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Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse (www.theguardian.com)

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The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received.

Karamba Diaby, 62, who entered the Bundestag in 2013 in a moment hailed as historic by equality campaigners, said he wanted to spend more time with his family and to make room for younger politicians.

Diaby said the racist slurs and death threats were “not the main reasons” for his decision, having frequently emphasised he would not be cowed by threats. But they are widely believed they have played a part.

He has increasingly faced racist abuse in recent years. His constituency office in Halle, Saxony Anhalt, has been an arson target, and has had bullets fired through the window. Some staff have faced blackmail attempts to stop them working for him and have been subjected to and threats, Diaby said.

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[–] [email protected] 179 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This guy has been living in East Germany since fucking 1985. It saddens me to read this. Fuck the AfD.

[–] [email protected] 103 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Fuck the AfD Voters...I've been destroying years of friendships, because it turns out they voted AfD. I'm sick and tired of these fuckers enabling these clowns. This is definitely not my Germany anymore.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The friendship purge hurts.. it's tough to see that people you knew for years are lost like that.

I also feel kind of helpless with the current political climate. I don't get why people are so hateful and stupid otherwise they would see right through the BS Höcke et al are making up all the time >.<

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It sucks, for sure. As an American, I went through this back in 2016, and in the years since - with another notable wave occurring after January 6th.

It’s frustrating, but I genuinely do feel a moral duty to aggressively shun and abuse fascists, no matter how long I’ve known them or how I’m related to them before I found out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's not just a moral duty, it's a damn duty for your country. Those idiots shouting "We are the true patriots" have lost everything both our countries stood for since we lost the war and you won it. The respect for people, the respect for different cultures, the knowledge that many of the laws our societes stand on are written in blood - hell, the respect to disagree and the ability do have different opinions.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I totally sympathize. A lot of us Americans had to do the same thing back in 2016. I cut off contact with a lot of people and have never gotten back in touch.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Keeping these friendships going could combat their radicalization, but I'm not faulting you, I also cancelled friendships over this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have no issue if political views don't line up, in fact I welcome discussions and I have been wrong many times on some topics. However, the line has to be drawn somewhere, and that somewhere is openly advocating for racism or other views, that simply cannot stand in a society that aligns with modern "western" views. (Too many individual points that we take for granted these days)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile these people say the same thing about immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If I cancelled all of the friendships I have with radicalized people, I would almost certainly have to isolate my little family completely.

I do try to talk time back over the line, but I don’t think I have ever succeeded.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I wish you luck, but that simply isn't possible with some, they are too far gone.