Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally

[Rumpel]

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, said he was appalled that the demonstration, which was apparently registered in advance with the police and had its protection, was allowed to go ahead, in particular on a day when atrocities against hundreds of civilians in the town of Bucha, north of Kyiv, were reported.

“For heaven’s sake, how could they allow this motorcade of shame to take place in the middle of Berlin?” he tweeted, focusing his criticism mainly on Berlin’s mayor, Franziska Giffey, and the police.

‘Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally

Protest aimed to draw attention to hostility towards Russians but included pro-war elements

www.theguardian.com

Should these motorcades be allowed?

 

[Phys251]

‘Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally

Protest aimed to draw attention to hostility towards Russians but included pro-war elements

www.theguardian.com

Should these motorcades be allowed?

On the face of it, this feels like a case of freedom of speech but not freedom from consequences.

So, yes, let the motorcade go through, but those who participate had better be ready for severe backlash.

 

[Rumpel]

So far:

1 x yes
1 x no

 

[Roadvirus]

I say Yes. It's one way to unmask the Putzin apologists.

 

[Rumpel]

I say Yes. It's one way to unmask the Putzin apologists.

One may see it that way.

 

[Rumpel]

What I wonder:
Have there been pro-Putin demos in New York or elsewhere in the US?

 

[trixare4kids]

What I wonder:
Have there been pro-Putin demos in New York or elsewhere in the US?

Hell NO...

 

[Rumpel]

Hell NO...

Really not?

 

[Indydave]

you either want freedom or speech or you don't.....democracy and freedom are ugly and nasty and rotten sometimes.....and these kinds of public displays are a test of our freedoms as sorry as they are.....

 

[Rumpel]

and these kinds of public displays are a test of our freedoms as sorry as they are.....

These kinds of public displays may be seen as un-bearable provocations by many refugees from the Ukraine.
And Berlin is full of refugees from the Ukraine.
They might hit back.
What then?