Boris Palmer reported on Facebook the night after the discussion with AfD politician Markus Frohnmaier. There, the non-party Tübingen mayor divided the evaluation of a AI program for the debate as a “intermediate conclusion”. Frohnmaier “Strategically benefited” from the event can be read there, at least Palmer “worked combative”, can be attributed to the program, which he apparently asked for an evaluation of the first press reports.
On Sunday, Palmer not only wants to look combative, but also accepts the struggle for interpretation after the discussion. He now calls it an “experiment”. “It has delivered fabric that causes very different reactions and thus enables new perspectives. In the firmly driven debate about the AfD, this is a chance,” writes the former Green politician on Facebook again.
His argument goes like this: Some see him the winner of the debate, others in Frohnmaier. “The reception that there is no clear winner means that there is no clear loser.” And that in turn refuses the thesis that one can only lose when it comes to disrupting the AfD. No more than a tie is needed for this conclusion.
In his longer contribution, Palmer also gives insights into his strategy. He intentionally did not parry personal attacks “in order to stay with the content”. But yes, of course he could have done a lot better, writes the mayor. Even after the debate, it was not clear whether Frohnmaier, who had been moderate all evening, was not a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” behind the “bourgeois facade”.
Palmer makes a small hint
The circumstances of the evening-there were massive disorders from AfD opponents, but also excited interjections by Frohnmaier’s supporters-Palmer called “unfavorable” on Sunday. The protests had also offered the AfD “the biggest stage”, not he, who was also inhibited by a vocal gang inflammation.
The police also published a balance sheet on Sunday. She was present with many civil servants. Around 2000 mostly left demonstrators demonstrated against the discussion in front of the hall. “In order to keep the inputs and barriers free, the police forces used had to push away and push the assembly participants away. An official slightly injured himself. The police had accompanied about 30 interferers from the hall on Palmers and then issued references. According to the police, it should now be checked whether there have been punishable acts.
And Frohnmaier? The Baden-Württemberg AfD state association spread its video analysis on Friday evening: “Great event!” Palmer also “made it really great”. He helped “to make it clear that you have to speak to the AfD”. He even hoped to drink another “beer” with the mayor in the town hall.
There was no question of this in Palmer’s post. To do this, it contains a small hint that the former Greens politician does not see himself responsible for further debates with the AfD. Palmer writes his experiment how to beat the AfD in terms of content. “I hope that this will succeed more and more in the future.”
