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BorgoPo  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Contextual Advertising

Ahh, interesting. Yes, I know Dearborn well. I can't think of another place like it in the US. In Germany, Muslims tend to serve as proxies for Jews. The discrimination can be very similar. Turks, Palestinians, there's no difference to the haters, really. Their religion always comes first.





mk  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was in Istanbul a couple of years ago, and was struck by the large number of Germans. Would you say these are the non-haters, or is something else going on there?

BorgoPo  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The political situation in Germany has been very polarized in recent years. There are fiercely anti-racist Germans, especially in the West. Those are the folks you'll tend to meet vacationing in Muslim countries, and Israel. Easterners tend to be more reactionary on questions of immigration and diversity. Not exclusively, but they get over-represented, particularly in places like Berlin, which is, of course, in the eastern half of the country.

mk  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    which is, of course, in the eastern half of the country.

Part of the 'American narrative' coming through? ;)

BorgoPo  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Heh. Well, Berlin is a leftwing paradise, in a lot of ways. For everybody. But it's still part of the former East, which, has not gone away, either politically, or culturally. It's a fascinating mix.