Marnix Peeters: “Also a fatty? Well, keep quiet then, or we will take everything away from you under great media interest.”

Marnix Peeters, an interviewer and reporter at this newspaper for many years, looks at things very sharply as a columnist. This week he sees how we as a society mercilessly punish human mistakes. Just think of Eddy Demarez and Adriaan Van den Hoof. “There were some vague accusations and a letter from an ex, and hocus pocus pats: lost quiz, lost job, avoided and kept quiet by everyone for three years.”

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