The wave of ideological renaming, originating in the USA, has reached the Berlin public transport. It was decided to rename the station of the U2 line, named Mohrenstrasse along a street located near, since the use of the word "Moor" (in our opinion "arap", "Ethiopian") is now politically incorrect.
The struggle against archaism has reached remarkable heights; various versions have been put forward where the Moors came from in Berlin. Next in line is probably Upper Bavaria. In Munich, a hundred meters from Marienplatz, is Mohrenapotheke (he himself bought cough medicine there), and in Garmisch even cooler is the whole Mohrenplatz, although where the Negroes came from (you still can’t find them with fire in the afternoon) in a town famous for its ultraconservative lifestyle, generally incomprehensible. But, most likely, renamed from sin. If in Germany they get down to business, then they are taken cool. Compare the 30s of the XX century in Italy - at least call fascism, but all one connivance mess, and the same 30s in Germany, where connivance did not smell. Serious people.
Station Mohrenstrasse is generally some kind of enchanted place. Since its opening in 1908, it bore the name Kaiserhof, then in the GDR it was called Telmanplatz, then Morenstrasse, now they were going to rename it Glinkastrasse, named after the composer M.I. Glinka, who lived and died in Berlin. However, evil rock continues to operate.
Suddenly it turned out that Glinka was not only the creator of Russian national music, but also a fierce goy. The ferocity was expressed in the fact that he had a bad relationship with the Rubinstein brothers and he disrespectfully called their activity the “piano synagogue”. Now the Germans have established that Glinka sealed the synagogue specifically at the Moscow Conservatory, opened in 1866. Since the composer passed away in 1857, we observe the full power of the afterlife curse.
Therefore, the affair with Glinkastrasse became enchanted, and ideological disputes were raised to an unattainable height. The Minister of Education and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein (although where is Schleswig, and where is Berlin?) Karin Prien stated: “Double morality is not an option. Ostensibly to fight racism and get hold of an anti-Semitic communist (that is, Glinka - M. S. ). ” German wits have already suggested that Frau Prien does not know the difference between a communist and a componentist (“componist” is a composer). Whether Glinka was a fierce anti-Semite, as progressive Germans now recognized him, or simply that he was inconsistent in his language in correspondence (also a sin, but more excusable) - this subject can be discussed. But whether the composer adhered to the all-conquering doctrine of Marx - Engels - Lenin - Stalin - so far this question has not been debatable. At least because of the anachronism of the original premise.
In addition to the fact that composers in the 19th century (as well as writers, for example, take Gogol and Dostoevsky) allowed themselves to do a lot of different things, there is no certainty that fighters for the ideological purity of the Berlin U-Bahn should generally touch on this topic.
Richard Wagner Platz station, which is untouched by anyone, is on the U7 line, and everyone will agree that, in terms of anti-Semitism, the creator of the Nibelungen Ring will give one hundred points ahead to any composer and even non-composer.
In fact, the renamers, if so unbearable, could return to the historical name Kaiserhof (Imperial Court), since there have been no Kaisers in Germany for more than a century and it would not hurt anyone. Again, the Kaiserhof and Königshof hotels across Germany are a dime a dozen - and no one objects.
But even if this innocent name is ideologically suspicious, there is already a completely sterile way of naming - by the names of flowers, as well as plants in general.
Blumenstrasse (Flower Street) with divisions of Hyacintenstrasse, Rosenstrasse etc., as well as Eichenstrasse (Dubova), Tannenstrasse (Spruce) and the most politically correct activist will not cause an attack of acute vigilance. So in German municipalities you should stock up on gardening benefits. Still, cattle breeding does not follow, because there is more danger of uncontrolled associations.
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