SLANG, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE NEW RIGHT

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In focus: FALSE PATRIOTS - THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES

„The great exchange“, „remigration“, „climate hysteria“ or „asylum industry“ are terms that were introduced into public discourse by the New Right and have undergone a process of normalisation through constant repetition. Initially seen as a breach of taboo, they are used as part of a marketing, rhetoric and communication strategy that first pushes the boundaries of what can be thought and said and then creeps into political decision-making.

Natascha Strobl and Kira Ayyadi talk to presenter and journalist Cathrin Kahlweit about how the radical right is scoring points with increasingly radical and aggressive rhetoric, how it is flooding and dominating social media, how it is limiting the scope for action of political opponents and ultimately threatening civil society and democracy as part of the focus on „False patriots - the open society and its enemies“.

The Austrian publicist and author Natascha Stobl is one of the most renowned experts on modern right-wing extremism and has analysed the strategies of right-wing actors worldwide in numerous publications. Kira Ayyadi, political scientist and philosopher, works for the Berlin-based Amadeu-Antonie Foundation, researches and writes about right-wing structures and the threat posed by modern right-wing extremism. 

Cathrin Kahlweit, SZ correspondent, publicist and presenter for many years

Photo credits: Christopher Glanzl