"What is allowed for the little circle, it seems - is not allowed for Jupiter. Or how is that?
In today's mainstream world, being a writer, artist or celebrity really seems like an art.
However, the publishers' criterion is no longer whether the person is an excellent literary talent, but rather whether he does not say or write - even accidentally - sentences that do not fit into today's European mainstream , in fact, God forbid, he publishes something that someone else said once upon a time, somewhere (in the "cursed"), and it doesn't fit into the mainstream.
Of course, this does not have to be an exact quote, it is enough if it is identical in content and sentence structure.
Such was the case in 2021 of AfD politician Björn Hoecke, who was brought to court because he used the slogan "Alles für Deutschland" (all for Germany) in an election campaign speech in 2021, which is a prohibited slogan according to the court's accusation, since this used by the Nazis during the Second in the time before World War II.
Björn Hoecke/Source: X
During the hearing that just took place, the court followed the opinion of the state prosecutor Brenzler, according to which - in precise terms - Björn Hoecke:
"deliberately planned to cross borders in order to transgress alleged language and thought prohibitions".
As a result of this "clever" wording, the politician was fined 13,000 euros, not to mention that he had a criminal record.
I would like to stress that I do not want to take Hoecke's side, but I want to point out the absurdity of the event and the processes.
In response, Höcke reported TV presenter Cathy Hummels, who wrote the following in an Instagram post about this year's European Football Championship:
"It will be a great experience. All for Germany!”
Well, the second half of the sentence sounds like "Alles für Deutschland" in German, which was indeed one of the slogans of the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA); the right-wing German politician was also convicted in the Halle court because of his use of words.
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Although the TV host later deleted her post out of fear and immediately accused her of "mea culpa" in one of RTL's reports:
"Ash on my head, I didn't pay attention to the coverage of the Hoecke trial and the Nazi slogan, and I didn't know what its background was. I deleted it immediately and specifically distanced myself from far-right slogans and parties like the AfD”.
(Asche über mein Haupt, ich habe die Berichterstattung zu dem Höcke-Prozess und dessen Nazi-Spruch nicht mitbekommen und wusste nicht welchen Hintergrund er hat. Ich habe ihn sofort gößtlich und distansiere mich exprenschen von rechtsradicalen Parolen und Parteien wie der AfD.)
With this - and especially because he DISTANCES himself from the AfD, which is becoming more and more popular these days - he might be able to avoid a court hearing, but Björn Hoecke wrote to him on May 17 to draw attention to the trend:
"Dear Ms. Hummels, I unfortunately have to report you to the Brenzler (sic!) prosecutor's office in Halle. Not because I have any problem with you, but to make visible the absurdity of the verdict against me."
It seems that nowadays if someone wants to say or write something, be it a novel, a media post, or a report, he has to think it through, and it is highly recommended that he immediately start a "Quotes" c. he should also buy a book and then browse through it thoroughly, so as not to be reported for some sentence - even unknown to him - as they did with Hoecké.
It seems that the game is not for nothing, but for serious tens of thousands of euros, or even for the person's career.
O tempora, o mores!
(TTG)
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