Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYGermany in the process of the increasingly fanatic enforcement of “politicalcorrectness”:“He who nowadays expresses a really controversial position willinstantly hear a clamor of outrage or will even be suspected of havingbreached a taboo in a dangerous way. The liberal public tendsto no longer allow any other than the liberal opinion [or what it considersto be liberal, GR]. A list of thoughts could be drawn up, theexpression of which is almost prohibited. [Only almost? GR …] Liberalismhas prevailed, but this victory consists in having lost its tolerance.A persecuting liberalism has evolved that puts all contemplationunder the suspicion of radicalism which is searching for alternativesto the persisting conditions. […] Victorious liberalism hasassumed the mentality of a State Protection Force which sees enemiesof the constitution everywhere. […] Nowadays one is fasterclassified as a fascist than one can blink with an eye.”Mathias Kepplinger, who has thoroughly investigated the media’smethods to ostracize dissidents, wrote in a study with the title The Art ofScandalization and the Illusion of Truth: 198“What are the reasons for the intolerant reactions of these peoplewho consider themselves to be tolerant? One reason is the firm convictionthat dissidents not only have the wrong opinion, but that theyreject reality, which itself is a result of the successful establishing ofa generally binding point of view. […] The claim of validity is documentedin an exemplary way by scandalizing persons and organizationsviolating the norms. The aim of the scandalization is publiccondemnation. […] Hence nonconformists have to be eliminated.[…]The condemnation of nonconformists caters to the majority’sfeeling of superiority, and it serves to subjugate those who have beenscandalized. […] In this sense all scandals have totalitarian traits:They aim at enforcing conformity by all, because public deviation ofa few would challenge the claim to power of the scandalizers andtheir adherents. The big scandals can therefore also be viewed asdemocratic versions of show trials.”And if public scandalization is not enough to suppress dissent, thenthe State resorts to trials, as can be seen in my case.198 Die Kunst der Skandalierung und die Illusion der Wahrheit, Olzog, Munich 2001, pp. 84f., 88f.178