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Two men, different hobbies – but the same hatred on the Internet: At first glance, the self-proclaimed German “advertising master” Niclas Matthei (18) and the German “Dragon Lord” Rainer Winkler (33) do not seem to have much in common. Their connection consists of internet users who let off a lot of steam in the comment columns of the two.
Armed with his mobile phone, an orange fluorescent vest and an illegal parking app, the teenager chases down illegal parkers and keeps the authorities and his neighborhood in Saxony (D) on their toes, as “Spiegel TV” first reported. But in addition to nasty hatred online, he also has to deal with increasing violence in real life. His mobile phone was reportedly forcibly taken from him on the S-Bahn. As the ‘advertising chief’ told ‘Express’, the attack was harmless. “The image that I was brutally attacked and seriously injured is grossly exaggerated.” Yet there are more and more parallels with the story of the Bavarian Rainer Winkler (33) from Altschauerberg. He was a YouTuber known as “Drachenlord”.
The “Haiders”
Thanks to him, the police in the Altschauerberg province in the state of Bavaria were on duty every day. The “Dragon Lord” was visited daily by self-proclaimed “Haiders”. The name of the community alone showed that they had mercilessly ridiculed the YouTuber: with the name ‘Haider’ they ridiculed the German for pronouncing the English word ‘hater’ funny with his Frankish accent.
In 2011, Rainer Winkler opened his YouTube channel, talking about metal music and streaming video games. He was overweight and had mostly radical views, describing the Holocaust as “fun.” So it’s no wonder that he received the first hateful comments shortly after opening his account. When his sister was threatened by a caller in 2013, the Bavarian was overwhelmed. In one of his videos he vented his frustration, sought direct confrontation with his hate community and shouted his address into the camera.
Hate demonstration in front of the “Drachenschanze”
The ‘Haiders’ didn’t have to be told twice: the online hatred spread to the small Bavarian community. People came every day to the ‘Drachenschanze’, as his house was called in the community, threw eggs at Rainer Winkler and often became violent.
But the “Dragon Lord” did not let all these attacks rest on him, responded to the comments and also defended himself in real life. His criminal record kept getting longer. In 2018, the situation completely escalated: hundreds of young men gathered in front of the house of the “Dragon Lord” in a hate demonstration to “learn to fear the dragon.” The demonstration was broken up by the police and ended in 300 evictions. As the “Editorial Network Germany” writes, the “Dragon Lord” has now announced his withdrawal from public media.
Source: Blick
I am Amelia James, a passionate journalist with a deep-rooted interest in current affairs. I have more than five years of experience in the media industry, working both as an author and editor for 24 Instant News. My main focus lies in international news, particularly regional conflicts and political issues around the world.
