The racists are everywhere - little half-negro

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/boris-becker-son-noah-press-charges-mp-racist-tweet
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Noah Becker, son of the German tennis star Boris Becker, plans to press charges against a deputy from a far-right party who called him a “little half-negro” on Twitter, the Bild newspaper has reported.

The 23-year-old, whose mother, Barbara Becker, is the daughter of an African American man and a German woman, took the decision in consultation with his father.

“I have been retained to quickly take the necessary steps under criminal and civil law against MP Jens Maier on the basis of this clearly racist tweet,” the Becker family lawyer Christian-Oliver Moser told Bild.

Maier, a former judge who was one of nearly 100 members of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party elected to parliament in the September election, had attacked Noah Becker over an interview in which he complained about being seen as the “eternal son” of his famous father.

[Ezior]

1. That asshole has understanding (or even sympathy?) for Breivik. The white supremacist mass murderer.

Fuck him.

It's a shame that even one AFD member is MP.
But this guy seriously is the worst of the worst.

[ProudLib72]

2. What the hell is wrong with Twitter?!

This party railed against a greeting in Arabic before this, and Maier is still allowed to tweet all sorts of racist crap! Social media that refuses to hold bigots accountable is the bane of democracy.

[malaise]

3. Well said

He should have been banned ages ago

[Bavorskoami]

4. The Germans have a new hate speech law but does it go too far?

A new law called the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (!), or NetzDG, went into affect in October 2017. It is meant to address inciting hate speech and fake news. There is a fine line there when you try to place limits on speech. We'll have to see how it works out.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Are you really surprised that there are racists in Germany?

[malaise]

6. No

There are racists everywhere