Alice Weidel: When Public Outrage Meets Private Double Standards

But as recent revelations show, the reality seems to be quite different. While Weidel publicly criticizes this paragraph, she and some of her party colleagues are all too happy to use it quietly. Lawyers report a veritable frenzy of complaints.

The paragraph she allegedly hates but loves?

Imagine you are a lawyer with a filing cabinet full of cases against insults to politicians – and 90 percent of them concern Alice Weidel! This is no joke, but the statement of a lawyer representing those affected in legal disputes against the AfD leader. Another lawyer confirms similar figures. The spicy part: The defendants are less annoyed by the complaints themselves, but rather by the blatant double standards. Weidel's spokesperson admitted a double-digit number of complaints but justified the use of the paragraph she so despises with "legal equality of arms." That sounds very much like: preaching water, drinking wine!

It's as if a convinced vegetarian, who advocates for a ban on meat consumption, secretly grills steaks and then justifies it by saying that he has to eat the meat as long as it is still legal. Anyone who believes a law is wrong does not use it excessively for their own purposes. This is a fundamental contradiction that massively undermines credibility.

Not just the paragraph: Weidel's double standards in private life

But this unbearable double standard runs not only through her dealings with laws but also through Weidel's private life. The AfD propagates the "traditional family" of father, mother, and children and would prefer to abolish marriage for all. A clear line, right?

But then you take a look at Weidel's personal life situation: She has been living in a registered partnership with her partner Sarah Bossard, who has roots in Sri Lanka, for about 16 years. Together they are raising two children. Thus, the AfD co-leader embodies exactly what her party fiercely opposes: a rainbow family. It is an unmistakable discrepancy between public demand and private reality.

At the latest with such revelations, even the last sympathizer must start to ponder. Anyone who so obviously lives the opposite of what they preach disqualifies themselves as a serious politician. Credibility? None!

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