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How many Nazis are there in Hohenmölsen?A post from or with the Simona-Rau Center together with the mayor of the city of Hohenmölsen, Andy Haugk, in the Facebook group »Hohenmölsener Diskussionsplattform« sparked a bit of discussion a few days ago. 
Swastikas and similar symbols were discovered at the bus stop shelters at the Hohenmölsen bus station. And it was apparently (after a long time) noticed that one of the benches had been painted in the colors of the Yemeni flag. Oh, sorry. These are the colors of the “Reichsflagge”. View on Facebook. Only a few people will probably know the historical background. Wikipedia writes: The flag was from 1867 to 1871 the emblem for merchant and warships of the North German Confederation, from 1871 to 1919 the national flag (officially established in 1892) of the German Empire in the imperial era, and from 1933 to 1935 one of the two national flags of the “Third Reich”; the other was the swastika flag of the NSDAP, which in 1935 was introduced as the sole national flag by the Nuremberg Laws. In the Empire, the colors black-white-red became widely accepted national colors. After 1919, they remained the dominant colors in the merchant flag of the Weimar Republic. During this time, they were increasingly used by monarchists, Freikorps, and other right-wing opponents of the republic as a symbol of their rejection of the republican state. Outside Germany, the color sequence red-white-black is particularly widespread in the Arab world and is often used there together with green (→ Pan-Arab colors). It should be noted that the shelters are covered with graffiti. Apparently, that hadn’t really caused any concern until now. The symbols mentioned are, according to one commentator, hardly recognizable. In addition, at least one of the scribblers seems to suffer from dyslexia. He scrawled: “Sig Heil.” Well, if you can’t even manage 8 letters, you probably would have only made a career as cannon fodder back then. The attempt to put me in the context of Nazi symbolsI am only writing these lines because someone with the fake profile “Klaus Meier” mentioned me. It is obviously important to him to somehow link me with such symbols. For the record: I am rather on the left. I had to spend many years of my life fighting for the right to self-determination of my daughter with a disability and against the discrimination of parents and relatives of children with disabilities by offices, authorities, schools, etc. This fight I did not wage against the right, Nazis, or other discriminators, but primarily against the social and administrative authorities – in other words, against the politics that wanted the legal requirements implemented by the administration in exactly this way. I lost most of the court cases because even the social and administrative courts had no problem with the constant illegal actions, the restriction of the right to self-determination, and the discrimination. I don’t know how one could be classified as right-wing or linked to Nazis when fighting for the rights of children and people with disabilities against the state. Maybe “Klaus Meier” will explain that someday.Banned for freedom of speechBy the way, I have been banned from the Facebook group »Hohenmölsener Diskussionsplattform« – probably in the name of freedom of speech. And that for several years now. During the wonderful pandemic years, I expressed my opinion too often. The admins didn’t like that, since one of the big goals was mass vaccination, which quite a few people still swear by. Possibly also “Klaus Meier.” I probably voiced too much government criticism on these and other issues.But back to the question in the headline: How many Nazis are there in Hohenmölsen?I don’t know! I am not one. I reject the ideology of the Nazis. I reject fascism. I am for real democracy, real freedom of speech, real diversity, real tolerance, for dialogue between people. I don’t have to like other people’s opinions. Others don’t have to like mine. You can also end a dialogue by agreeing to disagree on certain points. That is not a problem in a real democracy, as long as it remains peaceful and factual. However, anyone who builds firewalls, refuses dialogue because they don’t like the other’s opinion, is – and the wonderful pandemic years have shown this to anyone who uses their head for more than just wearing a hat – already quite far from democracy and very close to dictatorship. Do I like the “Reichsflagge”? No! There are far friendlier color schemes for flags. The Scandinavians show how it’s done. Based on my above-mentioned attitude, I have no desire for a Kaiser or for life in a monarchy. I also reject having to be a subject. Although some politicians show airs and graces, as if, just because they were elected, they can rule over others as if they were subjects. And some contemporaries actually behave like subjects. Politicians are, in the sense of democracy – the rule of the people – the employees of the people. They are paid by the people through taxes. The task of politicians is not to rule over people, but to act in the interests of the people, so that they have the best possible living and working conditions. Do I think the scribbles are good, as “Klaus Meier” tries to suggest? No! When it comes to such things, I always think of the quote from the film Forrest Gump: “Stupid is as stupid does.” However, the government’s warmongering should cause much more concern. Whether “Klaus Meier” understands that, I doubt. He or she obviously belongs to those who see me as an enemy because I too often criticize the beloved leaders in government – and possibly also the politics at the regional level. Apparently, “Klaus Meier” doesn’t like that. Or he carries other psychological or mental problems with him, which is why he needs an enemy image. And here’s some history and the answer to the question: Why does a NATO army still use the swastika?!Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | |
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