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I think Germany would be significantly more NAZI today if they hadn't been deplatformed after the war. not deplatforming didn't go too well in the US. look at

• guitarbill 8y ago
  The point he's making is it might be better to talk about it, instead of declaring it taboo. AfD is literally "Alternative für Deutschland". They aren't great, but enough people are voting for them because the other parties won't tackle thr issues they care about. As for "all the white power folks", they may be loud and they may be a convenient boogeyman, but how many are there really? And isn't it better to know they exist, than have such speech stifled, only to have it surprise you e.g. at the next election? (Talking about the AfD here, before you draw too many parallels)
• int_19h 8y ago
  My point is that all the deplatforming that Germany does - which is extreme for a democracy - was still not enough to actually prevent parties like AfD. Everybody knows what they stand for, but in a free society, you can't imprison people for wink-wink-nudge-nudge. For political censorship to be actually effective, it must be much more oppressive - of the kind seen in authoritarian countries. But then, of course, if you implement it, you end up living in one. And if you don't, then what's there is just security theater.