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Why are the protesters in Berlin holding signs in English?
by dotancohen 6d ago
Why are the protesters in Berlin holding signs in English?
- miohtama 6d agoBecause they want to have the eyes of global press on Germany
- dotancohen 6d agoInstead of the eyes of their own politicians? Are their goals to actually effect change in Germany or to disparage Germany in the eyes of the global press?
- mitxela 6d agoAlmost every German politician, most of the police and half the population of Germany speaks English, even though it shouldn't be used for official business. It's no barrier.
- dotancohen 6d agoLanguage is also a cultural signifier. English might not be a barrier, but protesting in English certainly communicates that the protesters care not for German culture.
- MentalM 5d ago> Instead of the eyes of their own politicians? Politicians? It is messages for the voters, and they are leftist politics (so their voters doesn't understand German)
- mitxela 6d agoHalf of everyone in Germany can speak English. It's mandatory to learn in schools. In Berlin that percentage is even higher. So it's no obstacle. And they don't want to limit the visibility of the protest to only Germany. Germany is one of the more native-language-enforcing countries in Europe. I've been to Slovenia and half of everything is actually written in English, unlike Germany or France where everything's written in the local language.