Social stigma

The idea that cruelty is the base, that being cruel and unkind is part of the fun of all this.

— George Clooney at a Venice Film Festival press conference reacting to Pete Hegseth's post mocking Canadian cadets.

One in 750 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and I’m one of them. Because it’s rarely talked about, it’s usually found at later stages and has worse outcomes. I want to change that.

— Tyler Mane, in an Instagram video announcing his breast cancer diagnosis

The party is becoming increasingly far-right; it is radicalizing further and is absorbing more and more elements of neo-Nazism, at least in the state of Brandenburg.

— Gideon Botsch, extremism researcher at the Emil Julius Gumbel Research Center for Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism at the Moses Mendelssohn Center in Potsdam, as quoted in the ntv.de article on rising willingness to vote for the AfD.

There may be figures in the AfD who flirt with the ideology and symbols of the NSDAP. We must observe this carefully; no one can rule out that the party may radicalize further.

— Udo Di Fabio, former constitutional judge, in an interview with 'Bild am Sonntag'.

There are migrant-influenced environments where archaic and patriarchal structures are solidifying, which pose a threat especially to women.

— Cem Özdemir, in a statement regarding the debate on migration and public safety.