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Nazis? Nah... give it some time though.

guardian.co.uk

Successful immigration policy is about finding the optimal balance between assimilation and preservation of tradition from the homeland. It shouldn't be ridiculous to say that the there is an imbalance on either side of the equation.

Merkel faces pressure to take a tougher line on immigration, particularly on so-called "integrationsverweigerer" or those immigrants who show a lack of willingness to adapt to the majority culture, by, for example, refusing to attend German language classes.

If you make no effort to integrate into a society, why should they welcome you with open arms. I really don't understand how people can reason that someone should be allowed to willfully not attempt to integrate and expect society to do it for them. Further if they don't why should a society be expected to support them.

even though i don't personally agree with the chancellors optionion, i find it great that we finally have reached a point where such issues can be discussed openly. And I am still suprised on that quote... ... Normally, everyone is just to frightened to be proud of his country or say out loud his true position because of the past we have.

I had to check the data and make sure it's not April Fool's Day. How can a state that massacred millions of people think it's at all appropriate to call for a "dominant German culture?"

This is scary.

Nonsense. They're saying that immigrants to Germany not becoming German is a problem. It's nothing different from America demanding that their immigrants assimilate (which they do).

Pointing out that multiculturalism has its problems is not scary.

It's extremely scary to my entire family. Silly Jews, overreacting to hate speech from the prime minister!

As I read it, it's the Muslims who are at fault for ruining Germany, not Germany's fault for being a place of bigotry and intolerance.

Once you start waving your hand at "foreigners" or other minorities, and saying it's all their fault, then you next start working on the "final solution." And hey... if it's all their fault, we know what the solution is!

I don't see how Merkel's words, as quoted in the article, can be interpreted as hate speech. Sarrazin's, yes, but he was never part of the government and had to resign over what he said.

Why do you pick on Germany when similar rhetoric can be heard in e.g. America and the UK?

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