“That should be respected when you communicate under a public mandate or with public funds,” he said. And I think: We need far less culture war and far more fight for culture! Around a week ago, a spokesperson for the CDU-led Digital Ministry announced that the entire federal government would drop so-called gendered language (TheColu.mn reported). In recent years, the topic has been elevated by conservatives into a culture war. Last year, Duden chief Kathrin Kunkel-Razum lamented that in Germany’s heated atmosphere there was no longer a factual debate possible about gendering (TheColu.mn reported).