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Doris Akrap is a German journalist at the Berlin daily taz, where she heads the taz zwei section and writes the column Geraschel. She is the author of a book about Dalmatia.
We have documented 1 statement by Doris Akrap, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Journalist and head of the taz zwei section at taz, in her weekly column
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Akrap says the laugh cannot be used to argue that the climate movement is ridiculous, and that even if Thunberg was laughing at Germans still demonstrating every Friday, that would be legitimate.
“Even if she really has to laugh that the Germans still demonstrate against climate change every Friday and she knows nothing about it, that would also be legitimate. (Translated from German. Original: Selbst wenn sie wirklich darüber lachen muss, dass die Deutschen immer noch jeden Freitag gegen den Klimawandel demonstrieren und sie davon nichts weiß, wäre auch das legitim.)”
Akrap says the laugh does not show the climate movement is ridiculous and that laughing at the Friday protests would be legitimate in any case, so we labeled it a defense.
A documentary clip shows Greta Thunberg laughing when told of a Fridays for Future protest in Berlin. She later said the German climate movement had distanced itself from her over Palestine; commentators split over whether she mocked her own movement.
