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The driver … came to Germany in 2006. But he is not an Islamist … on the contrary: He was apparently a radical critic of Islam and sympathized with the AfD – and Elon Musk.

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
    185·
    3 days ago

    I need to prepare the surprised pikachu face as some kind of sticker or something to quickly be able to put it in comments, I want to use it constantly.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
      141·
      3 days ago

      I don’t see how that applies here. He doesn’t really seem to fit the expected profile so being somewhat surprised is appropriate.

      • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
        302·
        3 days ago

        Non-islamic right wing terrorist attacks are more common than islamist terrorist attacks in Germany. For “some reason” it just doesn’t end up in the news for long.

        • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
          13·
          3 days ago

          True, but extreme right wing terrorists seem to be more frequently what they like to call “biodeutsch” and also rarely from more privileged classes such as doctors.

            • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
              8·
              3 days ago

              I know they exist. I’m talking about the expected profile which doesn’t fit in several places, thus, in my humble opinion, not really fitting the use case for surprised pikachu face which implies that everything is as expected and there is nothing of note and nobody should be surprised by any of this.

        • sir_pronoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          I think it does get quite some media coverage - depends on the media you consume, I guess. Also, both are horrific and should be condemned. Just because there’s an Islamist attack, you don’t get to say “well, there are right wing attacks as well”. Both can fuck right off.

      • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
        51·
        3 days ago

        There were really two reasonable profiles to expect, right wing or Islamic extremist. He seems to have split the difference in an odd way. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the election. He is an immigrant, so that could help AfD, but he is also (at least) fascist adjacent which could hurt them.

        • miss phant@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          5·
          3 days ago

          There were really two reasonable profiles to expect, right wing or Islamic extremist. He seems to have split the difference in an odd way.

          I wouldn’t say there’s any split, they are two sides of the same coin and he just happens to not be on the side that aligns with his ethnicity, the article describes him as identifying as an ex-muslim.