A television presenter in Germany has triggered a huge online debate after calling for a public stand against the growth of racist attacks on refugees.
She said she was shocked at how socially acceptable it had become to publish racist rants under real names.
“Until recently, such commentators were hidden behind pseudonyms, but now these things are being aired under real names,” she said.
“Apparently it’s no longer embarrassing – on the contrary, in reaction to phrases like ‘filthy vermin should drown in the sea’, you get excited consensus and a lot of ‘likes’.
“If up until then you had been a little racist nobody, of course you suddenly feel great,” she said in the two-minute commentary.
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