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Greta Thunberg is declared a violent participant for her pro Palestine demonstrations. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The translation is off, "gewaltbereit" doesn't mean violent, but more something along the lines of "willing/ready to do violence"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They translated it as "possibly violent" which fits.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

It still kinda implies that she has possibly already done violence, but the meaning is more about being capable of doing violence in the future

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Fits not really. In Germany, such terms as "possibly" are not used. Their meaning is considered equal to "everything is possible, because nothing is known".