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German intel: AfD taken over by extremist factions (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BlackRose@slrpnk.net to c/europe@feddit.de

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cross-posted from: https://mlem.a-smol-cat.fr/post/77878

The far-right Alternative for Germany party has become increasingly influenced by extremist conspiracy theorists, according to the head of German domestic intelligence.

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[–] Schnabeltierpoet@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

"Wait, it's all nazis?" 👨‍🚀 🔫 👨‍🚀 "Always has been..."

[–] avater@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Funny thing is that the AFD has been labeled as a "suspected" extremist group by our intelligence service and are still allowed to be active... Sometimes I don't understand how my own country works...

[–] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We even allow the NPD (or “Heimat“ now).

[–] Raikin@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Tbf they only avoided banning due to them being irrelevant and the judged agreed that banning them would likely give them more popularity.

[–] Redditquaza@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Not as an extremist group, but as a suspected extremist group, that's a difference. Therefore they also can't use surveillance measures against them yet.

[–] Tvkan@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The headline reminds me of this:

[–] avater@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

got the image wrong...too early...will strike through thenteyt as soon as I'm at my laptop!

~~Germany is not runned by Nazis nor are we supporting this change in our country! We are and we will actively fight this change, I can you promise that...~~

[–] Tvkan@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Du hast meinen Kommentar völlig falsch verstanden. Das Bild karikiert wie offensichtlich der Zusammenhang ist.

[–] CosmoNova@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Taken over? They ARE and always have been a far right extremist organization.

[–] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. When Bernd Lucke left the party in 2015 the reasons he stated for doing so were the islamophobic and racist ideology..

That was only two years after the party was founded. I believe him having different intentions for the party, but their members must've always been full of far-right extremists.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

And Luckes new found irrelevant party is also not exactly hesitant on these issues. Their are also fiercly against abortion, LGBT rights, islamophobic and against migration, all with strong neoliberalism.

So it is like a red-pill incel telling someone he is going too far with sexism.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

In other news, water is wet.