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They are. But even they wouldn't ban abortion, charge for universities or massively cut down on social welfare or allow anyone to buy assault rifles, right?

levosmetalo 8y ago
Hey, they may be nationalists, but they are socialists too ;)
doener 8y ago
Yes, that is right. Although there is this wing in the party, too. The libertarian wing (Alice Weidel) as well as the christian fundamentalist (Beatrix von Storch).
matt4077 8y ago
Banning abortion, or at least severely restricting it, is actually one of their stated goals. They also have some "gun enthusiasts". Just today, a scandal hit the papers of an AfD member of parliament participating in a South African right-wing militia's gun training camp (paying with public funds). Their position on welfare is ambiguous, in actually quite a Trumpian manner: they do profess a wish to care for (white, male) pensioners, for example. But they also regularly rail against "welfare queens", or criminals receiving welfare after release. And of course any use of public funds for people with skin color different from their approved list of Pantone 343 "off-white" to 542 "brown(-ish), but only because I just got back from three weeks on the beach, I swear".
PavlovsCat 8y ago
No, but just like Trump wouldn't condemn Neo-Nazis, these are the people they "happen to" end up alongside with sometimes: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/chemnitz-chronologie-der-ausschreitungen-fotostrecke-163492-7.html http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/chemnitz-chronologie-der-a... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_ZdP79O84&t=2m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_ZdP79O84&t=2m Hooligans salute Hitler, AfD supporters and "concerned citizens" go "tee-hee, how bold". That's the AfD, and that's what matters. edit: oh, and the harmless image that's spread here on HN, combined with silent downvotes, that's just great. If you don't want a response, don't belittle a party you apparently know nothing about, in a country you don't even speak the language of.
_ph_ 8y ago
Actually they argued e.g. for removing the unemployment insureance.

levosmetalo 8y ago

Hey, they may be nationalists, but they are socialists too ;)

doener 8y ago

Yes, that is right. Although there is this wing in the party, too. The libertarian wing (Alice Weidel) as well as the christian fundamentalist (Beatrix von Storch).

matt4077 8y ago

Banning abortion, or at least severely restricting it, is actually one of their stated goals. They also have some "gun enthusiasts". Just today, a scandal hit the papers of an AfD member of parliament participating in a South African right-wing militia's gun training camp (paying with public funds). Their position on welfare is ambiguous, in actually quite a Trumpian manner: they do profess a wish to care for (white, male) pensioners, for example. But they also regularly rail against "welfare queens", or criminals receiving welfare after release. And of course any use of public funds for people with skin color different from their approved list of Pantone 343 "off-white" to 542 "brown(-ish), but only because I just got back from three weeks on the beach, I swear".

PavlovsCat 8y ago

No, but just like Trump wouldn't condemn Neo-Nazis, these are the people they "happen to" end up alongside with sometimes: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/chemnitz-chronologie-der-ausschreitungen-fotostrecke-163492-7.html http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/chemnitz-chronologie-der-a... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_ZdP79O84&t=2m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_ZdP79O84&t=2m Hooligans salute Hitler, AfD supporters and "concerned citizens" go "tee-hee, how bold". That's the AfD, and that's what matters. edit: oh, and the harmless image that's spread here on HN, combined with silent downvotes, that's just great. If you don't want a response, don't belittle a party you apparently know nothing about, in a country you don't even speak the language of.

_ph_ 8y ago

Actually they argued e.g. for removing the unemployment insureance.