Coronavirus lockdown: German lawyer detained for opposition (Apr. 14)

I've followed this case with great interest over the last days. And as much as I would have like things to be like they seem - our government silencing once of the only opposing voices (like they did often in the last years) - it's not like that this time. You can read the things she had written on her page and even listen to the phone call with her sister where she describes the entire ordeal. Frankly: She's a nutjob.

she was detained because of her weird behavior and was released on the same day

Earlier she declared the various restrictions in Germany because of Corona for ended. She ordered Germany to end closing of shops, etc... She also ordered Germans to only drive 130 km/h on the Autobahn.

http://www.beatebahner.de/lib.medien/Corona%20Auferstehungs%...

Weird...

This is fake. https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/14915/4571083

Google translate:

"There are currently reports in public, especially on the Internet, that the accused are forced to be placed in a psychiatric clinic. To this end, the public prosecutor's office in Heidelberg and the police headquarters in Mannheim state that neither the placement of the accused in a psychiatric clinic nor any other coercive measure was ordered as part of the criminal investigation against the accused."

See also this subthread from yesterday about the same topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22865408

"Confinement of whistleblowers in psychiatric institutions, an old Soviet technique," yeah... great, credible reporting right there. /s

This person seems about as credible as any Reichsbürger, the German equivalent of sovereign citizens. She continued to spew her hoax crap since day 1 of her reasonable temporary detention because they gave her phone to her, and she's free again. If you're looking for erosion of democracy, this isn't it. It's, besides the usual minor shortcomings, a system of health care and authority working as intended.

The most outrageous part is committing that lawyer into a psychiatric institution. (Almost) unbelievable.

More generally, the Corona virus is not an excuse to disallow protest activity, at the very least - even if one believes that such activity endangers the protesters' health. Not to mention the fact that it is quite possible (though perhaps less effective) to protest while maintaining a 2-meter distance from others.

On a related note:

What No One Is Saying About the Corona Crisis by J. Corbett

https://youtu.be/lmHRYzF0dyQ

Each and every basic human right already is or is going to be violated and annihilated on the premise of this "pandemic". It's time to question, what's your line in the sand here, and if you have a line in the sand at all, and what you're going to do, when the police breaks into your home. How far is too far?

There was one comment that really states it brilliantly:

"As someone with a compromised immune system, I want to put out there that I don't want you, or anyone you know to have to be out of a job, or unable to make ends meet, in an effort to protect me from getting CV. I don't need any of this, as I am an adult, capable of protecting myself. If I felt that this virus were a danger, I would stay home, and restrict my own movement to prevent an illness. I would never expect others to surrender their movement for my benefit.

The worst part of this event, is the economic impact of having so much of the workforce without work. Many folks live hand to mouth, and it would appear that the people in charge either didn't think of the financial impact of those folks, or they just don't care. The bills don't stop coming, even though the paychecks have, even my wife has been laid off, and she recently discovered that her employer is in chapter 11 bankruptcy. So, who knows if she will even have a job at the end of this... My oldest daughter is also unemployed as a consequence of the shutdowns. I am certain that there are thousands of others going through the same thing right now. It is a real shame. This lockdown needs to end. If people want to stay home for a couple more weeks, let them do it without penalty. If people want to open their business, let them. It's time to stop this collective madness."

This is fucking serious. This is more serious than anything before. As serious as it can get. And absolutely no one has the idea of what can be done on the individual or even collective level to fight back.