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For weeks, the fact that the two rappers had been nominated for the award had caused controversy in the German press due to their alleged anti-Semitism.
On the album, Farid Bang raps about his training regime, boasting that “my body is more defined than an Auschwitz prisoner’s.”
No movie, TV show, rock star, etc. will dare touch the subject of jihad and sharia, despite the millions slaughtered. But Muslims mocking Holocaust victims garner awards.
He started by saying that provocation in music is generally an important and good thing. But he went on to say that tolerance stops “when people make insults that are misogynistic, homophobic, right-wing extremist, or anti-Semitic.”
Jewish leaders like Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Northern Bavaria, express frustration with the situation. Knobloch laments the fact that, more than 70 years after the Holocaust, Jewish public life is not possible without police protection.
Hatred emanating from the more than 4 million Muslims living in Germany exacerbates traditional forms of anti-Semitism.
German Jews are concerned about the 1.5 million Muslim refugees who entered Germany in 2015-16 because many come from countries where hatred of Jews is doctrine.
“Just one act of anti-Semitism is one too many in Germany,” said German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert.
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
a reply to: Lagomorphe
Sometimes people are BLINDED by the truth. How do you explain this ACTUAL event? How do you JUSTIFY this? Future of what exactly? More anti-semitic insults from the Germany's Muslim community? Thank your Chancellor for that Sh!t Storm.
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
a reply to: DerBeobachter
I understand what you're saying, but some people are taking a dispassionate response to this (Like the other poster on this thread). It's not about "growing a pair of balls." It's about standing up to misogynistic, homophobic, anti-semitic or hateful insults. I applaud the rock artist Campino and those people in the Echo Award ceremony crowd that booed and/or walked out. Lets see some German rap artist, grow "a set of balls" and sing negatively about Mohommad, Jihad or Sharia Law and see what happens. They'd be lucky to still be alive, let alone win an award for best album. Yet it's OK for these Muslims to make fun of an Auschwitz prisoner in a death camp and win an award in GERMANY of all places? I'm not Jewish, but this is appalling.
“when people make insults that are misogynistic, homophobic, right-wing extremist, or anti-Semitic.”
originally posted by: Metallicus
I don’t know how the Germans value free speech compared to the U.S., but I think it is important to allow all speech...even that which we don’t ageee with to keep a truly fair and free society. I don’t always like what others say, but I support their right to say it...we can see how even in the U.S. there is a movement by the Left to censor speech they don’t like. We need to avoid that type of censorship at all costs.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: shawmanfromny
It's music. It's art. It's expression.
Sometimes people express themselves in ways we may find odd or inappropriate, personally.
This is pretty tame compared to what you can hear in many forms of American music.
originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: Lagomorphe
yeh but if we dont learn from our past we are doomed to repeat it , hence why we keep going through with all these illegal conflicts because we dont wake the # up to their plan!
Im sick of us all pretending that our collective governments are doing anything for the people they represent!
it's US vs them, us being the people of earth , against every sociopath in government who wants others to die to line their pockets
we just keep letting them win!