Ex-ZDF-Mann Herles: Früher war Querdenker ein Lob, kein Schimpfwort!

Well, there is this new term in the constitution, I think it's even a law, that says that the state is to be ennobled. It's forbidden. Constitutional protection is relevant, ennobling the state and so on. Ennobling the state, you have to let that go on your tongue. Ennobling the state is nothing more than the insult of majesty in the past. Only that a democratic state is not majesty, not nobility, but something completely different. I say exactly the opposite. The citizen who is so dissatisfied, who is deprived of his living by the laws of Habeck and others, a citizen in a state in which nothing works anymore, not the Federal Railways, not the school system, not the motorways, nothing works anymore, he has to ennoble this state. Ennobling is a method of criticism, is a permissible democratic form of expression, is freedom. It is my civic freedom to ennoble this state. And I also ennoble the politicians. And if I am thus declared an enemy of the constitution, then the protectors of the constitution are actually enemies of the constitution. That was a nice Filippica. Nevertheless, there will be people who say, Sleeping Sheep is such a buzzword that could also come from the conspiracy corner. I don't understand that. There are such toxic vocabularies. And especially with cross-thinkers and in various Reichsbürger corners, it is always said that the citizen is sleeping. So I put great importance on not ... What are the names of the people who believe they live in the imperial empire? Reichsbürger. I put great importance on the fact that I am not. On the contrary, I am a Bavarian anarchist, a separatist. I want as little state as possible. And I don't want the German Reich at all. That was the worst. It all goes back to Bismarck. It all goes back to Hitler. I don't participate in this game. But the other term you mentioned, cross-thinker, that was in the past, in my time, I'm just like you, an old man. But when I became a journalist, cross-thinker was a professional requirement. That was a ... Well, not a swear word, but that was a high praise. Ah, a cross-thinker. That was someone who didn't let himself be put on the mainstream and always marched in only one direction. We need a people of cross-thinkers. That this word cross-thinker is so mutilated and so reduced to people who don't want to get vaccinated. Covid was, by the way, so to speak, the ... That was the watershed. From there it went downhill. So I don't see that at all. We all have to cross-think. Thinking in the system is the worst thing that can happen to this country. I think Heinan Geisler was always referred to as a cross-thinker. He was also great. He was the best general secretary this association ever had. At least he was one of the smartest. Then there were a few others, to put it politely. Why? Because he forced the party into a constant discourse. Even with such strong chancellors like Helmut Kohl, who then got something majestic after the reunification. General secretaries like Geisler or Kurt Biedenkopf, who was also one of them, they kept the party alive all the time. They kept the sourdough. You have to take good care of the sourdough baker. They take the yeast out and bake rolls that only taste like sand. Let's get to the record. At one point you even talk about a quiet civil war between Spießbürgern and the other Taube. Where do you see this war? Where does it meet you? Well, we experience the civil war when we turn on the television and the people un-gender us. These former colleagues from television. Without need and without reason, the German language is mutilated. I call that a cultural war. They can look wherever they want. In a cloud of political correctness, the discourse is prevented. That you are no longer allowed to say gypsy schnitzel and no longer allowed to say mohrenkopf. Okay, you can talk about it. I think the human being is adult enough to be able to say what he wants. An exciting conversation with Wolfgang Herrlis. You can watch it in full at www.news.nius.de. In it, he explains in detail why the Greens are fighting a cultural war against civilization. And he also explains it very concisely. Be sure to take a look. Great conversation.