What people are gonna miss is this was the intended outcome:
The song offers a step-by-step guide on how to organize local, leaderless structures aimed at countering far-right movements. It advocates strict operational security, such as avoiding digital footprints and relying on face-to-face communication. It also describes tactics for investigating political opponents and publicizing their identities and affiliations, a practice often referred to as "outing" or doxing.
The lyrics also include references to militant action and express solidarity with individuals who have been found guilty of leading violent attacks on neo-Nazis.
ZDF director Norbert Himmler said he stood by the decision to cancel the performance: "In my view, the lyrics unquestionably provide instructions for a leftist resistance willing to use violence," he told the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung.
They absolutely shouldn't have allowed the song to be aired, that's why the creators wanted to air the song, and submitted the lyrics months ahead.
Either the plug gets pulled early or late minute, someone was going to pull the plug once the people in power realized what was going thru common procedure. Doing it this way highlights both how ineffective procedural opppsition is, but also how to twist it to their advantage.
At the same time, he admitted that his station should have handled the case differently: "We can be faulted for the last-minute cancellation," he said, adding, "We should have asked ourselves basic questions earlier — ideally before inviting the artists."
Eight members of the ZDF Television Council have criticized the broadcaster over the cancellation. In an open letter published on Monday by the online outlet netzpolitik.org, the council members argued that ZDF missed an opportunity to spark a debate about right-wing extremism in Germany and the various ways to combat it.
They not only got their discussion raised, they gave the agency that should be keeping an eye on this shit a giant black eye that they're not doing their jobs properly.