By Meinhard Müller
According to the German Embassy in Bangkok, the mother tongue is now called “Elter-1 language”. Just on mother tongue day, which is celebrated worldwide on February 21 of each year, our embassy in Thailand allows itself a faux pas of the worst kind.
On the Facebook page of the German Embassy, the reader is shown how far the verhunzung of our beautiful language has already progressed in Germany. Didn’t we learn our mother tongue predominantly from our mothers? Should the beautiful word mother be twisted in “Elter-1”? An insult to all mothers, as it could not be uglier.
Gender language, devil’s language
“Today is International Elter 1 Language Day. It was launched by the United Nations in 1999 as “Mother Tongue Day”. Since then, every year on February 21, the world celebrates linguistic diversity and multilingualism as elements that strengthen and hold cultures together.” (Fb page of the German Embassy)
By using their monopoly position to bring new terms into the world with brute force, state institutions are alienating millions of citizens. No child’s first word was “Parent 1”. Mom was the name of the parents’ happy word.
This more than artificial “gender language” claims to be “inclusive” and does not want to exclude anyone. But exactly the opposite is the case.
Language evolves over the course of decades and adopts new terms only after they have established themselves in general oral language use. New terms such as “parent 1” instead of mother arise from sick brains that seek to promote social transformation in their sense. In addition, those who still “tick” normally and uphold traditional values are declared right-wing outsiders.
Artificial modernity
If tradition-conscious peoples of Asia are to be provocatively shown how “progressive” we are in Germany by bewitching and mechanizing words that are sacred in other cultures, it can be assumed that we are laughed at violently behind our backs and considered to be completely knocked out. This message damages Germany’s reputation.
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