disrespecting the east germans is just national sport

if it was trained on all sorts of German media, it makes sense

context on why east germany is unpopular :

• the dialect of saxony (which is THE steriotypical east germany) is almost unbearable to the average west german native speaker. its like a joke language.
• this is paired with a rampant culture of lacking humor and know-it-all demeanour without backing it up
• the reunification didn’t exactly improve the lives of people who stayed (a lot of people left to live in the west) so the remaining people are bitter and angry to this day