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>Leipzig is generally safe, but visitors should be aware of far-right extremists in the area. What the...?

whinvik 3y ago
I had to do a double take. But it is on the WikiVoyage page which gpt decided was worth including in the summary. I will remove it. https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leipzig https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leipzig
- M3L0NM4N 3y ago
  > But unlike in rural Saxony, they are countered by a strong, active Antifa community, which seldom hesitates using violence to stop far-right activities.
- hansoolo 3y ago
  Thank you! It's a beautiful city and in contrast to that text, it is rather open minded city in contrast to other cities in Saxony, I suppose.
- hansoolo 3y ago
  I normally don't do that, but I felt the urge to remove that paragraph all together. It is not helpful in any way when visiting the city. And normally nobody cares about political tensions in city.
bombcar 3y ago
Far-right extremists are never very far away! Be scared!
lnsru 3y ago
Sad reality. Unless you’re white and looking like a German, don’t feel too relaxed in former Eastern Germany.
- hansoolo 3y ago
  Sure, we have a racism problem in Eastern Germany. But I don't think a far right activist might jump out of the next bush in many cases. Leipzig should be the best of all these places. And to be fair, that kind of daily racism is a problem all over the country.
  - Tade0 3y ago
    I live on the other side of the border and from the outside it seems like an economically-left-behind-after-communism kind of problem. We have the same issue and these people gravitate towards nationalist circles because it gives them a sense of belonging in a world that largely doesn't care about them. Doesn't make them activists of any kind though - just hooligans looking for meaning.
    - hansoolo 3y ago
      Couldn't have worded it better...
abliefern 3y ago
Obviously true. Traveling while black alone in Sachsen Regionalbahn is a risk.
cubefox 3y ago
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matricaria 3y ago
Recently it is mostly fat-left.

I had to do a double take. But it is on the WikiVoyage page which gpt decided was worth including in the summary. I will remove it. https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leipzig https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Leipzig

M3L0NM4N 3y ago
> But unlike in rural Saxony, they are countered by a strong, active Antifa community, which seldom hesitates using violence to stop far-right activities.
hansoolo 3y ago
Thank you! It's a beautiful city and in contrast to that text, it is rather open minded city in contrast to other cities in Saxony, I suppose.
hansoolo 3y ago
I normally don't do that, but I felt the urge to remove that paragraph all together. It is not helpful in any way when visiting the city. And normally nobody cares about political tensions in city.

bombcar 3y ago

Far-right extremists are never very far away! Be scared!

lnsru 3y ago

Sad reality. Unless you’re white and looking like a German, don’t feel too relaxed in former Eastern Germany.

hansoolo 3y ago
Sure, we have a racism problem in Eastern Germany. But I don't think a far right activist might jump out of the next bush in many cases. Leipzig should be the best of all these places. And to be fair, that kind of daily racism is a problem all over the country.
- Tade0 3y ago
  I live on the other side of the border and from the outside it seems like an economically-left-behind-after-communism kind of problem. We have the same issue and these people gravitate towards nationalist circles because it gives them a sense of belonging in a world that largely doesn't care about them. Doesn't make them activists of any kind though - just hooligans looking for meaning.
  - hansoolo 3y ago
    Couldn't have worded it better...

abliefern 3y ago

Obviously true. Traveling while black alone in Sachsen Regionalbahn is a risk.

cubefox 3y ago

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matricaria 3y ago

Recently it is mostly fat-left.