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Tübingen (dpa) - The Mayor of Tübingen Boris Palmer caused a stir on Facebook with statements about the former national soccer player Dennis Aogo.
In the course of the discussion with Facebook users, Palmer took up a quote attributed to Aogo on Friday and commented, obviously ironically: "Aogo is a bad racist."
As a justification, he referred to an unverified Facebook comment in which it had been claimed without any evidence that Aogo had used the N-word for himself.
The term N-word is used today to describe a racist term used for black people.
Numerous users then accused Palmer of racism.
SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil tweeted on Friday evening: “Is the Palmer quote real?
If so: Have the Greens already commented on this? "
Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday morning: «The statement by Boris #Palmer is racist and repulsive.
Appealing to irony afterwards does not undo it.
The whole thing is part of ever new provocations that exclude and hurt people.
Boris Palmer has therefore lost our political support.
After the renewed incident, our state and federal committees will discuss the corresponding consequences, including the exclusion process. "
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Palmer himself stated in a long Facebook statement on Saturday that he had exaggerated a debate with the stylistic device of irony into the grotesque.
"Linking my criticism of Aogo and Lehmann's ban on appearing with racism is as absurd as declaring Dennis Aogo a" bad racist "because racist statements are put into his mouth on the Internet."
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Palmer statement on Facebook
Original Palmer entry on "Cancel Culture"