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Ralf Hofmann Apologizes For Falsely Accusing Metal Bands Of Extremist Political Views
Agonia Records has issued the following announcement about a German politician apologizing to metal bands after accusing them of extremist political views without bothering to research the groups in question first:
"Political member of the centre-left German party SPD, Ralf Hofmann, has publicly apologized to - amogst other artists - Den Saakaldte, for his false false accusations concerning band's alleged involvement in the so colled 'right-wing scene,' with regards to the band's appearance at the Norwegian Hellcamp in Schweinfurt this October.
"The whole incident was originally and wrongly ignited by Antifa, and brought to the attention of Schweinfurt's local authorities (including Ralf Hofman), in order to ban the Norwegian Hellcamp Festival in October (more in this topic can be read in the German eiditon of Rolling Stone Magazine here).
"Evetually, after consulting credible independent sources, Mr. Hofmann decided to apologize and admit that his suspicions were incorrect and drawn from unreliable authors."
His statement reads as follows (full original German version available at Facebook here):
My call for the ban of the concert at Stadthalle on Octover 4th has caused some outrage in social media. At this point, I have been given access to sources and people who are competent on the subject and the bands, such as the webzine undergrounded.de.
At the core of the matter, it seems to be the case that our original source exaggerated some facts. I have to blame myself for what happened as I disregarded the central tenet of journalism to have at least two independent sources. But I am neither a journalist nor a full time politician, and doing volunteer work only, these things are not always easy.
The bands that will play on October 4th in Schweinfurt have elements of their show that can be considered tasteless / in bad taste. But the extremist background I suspected is apparently not there at all. Thus, I withdraw the call for a ban.
In response, the members of Den Saakaldte commented: "Stop this bullshit! Our members, our lyrics and what we represent as a band has not a single thought even, being mixed with either left - centre - right political ideas....never has -never will!! We give a SHIT for politics and LEAVE US OUT OF THIS GOD DAMN THING!"
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6. writes:
Bart Furley jr: as a northern European, I'd like to point out that ypu're misusing the term "leftwingers". This guy's from SDP, which in Germany/northern europe is a party slightly to the left of center. Meaning: There are plenty of guys to the left of this dude, many of them probably way more sensible than him.
The problem with political discussion across the Atlantic is that from a European standpoint, the US does not currently have a "left wing". Why? Because in here, even the right wing supports universal health care and other policies for which one will instantly be labeled "a leftist" in the States. So in other words from our perspective you guys have right wingers and extreme right wingers, and going by the american definition of "leftist" pretty much everyone here is one.
My point is this: I don't know much about German politics or the guy in this story because I'm not German, but this is not a "left"/"right" issue. This is a case of a politician forming an opinion on something which he has no factual understanding of, something which happens across the entire political spectrum, both in here and the US.
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1. OverkillExposure writes:
Biiig swing 'n' a miss!