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More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [S] 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

With all the current negative articles about the political and economic situation in Germany, I think it's also important to remember to share the positive ones. Although that's not to say there aren't worrisome things going on here.

There's another article from this morning here, it might give you a more complete picture of what's happening: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/21/germany-afd-party-deportation-masterplan-protests

There are more protests happening across the country today, the one in Berlin is at 4 pm at Brandenburger Tor. See you there.

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  • [+] -51 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Okay, so I finally googled it. Theyre angry because the AFD is anti-Islamic terrorism, anti-EU and pro-German?

    Man, I must be missing some translation here or maybe some context, because that all sounds like reasonable things.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Recently a group of journalists revealed that the AfD had a secret meeting with far-right extremist groups and neo-nazis where they made mass deportation plans for people with a migration background (even those born here with German nationality) which includes millions of people. That's what sparked the protests.

    And the AfD is far more than anti islamic terrorism, they're hardcore islamophobic, antisemitic, queerphobic and ultranationalist. There's a reason one of their most prominent figures, Björn Höcke, is legally allowed to be called a fascist and a nazi.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The AfD is considered far right Nazis, did they have a meeting with themselves?

    Im not seeing anything remotly anti-semitic on wikipedia, but I havent exactly put in the research time yet.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The part either you or the sources you read are leaving out is that they are also anti-democratic and not just anti-Islamic terrorism but also anti-Islam. Or more precisely just generally racist.
    You either read sources that fell for their bullshit downplaying self-description or you are actively trying to play down their harmful views yourself.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I just skimmed wikipedia's policies section

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    And skimmed right past the parts where it says they are also climate change deniers, pro-Russia, anti-Muslim, nationalistic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-feminist and this part

    In early March 2021, most of Germany's major media outlets reported that the Bundesverfassungsschutz had placed the whole AfD under surveillance as a "suspected extremist group".

    ?

    Maybe you should scroll a bit slower next time.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, probably. I should've put a little more time into it before commenting.

    TBH, I have very little knowledge on Germany's political scene, I only ever really hear about AfD and how Germany's hate speech laws are abused. Also the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Kind of an irrelevant country at this point, they can't even meet their NATO obligations.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    So your knowledge of Germany consists in large parts of some populist talking points and yet you jumped at the first opportunity to defend an extremely right-wing party and downplay their policies. That's... a choice.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, the AfD keeps coming up, I figured I should be somewhat informed. When I got confused, I asked a question.

    And being real, lemmy is rad left. When I hear Nazi, I think "Ah, someone disagreed with an asshole", and I don't think "Hitler".

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    how Germany’s hate speech laws are abused

    What the hell are you talking about?

    they can’t even meet their NATO obligations

    2% of the gdp on defense, perhaps?

    That was agreed on for this year, which has only just begun!

    Let's wait another year at least, when this year's numbers are published, ok?

    I have very little knowledge on Germany’s political scene

    That's more than obvious.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No it was agreed on in the beginning. It's only being enforced now.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Maybe you belief German Jews than:

    The President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster expresses deep concern about the AfD’s high poll numbers.

    “The right-wing extremist party currently has nationwide support that I would not have imagined even in my nightmares, and this causes me serious concern,” said Schuster in an interview with Web.de.News.

    The AfD is ‘largely nationalist, racist, and ethnically exclusive,’ and it ‘clearly also embodies Nazi ideals,’ added the Central Council President. ‘If a party like the AfD were ever to be part of a federal government, one would have to seriously consider whether Jewish life is still possible in Germany.’

    Schuster recalled that Charlotte Knobloch, a Holocaust survivor and President of the Munich Jewish Community, said in 2006 that the Jews in Germany had finally unpacked their bags.

    ‘That statement was absolutely accurate at the time,’ he said. ‘Today, one or two people are already looking in the attic where they stowed the empty suitcase, so they can have it ready to hand again.”

    https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/germany/central-council-of-jews-in-germany-concerned-about-the-rise-of-far-right-party-afd/

    Stop making broad claims just because you read one article on Wikipedia.

    Do you really belief such protests on an unprecedented scale are happening all over Germany (my country) because the AfD doesn't like terrorists?

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, probably. I should’ve put a little more time into it before commenting.

    TBH, I have very little knowledge on Germany’s political scene, I only ever really hear about AfD and how Germany’s hate speech laws are abused. Also the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

    I'm basing my judgement off of some Americans protesting for Hamas, thinking that protestors are sometimes really stupid.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    and how Germany’s hate speech laws are abused.

    And the next lie ... Really, either stop posting or check your sources. That's (far-right) bullshit.

    Im basing my judgement off of some Americans protesting for Hamas

    Germany is not the USA. That some Americans are protesting for Hamas has nothing to do with Germany.

    Edit:

    BTW, in Bremen 40,000 protested today. In Cologne another 70,000 protested. In Munich the protest had to be stopped after after more than 100.0000 (conservative estimate) people came together before the protest even started. And that are only some cities where protests are happening today. There are (peaceful) protests every day all over Germany and protests continue.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Germany is not the USA.

    Humans are human. There are dumb people everywhere, I'm one of them sometimes. Get a few of them together, get a circlejerk going, you can get protests for absurd things.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    you can get protests for absurd things.

    And you can protest for the right thing. E.g for democracy, freedom and against racism and autocracy.

    The majority of those who are protesting are normal people. Even the catholic and protestant churches have called to attend the protests.

    https://www.domradio.de/artikel/evangelische-geistliche-rufen-zur-teilnahme-demos-auf

    https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/50495-erzbischof-hesse-an-demos-gegen-rechtsextremismus-teilnehmen

    https://www.vaticannews.va/de/kirche/news/2024-01/bischoefe-appell-demokratie-deutscshland-osten-afd-extremismus.html

    Hundreds of thousand of people are protesting every day. This is not a protest by some fringe groups. This is a mass protests by ordinary citizens because our freedoms and our democracy is under attack.

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