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Candystorm

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Candystorm is a loanword used in the German language and is the antonym of shitstorm. Green German MP Volker Beck gave distinction to the term by using it to describe a wave of party support for Claudia Roth's bid for Party leadership on Twitter in late 2012.[1] Roth had just before failed in her bid to be nominated as the party's top candidate in the 2013 federal elections, and was rumored not to be running for re-election as party leader.

Volker Beck called in July 2013 for a "candystorm for Edward Snowden", calling for admission of Snowden under hashtag #snowstorm22.[2]

Cultural debate about the phenomenon

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Axel Hoffmann, vice chairman of the liberal Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, saw this phenomenon as paradigmatic for the digital society: "The end of the liberal civil society is in sight. Shitstorm and candystorm rule." („Das Ende einer liberalen Bürgergesellschaft ist in Sicht. Der shit- oder candy-storm regiert.“) [3]

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References

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  1. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ The Guardian : A shitstorm in a dictionary 7-3-2013
  3. ^ Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Klaus Füßmann: Museum-Koenig-Forum: Macht per Mausklick? Archived 2014-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, 26 November 2012; retrieved, 12 February 2013