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Elon Musk attacked German support for migrants and promoted a call to support the AfD, a far-right extremist political party (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 11 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de
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In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels.

"These NGOs are subsidized by the German government," the account posted. "Let's hope AfD wins the elections to stop this European suicide."

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Bernd/Björn Höcke

Thins joke about not using his proper first name is so old and worn out by now it should definitely be retired. Just call the man Bernd and be done with it.

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 months ago

Or his other proper name: Landolf Ladig

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is this old joke I've never seen?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

His name is Bernd Höcke, some guy instead called him Björn in a letter to the editor, a comedy show picked it up, people ran with it, others got confused, he was even announced at some point by AfD people as Björn and he clearly doesn't like it but, as said, it's getting old.

[–] float@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago

Not sure if you're mixing things up or if your just sticking to the joke really good 😅