international understanding, the constitutional mandate for peace, and war-driven politics? Do you want to go to war for—pardon my own opinion—geopolitical power interests? Did you complete your education just to follow orders instead of building a humane coexistence? What is your vision for society? Do you want people to meet peacefully, with dignity and respect, and to get along despite differing views? Have you ever seen a team that respectfully and collaboratively navigated differing viewpoints to reach solutions? Are you familiar with the method of non-violent communication? I hope you will seek answers to all these questions. They may be different from mine. But they should be based on your own honest reflections. True courage is forming your own opinion—even when it’s unwelcome. I hope for a life in which we build the future together, and in which the opinions of the younger generation inspire new ideas for mutual understanding. I hope for peace in how we live together. May you be safe. The Antifa Demonstration on April 28, 2025 in Bad Dürrenberg Author: AI Translation - Beate von der Meer | 02.05.2025 |
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