Anne Fleur Dekker
Dutch journalist
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- Anne Fleur Dekker (born 28 April 1994) is a Dutch publicist, feminist and journalist.
- She is a former GroenLinks party employee in Hilversum.
- Although Dekker claimed the tweet was written "sarcastically", this resulted in Dekker receiving threats en masse , and she was forced to go into hiding.
- She grew up in Bussum, and later moved to neighbouring Hilversum, where she went to grammar school.
- In her youth, she was often confronted with injustice, which she desired to counter.
Anne Fleur Dekker (born 28 April 1994) is a Dutch publicist, feminist and journalist. Dekker has written opinion pieces and blogs for politically left-wing websites and magazines, and has been an activist for several causes. She is a former GroenLinks party employee in Hilversum.
Dekker rose to nationwide prominence in March 2017, after politician Geert Wilders of the Party for Freedom (PVV) spread a message about a July 2016 tweet in which Dekker allegedly advocated for stoning Geert Wilders. Although Dekker claimed the tweet was written "sarcastically", this resulted in Dekker receiving threats en masse, and she was forced to go into hiding.
Biography
Early life and education
Anne Fleur Dekker was born on 28 April 1994 in the North Holland town of Blaricum. She grew up in Bussum, and later moved to neighbouring Hilversum, where she went to grammar school. Her father voted CDA, her mother (a sister of MP Robin Linschoten) voted VVD, two conservative parties; but Dekker herself was gradually attracted to leftist politics. In her youth, she was often confronted with injustice, which she desired to counter. After seeing Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (2006), she decided to sign up for DWARS, the youth wing of GroenLinks.
In May 2016, she became a party volunteer for the local Hilversum GroenLinks department. After controverse the party decided not to support her as Dekker stated. GroenLinks did not give a reaction . As of October 2016, Dekker studied but not know what degree or if she finished her study, and often took part in public protests. By then, she said, she "often received criticism, ranging from 'unworldly leftist weirdo' to actual death threats."
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