In the two days since the new German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz tightened border controls, 19 people who had applied for asylum have reportedly been turned away.
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shrugs Either not answering or answering in English seems like an option. I do understand that the latter feels weird though. But helping/allowing threads of German-only comments to form, unrestricted, is going to make this place markedly worse for anyone who does not speak German.
This is an English-language community (rule 1). ( @Gloria@sh.itjust.works @Jaizter@feddit.org @Bababasti@feddit.org @DmMacniel@feddit.org @Don_alForno@feddit.org )
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what would be the correct response to a comment in german? Because responding to it in another language feels wrong to me.
shrugs Either not answering or answering in English seems like an option. I do understand that the latter feels weird though. But helping/allowing threads of German-only comments to form, unrestricted, is going to make this place markedly worse for anyone who does not speak German.
True. Sorry.