frigidweirdo
Diamond Member
- Mar 7, 2014
- 54,822
- 14,991
- 2,180
The German government labeled AfD as extremist, which, under their system, has the potential to ban them as a party They made a successful legal appeal, but the fact that they had to do that in the first place is hardly "democratic." And winning the appeal does not rule out a potential ban in the future. In effect, the German government has the latitude to silence certain political opinions.
AfD isn't advocating the end of elections. They just want to stop the ridiculous levels of migration there.
We have a democratic system here, but it is a duopoly to an extent. That's still quite different from threatening to ban a party.
Of course the guy in Romania didn't become president. He wasn't allowed to at the last minute. It would have been different if they had arrested him months before the election. They waited until it looked like he would win to make their move. That makes it pretty obvious that they had to make a hail Mary effort to stop him.
You don't know why they labeled the AfD as extremist, do you?
German AfD party labeled 'extremist' by intelligence agency
The agency cited a "xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic" rhetoric among the reasons for the designation. The label gives authorities more power to investigate the far-right party.
AfD youth leader: Hitler 'forced' to invade Poland
The youth wing of Germany's far-right AfD likes to portray itself as a respectable, conservative outfit. But in reality, lines between the AfD and openly right-wing extremist groups are becoming increasingly blurred.
"The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) youth organization in Lower Saxony, Lars Steinke, made headlines in August for a branding Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg a traitor and coward. Von Stauffenberg was famously executed after an unsuccessful attempt to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. Steinke was later forced to resign for his remarks."
German 'remigration' debate fuels push to ban far-right AfD
Far-right groups in Germany reportedly have a plan for the mass deportation of millions of citizens. Lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party are implicated.
"On January 10, the investigative journalism group Correctiv reported on a meeting of politicians from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and neo-Nazis in a hotel in Potsdam in November."
"The meeting focused on a topic that the participants referred to as "remigration." The term stands for the return, forced or otherwise, of "migrants" to their place of origin — regardless of their citizenship status."
It's not just about stopping immigration when you go talk to far right groups about kicking out the Turkish-German population, among others.
They haven't banned the AfD, they just have more authority to investigate the party.
Sure, you think it's worst to threaten to ban a party, rather than to not even allow that party to get mainstream in the first place. That's laughable.
I have no ******* idea why you are talking about Romania.