We witness German elites who need the Nazi past to be ‘solved’ in their image.
Freezing memory culture in this way blocks our moral compass in Germany.
But the population is not all for the blind spots.
Reason of state is the name for enforcing the blind spots.
An unconstitutional unconditional support for Israel no matter what.
This is heavy German stuff.
Israel has to be a happy ending as if this will undo the Nazi Crimes.
Never again as in No Further Sorries. Anything else shakes Germany's self-image.
Germans say Israel but often mean themselves.
The moral narrative is more about self-image:
The moral memory culture narrative that demands silence about the present is about self-image.
‘Total victory’ hides political defeat:
Following Israel all the way into a tragic dead end despite ‘total’ war ‘victory’ rhetoric has narrowed German policy options immensely.
It is a straitjacket & German politicians seem unable to get out of it.
Needing the Nazi past to be ‘solved’ harms all.
FOR A WHILE IN BERLIN HEBREW WAS BANNED BY POLICE AT THE ENCAMPMENT AGAINST ARMS EXPORTS AT PARLIAMENT.
Banning Hebrew/Jewish life to protect Jewish Life?
It is hard to make sense of it. Especially when we need to protect Jewish life for real, from a right strengthened by the government’s anti-democratic rhetoric.
The Hebrew ban was then not fully executed.
Possibly because of an international outcry over the ban of many languages in Berlin.
Instead the camp was fully banned.
FRAMING PALESTINIANS AS UNDEMOCRATIC, SOME GERMAN LEADERS DESTROY FREEDOM, THINKING THEMSELVES DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM.
WE HARM FREEDOM WHEN WE NEED ALL PEOPLE TO BE THE SAME RATHER THAN EQUAL.
SOME BECOME CRUEL THANKS TO GETTING USED TO GETTING AWAY WITH THINGS.
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Emily Dische-Becker said: Never again as in no further sorries.
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