{"id":4660,"date":"2017-09-25T21:55:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinpur.de\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:20:16","slug":"what-i-choose-is-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/was-ich-waehle-ist-das-handeln\/","title":{"rendered":"What I choose is to act"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 24 September, we Germans voted - 75.6% of us, to be precise.<\/p>\n

Since the election result has been finalised - with 12.6 % votes for the AfD - the mass media and social media have been full of anger and whining. As a rule, I don't post anything about political issues on Facebook because a real debate, dialogue etc. is only possible to a very limited extent in this medium. And abbreviated representations don't help anyone.<\/p>\n

The only exception - a game with words that I couldn't resist.<\/p>\n

Find the difference:
\nThe AfD hunts and clings.
\nThe rest complain and moan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don't want to start a political discussion on my blog either. There's room for that elsewhere\"\". Just this much: I don't want to vote for a party where I don't even understand the election posters - for example: \u201eBerlin is the gateway to the new Silk Road\u201c.<\/p>\n

I can't vote for anyone who seriously still has posters with \u201eProletarians of all countries unite!\u201c<\/em> advertising and thus shows that it has not arrived in the present either in terms of language or content. (No joke, the posters of the old communist parties were hanging in my neighbourhood, unfortunately I missed photographing them).<\/p>\n

No party is electable for me if it is unable or unwilling to distance itself from right-wing extremists in its centre and its environment. For me, this has less to do with our country's past and more to do with the present and future: one of my values is to respect people of all backgrounds and, where possible, to support the weaker within the scope of our powers.<\/p>\n

So much for the explanation and delimitation.<\/p>\n

I am not annoyed<\/h3>\n

When I read the election results and the outraged, angry, complaining reactions on social media, I asked myself what I<\/em> can do now. Emphasis on me. Full stop.<\/p>\n

I don't want to despise anyone<\/strong> - not even if they find different values important than I do and vote differently than I do. I know what is important to me and what I want and I hope I can treat people with respect even if we see things differently.<\/p>\n

I've always thought that getting angry when you can't change anything is a waste of energy.<\/strong> A seminar at Dirk Eilert<\/a>\u00a0confirmed this once again on the election weekend. He said, in essence:<\/p>\n

\u201eAnger is an emotion that serves to release energy in order to remove obstacles. If they cannot be removed (for example, if you are stuck in a traffic jam), anger is useless - on the contrary. Sadness might be a more appropriate reaction.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I didn't want to get angry about something that was already in the past and be outraged! What then?<\/p>\n

I felt sadness. When I think that a few million people are accepting values that I don't approve of in favour of the \u201ealternatives\u201c offered to them by the AfD, it pains me. And I ask myself what I can do.<\/p>\n

What I'm doing now - looking for alternatives to the alternative<\/h3>\n

I feel 1\/80 millionth responsible for the election result and also for my country. Not for everything, but for something. And I've thought about what I can, want and would like to do now.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Not an election poster, but an ancient sign in a Berlin underground railway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My ideas:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Talk to AfD sympathisers in your own environment.<\/strong>\u00a0I only had one conversation with a friend who was frustrated with the established parties and was toying with the idea of voting AfD. She was confused as to how she could find her way in the face of the often biased press. We had a long chat and I told her what I was orientating myself on. And sent her a few more links. Where opportunities arise in the future, I want to continue to communicate with understanding for the genuine questions of others and also clearly for my values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/p>\n

      \n
    • Going on holiday in the east of our country.<\/strong> If you live in Berlin, it's actually not that far. I usually use my holidays to visit friends. If the analyses are to be believed, the lack of prospects is one of the main reasons why the AfD got so many votes there. Young people are emigrating and there is not enough work for those who stay. In order to contribute to an improvement, I want to spend 4 x 4 days on holiday in eastern Germany over the next 4 years. If I get the chance, I want to talk to people who live there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

       <\/p>\n

        \n
      • Coaching refugees.<\/strong>\u00a0People who have fled often have a lot of stress in their bones. This can be old stress caused by war and flight or the stress of arriving in a new country. I am convinced that people who have been able to reduce stress (whether alone or with a coach) arrive better in a new environment. And that this not only makes them feel better, but also (hopefully) takes some of the heat off racist-minded people. I would therefore like to offer two coaching sessions per month to refugees free of charge or at a reduced rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        This is my plan, or let's say the first draft. The election was only yesterday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        I would love to hear from you:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • What do you think?<\/li>\n
        • What do you want to do now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          I'm looking forward to your comments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Die AfD ist mit 12,6% der W\u00e4hlerstimmen in den Bundestag eingezogen. Kerstin Hack fragt sich, was sie als einzelne B\u00fcrgerin dazu beitragen kann, dass das Ergebnis bei der n\u00e4chsten Wahl anders aussieht. 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