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Nothing else was to be expected
Can the Söder do that?? Naturally. Does it have to be that way? That’s debatable. But that it would happen was as certain as the Amen in church – to dig in the Bavarian box of clichés. Markus Söder uses every conceivable moment to play himself to the fore, and the pictures were therefore as expected as ultimately the argument, the jokes, the malice about it. Almost a bit bland.
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Ciarán ‘The Hot One’ Dold
USA unconditionally surrenders to Bavaria (2022, colourised) https://t.co/E0qq7h6umI
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Very embarrassing
Yes, it is embarrassing that Markus Söder is forcing Joe Biden to sign the guest book at the airport. Embarrassing: his CSU blue tie. Embarrassing that traditional costume associations lend themselves to such obtrusive fringe productions. Greetings from Monty Python:
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Bavarian Restaurant (Monty Python)
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But people in traditional costumes are not embarrassing per se. Even if the “”indigenous peoples at the G7 summit” of taz are meant satirically, the title hits a very true core of the image that the rest of Germany still has of Bavaria – and that’s certainly why it’s so funny. Because on Twitter it’s no different than in the beer gardens in the country in summer, when holidaymakers from the rest of the country think awkwardly at people in traditional costume: They really look like that! And they talk funny too! The ignorance of these cultural peculiarities, which in the best case is curiously admired like a cabinet of curiosities, but sometimes also derided with a disparaging ethnological habit – die is embarrassing.
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Unfortunately, such stagings contribute to this crooked image of Bavaria in two ways: The CSU can once again stylize itself as the political home of Bavarian tradition. And the rest of Germany equates all Bavarian Tracht wearers with CSU conservatism. Only a limited amount can be done against the political instrumentalization of the costume by the CSU – but you don’t have to do them the favor of adopting this view.
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