The poem—titled “The Town Rat”—compared migrants to rodents and decried the mixing of cultures.
An Austrian politician who wrote a poem comparing migrants to rats said he did not intend to offend, only to provoke, after being forced to step down from his position.
The poem compared migrants to rats and included the lines “Just as we live down here, other rats who [came] as guests or migrants, including the ones we didn't know, must share our way of life. Or get out of here fast!” For his part, Schilcher said he only “wanted to provoke” people with his poem. “I did not want to insult or hurt anyone at all,” he claimed, explaining he would resign “to prevent damage to the party.”
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