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Danish PM hit by man in Copenhagen street, her office says [edit] No political motive, see comments (www.bbc.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de
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The court hearing just ended. The attacker was a Polish guy who was blackout intoxicated by alcohol and drugs during the incident. He is known by local police from previous episodes in which he has been mentally "unhinged". He does not recall the episode other than being positively thrilled to meet the prime minister. He was ashamed of his actions.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For a while perhaps, but not for long. Democracy will prevail.

It will be interesting to hear what motivated the attack.

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Female PM from 2019 on, social Dem, assailant was male… I have some guesses…

[–] Senseless@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm specifically asking to avoid misunderstandings. Are you saying that this happened because the PM is female and ofc a male specimen would hit her? What are you saying?

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Well, I listed multiple aspects that would be a compounding factor. Overall, males are more conservative than females in the western surveys done. Furthermore, the majority, by a long way, of violent assaults are perpetrated by males.

Add to that the increase in violence perpetrated by right wing groups in recent years, the odds are good that she was targeted.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 5 months ago

Aren't the Danish SocDems this conservative+leftist mix?

[–] anlumo@feddit.de -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unlike totalitarian regimes, democracy does not have strong protections against disbanding itself, just look at Hungary, Russia or Turkey. So, in the long run democracy is just a temporary fad that will fade away eventually.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

None of those countries are good representations of where democracy is heading..

[–] anlumo@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They have the same rules as all the other democratic countries. The only difference is that they had someone take over the democratic process.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 5 months ago

They're different because corruption (and in turkey: religion) was already present to such a degree that an actual democracy never happened.