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German Intelligence Puts Coronavirus Skeptics Under Surveillance
- WalterGR 6y ago"Germany’s domestic intelligence service said on Wednesday that it would surveil members of the increasingly aggressive coronavirus denier movement because they posed a risk of undermining the state. ... Over the past year, demonstrators have attacked police officers, defied civil authorities and in one widely publicized episode scaled the steps of Parliament. ... In announcing the decision to keep tabs on conspiracy theorists, intelligence officials noted the movement’s close ties to extremists like the Reichsbürger, a network of groups that refuse to accept the legitimacy of the modern German state. Many coronavirus deniers say they also believe in QAnon conspiracy theories, and protesters are frequently seen holding signs with anti-Semitic tropes."
- AndrewBissell 6y agoVery convenient to the state to turn this all into one big undifferentiated ball of badthought, isn't it?
- WalterGR 6y agoIs it?