A local politician in northern Germany who posted a picture of a sex doll with a St Pauli T-shirt and a noose around its neck has stepped down following a wave of criticism.
The posting by Bulent Buyukbayram, a member of the Christian Democrats in the city of Delmenhorst, also showed the words “shit St Pauli” written on the doll’s head, with the letters ‘S’ shaped like the logo of the SS, the Nazis’ main paramilitary force.
Bundesliga club St Pauli, based in Hamburg, said they would consider legal action and Buyukbayram has apologised and stepped down from his local posts.
“It was a stupidity, a mistake,” he told Bild newspaper. “I am getting serious threats. I have apologised to St Pauli.”
if anyone wonders: the german word for “shit” can be written short with two s instead of ß: “Scheiss” and of course he picked that version, so he could use the double s for the nazi symbol.
That guy handcrafted the quiet part out loud.
Writing Scheiße with two s is considered the old way and generally never done. It’s also often considered wrong.
So its very interesting to read that it was done on purpose here for political reasons.
ß is very old too, but sonetimes people have to use an English input method (typewriter, keyboard, printing press) that doesn’t come with ß. Usually that happens when a technology is very new and not localised yet. In that case double s is used. So, double s actually gets a renaissance every once in a while and often feels newer.