Free Thinking at Risk

True: The one here in Germany representing different opinions, differing from general opinion, will certainly not be put into prison. Formally freedom of thought is guaranteed. But for that very soon, it may be that the creators of opinion would expel him from society or try to do so.

Case Bernd Luce is very extreme. This is not even the scientific theme of the lecture, which has been interrupted twice and is now under police protection. No, activists need to know that Luce was one of the founders of the AfD. While Luce has left this party herself, precisely because of her shift to the extreme right. If demonstrators were asked, Luce would no longer have the right to speak up in opinion no matter what subject it is.

Something like Luce has experienced the former Christian minister, Thomas de Maizère. Its envisioned law to be held at Göttingen University has been postponed because of the blockade of entry by a leftist group. If higher schools cannot be used for open debate, where should such debates be held?

The acceptable political show is getting more and more tight. That's what most people think. The majority of respondents in the polls have stated, that man should adapt to subjects and be careful what he says. Otherwise, it is threatened with definitions and isolation from colleagues, friends, and neighbors. While any professional promotion becomes impossible.

Most say that the issue of migration is first. The so-called refugee saviors in the Mediterranean are a typical example, where anyone who opposes or in any form disputes their shares is treated as non-human. While all know that emergency situations in the Mediterranean are part of well-organised criminal trafficking from Africa to Europe. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer himself has entered this mold, because his predecessor as rebel in his CSU party has meaning!

It is similar with other issues, such as climates. One who very carefully warns of social aspects from radical decisions on the climate becomes immediately suspicious because it is not compatible with the dramatic situation. And who is represented as a fiery carnivorous, a man flying in remote regions of aircraft, or a driver of SUV vehicles, is in danger of being declared unacceptable to society. On the other hand, radical climate protection activists, such as Roger Hallam, from “Extinction Rebellion”, or the captain of Seawatch 3 Carola Rakette, are allowed to counter the foundations of democracy as a state system without fear of external consequences.

Tabo thoughts cannot be found on any prohibited list. But everyone knows what they are. While most people are careful not to say their own thoughts publicly on certain matters because they fear the public opinion of today. The bill is: We're putting ourselves in handcuffs. Democracy lives out of contention, from different opinions. If this path is narrowed down because people are afraid of saying it, then society will suffer. Eventually one of the most important values of democracy will be violated: Free speech of free thought even on unpleasant issues.