Category Archives: Confessions of a Bad German

Proud Boys: Proud to be Nazis?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Sure smells that way: This post has since been taken down, and little wonder. As a German, I have to say I’m utterly insulted by this shameful bullshit. I am an antifascist, as I said yesterday, for reasons good. I’m … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Toronto Police’s Nazi Nürnberg moment

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Pedant alert: Should read “Die Übermenschen”. The definite article in German is not only singular/plural, but also gendered — masculine, feminine or neuter — and also subject to declension. This concludes today’s free German lesson. (Also, these are not actual … Continue reading →

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It was 100 years ago today…

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Sabina Becker

…and in the dying days of the Great War, that THIS happened: A perfect storm of disgruntled returning veterans, an end-of-war society in flux, Greece’s official neutrality during the war, and an accident of Toronto’s geography came together to produce … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Elin Ersson, stand-up student

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Want to know what awesome looks like? Well, right now, it looks like this young Swedish woman: Rosa Parks fought for justice by remaining seated in the front of the bus; Elin Ersson did it by remaining standing in a … Continue reading →

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Q. What do MAGAts eat?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Sabina Becker

A. Chicken shit…of course! ABC 13 WSET reports that a man was arrested by police Tuesday afternoon for throwing what appeared to be a large quantity of chicken dung at the building, which was surrounded by pro-Trump protesters as well … Continue reading →

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These fucking scumbags, though.

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Well, you know what they say about scum…it floats. And these slimeballs are the topmost layer on a very turbid pond of crapaganda. I know from turbid ponds of crap. When I was six, seven years old, my family’s house … Continue reading →

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The hidden fascist history of soccer

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Sabina Becker

A Facebook friend posted this today as a reason why he won’t be following the FIFA tourney, and after seeing this, I think we can all understand why: Yeah, that’s something that FIFA is not about to publicize, even though … Continue reading →

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Jordan Peterson’s martyr complex — and his dangerous fanatics

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Is this Peterson guy dangerous? Maybe not physically (Jordan Peterson is not an impressive physical specimen, regardless of his “dominant lobster” posturing attempts). But mentally? Yes indeed. And no one knows better than his U of T colleague, Prof. Bernard … Continue reading →

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No compassion for Andrew Lawton!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Yes, kiddies, Andrew Lawton said all those nasty things and then some. And now that the shit has finally hit the fan, he’s scrubbing his tweeter and asking us to be forgiving, and compassionate, and just trust him, he’s not … Continue reading →