Having a word for something makes it easier to remember & discuss. The word "Brexit" is in a million headlines because it conveniently signifies. But we don't have an agreed upon term for Merkel's Migrant Mistake, so pundits tend to overlook its vast influence on Brexit & Trump. https://twitter.com/lhtach/status/997233918049910784 …
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Unironically think that “merkel” will become either a noun meaning “fool” or a verb meaning “to make a horrific and self-destructive political mistake” in the next few decades
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'Merkel' has that harsh edge that will sound at home in the Deutsch-Turk-Arabic creole.
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"Merkel" can be used as a verb in this case, as in she "merkeled" Germany. Same way as Maine and Minnesota, for instance, have been merkeled with Somalis.
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It needs to be a neutral term, as with "Brexit," that people on both sides of debate can use. Media isn't going to pick up a negative term for "Merkel's Migrants" because they don't think it is bad.
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I know smears do sometimes spread ... but how often without a well-funded advertising campaign?
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What about Drang nach Norden? I often say Merkel's Folly and refer to the charming young men themselves as the Merkeljugend
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"Fraubackstab"
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They probably need the Arabic word that works: nakba.
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The Momschluss?
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It gets more complicated if one considers, as I do, that she didn’t make an active decision, but just reacted to the Caravan
& simply let things happen. Did she actively lift the Schengen Agreement? If she did, I like how Hungary never to seem to hear about it ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I wonder whether if Trump had a longer name he would of got less attention.
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What about Rapesit? Nah. Never work.
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Merkel's Boner could work. Or MMM, for Merkel's Million Muslims. Not to be confused with M&MS.
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Germany is doing just fine, unlike racist UKIP party who got wiped out in the 2018 local elections in England:http://www.dw.com/en/germany-confirms-2017-surplus-and-gdp-growth/a-42706491 …
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Germany is doing fine, safer than the USA.
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Given that it's a mistake with tragic, historic consequences, I use another set of M's: Mutti Merkel's Madness.
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How about Germanocide
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