I have just read a newspaper article in my local newspaper “Darmstädter Echo” about a demonstration that took place in Darmstadt last weekend. The motto was “Live nicer without Nazis and racism”. And my first thought was that I might have attended because I am against Nazis, too. But then I went on reading and do you want to know what the last passage of this newspaper article says?
That the demonstrators at the end of their rally took the direction of the CDU-stand (CDU = Christian Conservatives!) and shouted:
“CDU-Rassistenpack, wir haben euch zum Kotzen satt.” In English this would mean something like:
“CDU racist pack, we are so fed up with you, you make us throw up!” (anybody having a better idea of how to translate this, is very welcome to let me know).
Well, all I can say is that I am glad I did not attend. And tomorrow I am going to vote for Roland Koch the CDU Ministerpräsident of Hesse.
Here is the link to the online German version of the article. But interestingly, the last passage of the article I have been writing about is not available online. So I will quote it here:
Die Demonstranten gingen über Ludwigstraße und Marktplatz zurück zum Luisenplatz. Am Weißen Turm kam der Wahlkampfstand der CDU in der Ernst-Ludwig-Straße in Sicht. Mit Parolen wie „CDU-Rassistenpack, wir haben euch zum Kotzen satt.”, protestierten die Demonstranten gegen den Unionswahlkampf.
Die Polizei machte deutlich, dass es hier nicht mehr weiterging. Zehn Bereitschaftspolizisten standen am Weißen Turm, zwanzig am inzwischen zusammengepackten CDU-Stand. Die Demonstranten zogen weiter zum Luisenplatz, wo die Aktion mit einer Kundgebung endete.
“Schöner leben ohne Nazis”, Untertitel: „ Demonstration – Friedlicher Protest gegen Rechtsextremismus – Kritik am CDU-Wahlkampf“, Darmstädter Echo vom 21. Januar 2008, S. 7 im Darmstadt-Teil, (mawi)