German Chancellor Merz Denounces ‘Bad Jokes’ that Form Part of the ‘Spiral of Violence’ Against the LGBT Community, Hours After the Berlin Islamist Attack

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MERZ (as subtitled): “I would also like to address a very personal word to the queer community. Ladies and gentlemen, it is not only an attack like yesterday evening. Intolerance, exclusion, discrimination, stupid things, bad jokes are already part of such a spiral of violence.”