East Germany doing East Germany things.

I mean they also don’t believe the normal media anymore. They will just parrot what Putins Propaganda spoonfeeds them in their Telegram Groups and “Alternative Media”

There has also been hostility towards journalists over the past few days, especially after some 2,000 people joined a protest by the far right in Magdeburg on Saturday night. The Association of German Journalists said there had been aggression and threats against the press and appealed for greater police protection.

Those people and areas are a lost cause.

The confusion can be easily solved by racism. Sure, he was a right-wing islamophobic asshole like the rest of them, but he had a different skin color.

There is no bad publicity.

Every opportunity to talk about yourself is an opportunity to curry things in your favor. Populist parties such as the AfD know this and exploit it.