If you'd come up three years ago in Germany and said some new virus would arrive....get people extremely aggravated and frustrated....politically divide society....then trigger some folks to suggest violent outcomes/threats to be made....I would have said that's crazy.
In the past month or two....with the numbers going up weekly and various new ban rules coming into play, patience has generally run out with probably a quarter of German society. I'd even argue that another quarter of society is growing 'tired', burned-out, and distressed.
The idea of threatening journalists and politicians? Both draw attention because of the positions they occupy. Politicians are the ones engaging on ban rules, with journalists in a sales routine of the ban rules 'products'.
I don't think the protests or demonstrations are having that much of an affect....except it gives the frustrated gal/guy a chance to mingle with like-minded folks for an hour or two.
Making the threats? Purely a stupid idea that will end up with police taking you down to the station, and some judge having to mess with you....potentially sending you off to prison for two or three years where extra Covid ban-rules will exist over your life.
In simple terms....Covid has made some Germans a bit crazy. Some syndrome name to be created out of this? I'd suggest that. Maybe something like Paranoid Covidphrenia.
It's to the point where you could be running a bakery and have someone come in at 7 AM....without a mask, and when you politely suggested that they mask up....they go berserk and start utter profane comments about your dog or your limited intelligence. They think anti-rule thoughts all throughout the day, and this pandemic lifestyle is ruining their peace.
Journalists in the middle of this? You can't help but notice that there's probably 'bundles' of Covid news or Covid-chatter throughout the day on Channel One/Two (public TV). Some folks are trained well enough now to mute the sound when they've had too much.
As for jail reforming the threat crowd? If you end up with several hundred positioned in prison for two years....what exactly will be the outcome when they finally emerge? Happy and positive people....or bitter types? It's just something you tend to wonder about.
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