Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf: Her fans and critics should learn to debate again

Beatrix von Storch even tells her ballad in parliament: Brosius-Gersdorf wouldn't grant a nine-month fetus human dignity "two minutes before birth." It's as if she wanted to scrape viable babies from wombs and dispose of them. AfD MP Friedrich Merz asks whether he can reconcile such a person with his conscience in Karlsruhe. He simply replies: "Yes." Another chancellor would immediately defend the professor against such a disreputable interpretation. This one likes it stubborn and wide-legged. May his impulse control never be tested in an acute, near-war crisis.

Until artificial intelligence dons red robes, the Constitutional Court consists of humans. With their own positions and assessments, which they have sometimes expressed publicly. Yes, I, too, find it irritating that the candidate wanted to paint unvaccinated people as a threat. This was at the end of 2021, when she should have known better long ago. Or how boldly she spoke out about banning the strongest opposition party. There are advantages to discussing such personnel matters publicly and not routinely squabbled over behind closed doors between governing parties: If you vote for me, I'll vote for yours.

This isn't about the job of sewage treatment plant gatekeeper, but rather a position with superpowers. She can inform the government. Or help it undermine fundamental rights. This is precisely why the candidate should definitely be criticized. But she has the right to expect this to be done competently, culturedly, and correctly. She is neither a "left-wing extremist" nor is she suitable as a deterrent like Bullerlux , Nachtkrabb , or Stoßbube .

Respect for Brosius-Gersdorf, however, also includes defending her at an appropriate level. SPD parliamentary group leader Miersch calls her opponents a "right-wing mob," as if they were SA riot squads. Der Spiegel demands that the church "stay out of the election of judges." Pure Christian doctrine is more in demand there when it comes to celebrating open borders. Green Party intelligence controller von Notz suspects dark forces "from abroad" behind the critics. Definitely the Russians, again and again. Is anyone here a doctor? We need a doctor!

Nor does identity politics serve the candidate's interests, especially when Annalena Baerbock stages it on X: "It's no coincidence, the discrediting methods used to (once again) bring down a highly qualified woman." – "Once again" is a good word. After all, the former foreign minister herself just ousted a top diplomat predestined for the job for her subsequent assignment in New York. To be fair, it was done discreetly: If Baerbock damaged anyone's reputation, it was her own, within the bounds of what was still possible.

Green Party parliamentary group leader Haßelmann echoed this sentiment on Markus Lanz: "You can't treat women like that in this republic!" Why not? That's equal participation in the misery of debate. This sort of thing happens to men, too. Back in 2008, the renowned constitutional lawyer Horst Dreier was portrayed as a torturer and embryo killer until the SPD rejected his nomination for a constitutional judge. Originally, the victim had previously been Brosius-Gersdorf's doctoral supervisor. Hopefully, this bonus information reaches Ms. Haßelmann. She added on Lanz that she is now 63 and "no longer interested in men explaining the world to me." I'm 62, and I've really put a lot of effort into this world-explaining text. If it helps spread the word, I'll change my gender entry.

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