"Nobody should have to endure that" - Ricarda Lang reads out the nastiest comment she has ever received

"Nobody should have to endure that" - Ricarda Lang reads out the nastiest comment she has ever received Article from FOCUS Online • 23 hours • 2 minutes reading time Former Green Party leader Ricarda Lang spoke on Monday evening on the ARD program "hard but fair" about the topic of violence against women and hate on the internet. The former top politician revealed the terrible hate comments she has already had to read. Violence and hate against women are omnipresent in Germany. One in three women in Germany is the victim of physical or sexual violence at least once in their life - and hate on the internet is also increasing. This also affects female politicians, as former Green Party leader Ricarda Lang made clear on the ARD program "hard but fair" on Monday evening when she reported the nasty comments she receives after public appearances. "I want to hang you" For Lang, it is normal to have to put up with a lot as a politician and public figure, but there are limits here too: "But if someone writes to you: 'You fat bitch, I want to hang you in my basement, beat you half to death and then watch you fade away', then I think that's something, nobody has to get used to that and nobody should have to put up with it." Hate also reaches local politics Lang said that this type of insult has increased in recent years, not only prominent top politicians like her, but also women in local politics are feeling this hate. This worries her greatly, after all, local engagement is very important, says Lang: "If at some point they no longer run for office and no longer get involved, then our freedom of expression is really in danger."