Left Party MP Cansin Köktürk was thrown out of a German parliament plenary chamber on Wednesday for wearing a t-shirt with the word “Palestine” printed on it, a move deemed a political statement by the parliamentary leadership.

Bundestag President Julia Klöckner intervened during the session, reminding MPs that political messages on clothing are not permitted in the chamber.

While the Bundestag does not have a detailed dress code, its rules require MPs and visitors to dress “in keeping with the prestige” of the institution. Enforcement of this standard is left to the discretion of the session chair.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    You’re missing the point, I’m not feigning ignorance, I’m challenging the hypocrisy.

    German politics have become so fucking toxic to pro-Palestinian advocacy that merely the mention of the word Palestine is considered a breach of decorum. The shirt did not say “Free Palestine”, a clearly political message, it merely said the name of the country. Do you not see that when the mere mention of Palestine is considered political you have crossed into extremely problematic territory? Do you not see that the symbolic erasure of the mere mention of Palestine as an entity that can be mentioned without controversy, is a kind of affirmation of the policy of erasure of an entire people, precisely at the moment when a genocide is happening? Do you not see why this is such an infuriating betrayal of what so many of us saw as a model democracy? I fucking love Germany, which is why it so fucking hurtful to see this.

    • remon@ani.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m challenging the hypocrisy.

      And I’m telling you there is none.

      Other members have been exeplled over simply wearing a hat or not wearing a tie in the past.

      Do you not see that when the mere mention of Palestine is considered political you have crossed into extremely problematic territory? Do you not see that the symbolic erasure of the mere mention of Palestine as an entity that can be mentioned without controversy, is a kind of affirmation of the policy of erasure of an entire people?

      No, because that’s not what’s happening.

      Do you not see why this is such an infuriating betrayal of what so many of us saw as a model democracy?

      No, I don’t.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        Do you not see why this is such an infuriating betrayal of what so many of us saw as a model democracy?

        No.

        Can’t make you see what you refuse to see I guess.

        This is incredibly sad.

          • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
            13·
            2 days ago

            C’est l’histoire d’un homme qui tombe d’un immeuble de 50 étages. A chaque étage il se répète : « Jusqu’ici tout va bien. » « Jusqu’ici tout va bien.» « Jusqu’ici tout va bien. »… mais l’important c’est pas la chute : c’est l’atterrissage.