news Terrorist attack in Germany, 2 dead, 60+ injured

[nostalgic]

What else is there to say at this point? Sad and disappointing that this somehow keeps happening 

[jadeabove]

12 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

Listen, I am still very calm and collected, but if you truly want to use a thread where innocent ppl have been killed by an attacker with still unknown motivations to call Germany a fascist police state, then you'll can have a word with the moderation team soon. 

 

And now be gone you fuckin lowlife 

I don't understand the need of calling them a lowlife? Why can't Germany be a fascist police state while dealing with terrorists attacks? Why can't these two things be objectively true at the same time?

 

Since 2019, there has been at least 5 far-right terrorist attacks in Germany, unrelated to Islam (although one targeted Arab restaurants, if my memory serves me right) and also involving a neo-nazi terrorist group. Let's hope these events don't magically disappear when comes the time to assess the seriousness of this issue. In other words, let's hope immigrants, specifically people from the Muslim faith, are not specifically targeted just because it suits the general consensus and/or people's personal interests at the time.

 

This speech leads absolutely nowhere, especially when we see all the violence done to brown people in the past year and a half, that feeds an entire imperialist system that Germany partly benefits from. If we actually wanted to dwelve into solving these issues, we'd make sure all these communities feel seen and safe as well. I mean, the hypocrisy on this subject has reached incredible heights, and people are bound to eventually lose their marble. Either way, it profits part of the political class that marvels at events like this to use it against innocent communities as well. 

 

Either way, RIP to all the innocent victims. 

Edited 10 hours ago by jadeabove

[Gwendolyn]

 

I'm still not understanding why he drove a car into a christmas market if he's not a terrorist.. was he suicidal??? 

Edited 10 hours ago by Gwendolyn

[Dolce Vita]

this is absolutely horrifying. rest in peace to the victims. 

[Chemist]

4 minutes ago, Gwendolyn said:

 

I'm still not understanding why he drove a car into a christmas market if he's not a terrorist.. was he suicidal??? 

so he was not a Muslim, now what

[Chemist]

Not a pro-israel AFD supporter  watch him not get indicted over terrorism

 

[jadeabove]

Just now, Chemist said:

Not a pro-israel AFD supporter  watch him not get indicted over terrorism

 

Mental gymnastics incoming.

[Zaram]

I'm really tired to read these kind of news.

And ppl still wonder why Europeans lean more and more to the right  

edit: an AFD voter, ex-muslim, who attacks christmas markets?

Edited 10 hours ago by Zaram

[Contessa]

The 180 some of the previous e̶x̶-̶M̶u̶s̶l̶i̶m̶ posters are about to do…

 

RIP to the innocent lives lost and ruined 

[ontherocks]

9 minutes ago, Chemist said:

Not a pro-israel AFD supporter  watch him not get indicted over terrorism

 

He's not the first. There was also a terrorist attack a few years ago in Munich where the terrorist was from Iran, but a Nazi. These ppl are total nutcases. 

 

Also, there are a lot of ppl with immigrant backgrounds that vote for the AFD. A good example is the Russian community. A turkish co worker of mine also openly sympathises with them. 

Edited 10 hours ago by ontherocks

[MattieB]

Reddit mods are on a ban spree at the mere mention of the religion

[MattieB]

7 minutes ago, Zaram said:

I'm really tired to read these kind of news.

And ppl still wonder why Europeans lean more and more to the right 

Europe was born in the right BFFR

[Zaram]

1 minute ago, MattieB said:

Europe was born in the right BFFR

Europe was a lot more left leaning 15 years ago than the US or Asia.

Some right wings parties in the past weren't even as right wing as the democrats.

[Gov Hooka]

I see a lot of the typical users are coming out with their veiled racist critiques of "religion" and "those people." 
fix your far deadlier far right problems first westerners before levying the usual bs at vulnerable communities. 

[brazil]

2 hours ago, ontherocks said:

They also protect all the free Iran, free Kurdistan, free Palestine and free the nipple marches, cause they have to. It's part of their job. 

Funny enough this act was done by a Saudi individual. Saudi Arabia is very anti-Iran, doesnt support Kurdistan (establishment of a state for Kurds) and is currently in talks for normalizing relations with Israel. 

 

In fact if we take Iran - pretty mucn all acts of terrorism in Europe was done by Sunni Muslims, while Iran is a Shia Muslim majority country, who themselves are victims of a lot of the same terrorism. 

 

Moreover, Germany in particular people are jailed for supporting Palestine. 

 

You need to better educate yourself on geopolitics before making silly statements online or else you'll continue to make a fool of yourself.

[Marianah Adkins]

Regardless if he's a Muslim or not, this incident is fodder for AFD to exploit on the angle of anti-immigration 

[Aethereal]

The number of dead is at least 2, the 11 is not confirmed, but the total is likely higher than 2.

[ontherocks]

3 minutes ago, brazil said:

Funny enough this act was done by a Saudi individual. Saudi Arabia is very anti-Iran, doesnt support Kurdistan (establishment of a state for Kurds) and is currently in talks for normalizing relations with Israel. 

 

In fact if we take Iran - pretty mucn all acts of terrorism in Europe was done by Sunni Muslims, while Iran is a Shia Muslim majority country, who themselves are victims of a lot of the same terrorism. 

 

Moreover, Germany in particular people are jailed for supporting Palestine. 

 

You need to better educate yourself on geopolitics before making silly statements online or else you'll continue to make a fool of yourself.

You haven't mentioned the ones who protest for free the nipple, btw.

 

First of all, I am from a somewhat Muslim family and know all about this stuff. You don't need to explain me these things. Moreso, I am baffled that you haven't noticed that I just randomly mentioned places. Could have mentioned different ones, too. There are demonstrations on a weekly basis in Cologne 

[Forestboy]

59 minutes ago, Gwendolyn said:

 

I'm still not understanding why he drove a car into a christmas market if he's not a terrorist.. was he suicidal??? 

He is very much a terrorist by doing this. 

[Harrier]

This is why I always caution people to hold off on jumping to politically motivated conclusions around the identity of the attacker regardless of your agenda. Everyone on every side of this coin has at some point ended up looking foolish. Just hold off

[Lightbringer007]

3 hours ago, Kalmanta said:

A friend of mine left the market 20min before the attack happened to go to another one nearby. I'm still in shock.

oh my god??? 

 

hope they are ok

[brazil]

34 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

You haven't mentioned the ones who protest for free the nipple, btw.

 

First of all, I am from a somewhat Muslim family and know all about this stuff. You don't need to explain me these things. Moreso, I am baffled that you haven't noticed that I just randomly mentioned places. Could have mentioned different ones, too. There are demonstrations on a weekly basis in Cologne 

I see, i thought you were trying to make a point by selecting specific groups that would be somehow connected to the attack. 

[Jack!]

RIP to the victims, this kind of thing is so scary and horrific.

[LittleStarmen]

5 hours ago, Domination said:

RIP to the victims, this is actually terrifying.

 

Literally do not understand how anyone in Europe feels safe, y'all have these kinds of occurrences like twice a year at this point. I know Euros love to dog on Americans for school shootings but it's much easier to wrap one's mind around the idea of a troubled student looking to enact revenge on their classmates over going to a Christmas market with your family and randomly witnessing 70 people get plowed by a car.

The people making these terrotist acts are not European...

[LIT]