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> And no, this were no protests against the "far right". It was an attempt to get the only opposition party in Germany banned, which is more than scary. The pr
by felurx 3y ago
> And no, this were no protests against the "far right". It was an attempt to get the only opposition party in Germany banned, which is more than scary.
The protests certainly weren't that. At the one I was at, the speaker made it abundantly clear that the protest isn't even against the AfD in particular (tho you could see lots of signs against them), but for democratic values.
What should be noted is that both the protests and recent calls for a ban of the AfD were sparked by a report [1] of a meeting where some neonazis (including someone quite high up in the AfD) were literally making plans for how to force people with a migration background (including those with nationalities) to leave Germany.
[1]: https://correctiv.org/en/top-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/ https://correctiv.org/en/top-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-...
- on_the_train 3y agoForce people who aren't allowed out of the country, exactly as the law says. The protests in my and the surrounding cities were extremely focused on the afd. On the current push to ban it. And making highly illegal (and absurd) comparisons between the afd and Nazi Germany. Which just for foreigners reading is super illegal and if done by the other side is punished by incredibly high fines and regarded as one of the worst crimes our justice system knows.