On Fb, Elmar Hörig is raging in opposition to Germany, politics and refugees. In an interview, the previous radio presenter tries to clarify his behaviour.
Elmar Hörig was one of many German radio stars of the eighties and nineties, he labored on the station SWF3 and was very talked-about. However even then he was identified for controversial jokes and statements. He himself as soon as stated that he relaxed a “boundary”. It finally price him his job: He was first criticized after he recorded an excerpt from a speech by Adolf Hitler in a broadcast for Konrad Adenauer’s 123rd birthday. He then made a homosexual joke which was the final straw for the station. Hörig was terminated with fast impact in 1999.
Seven years in the past Hörig was criticized once more. That is when he began making hate speech on his Fb profile. He opposes foreigners and German politics and makes racist and discriminatory remarks.
The 74-year-old isn’t a member of the AfD, he tells the journal “Spiegel” in a current interview. “However I believe it is good that they are there. […] I like what he does. The opposite events are afraid. They perceive that they can not stop us from all the pieces.” For instance, he mentions that the Greens need to ban fuel heating. He as soon as voted for the AfD – “as a protest,” he says .
He tries to clarify why he would not cease his anger on social media: “It has to do with the worry that it will not occur once more. Perhaps it is a type of self-therapy.” However Hörig additionally needs to induce, he will not let anybody say something. Even when different individuals do not prefer it. “Should you inform me to not parody Hitler, I am going to offer you Goebbels,” he explains.
By means of his habits and his statements he pushes individuals away from his setting. Peter Stockinger has now additionally moved away. The now 85-year-old co-founded SWF3 and employed Hörig on the time. “What he does on Fb makes me unhappy. I do not perceive that Elmar Hörig, who was as soon as so fantastic and caring for individuals, makes such inhumane feedback. He loves the Beatles. How are you going to love John Lennon lyrics after which write issues like that?” Stockinger says at this time about his former colleague.
Elmar Hörig himself appears to have realized that his nice profession is over. Within the interview he says about himself: “I’m a fallen hero. A fallen hero.”