I don’t want you guys to let up on getting @paulengelhard’s account unbanned for those of you who haven’t abandoned Twitter). He’s a tremendous voice because nobody is more “othered” than a POC German. Black and Asian Germans are constantly spoken to in English by Germans, because “they don’t look German”. Different experience for Arab or Turkish Germans, we are expected to speak fluently. Paul is the kind of voice that needs a microphone during these dark days. Not for his sake but ours.
@Lexialex I'm once again joining the chorus of calls for his unbanning, because it's the right thing to do. Standing up to nazis should be applauded, not ban-worthy.
@deejoe @BigAngry I think he is on FB but since I don’t do FB, I’m not certain if he posts the same things there. Twitter really was a good way for younger people to get an idea of what it’s like to be considered a foreigner in your country. I can’t count how many times kids replied to his commentary with “oh wow, I never thought of that”.
@BigAngry
anyone have a tl;dr for those of us who don't (much) bother with Twitter? Does he have any web presence beyond it, for instance (and I promise not to eyeroll *too* hard if the answer is some other exploitatively centralized 'service').
@Lexialex