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This is a 20 year old article and no we don't have "nazis kill foreigners with some regularity". Yes hate-crime happens, but you make it sound like an active wa

This is a 20 year old article and no we don't have "nazis kill foreigners with some regularity". Yes hate-crime happens, but you make it sound like an active war zone where you have to be afraid of your life if you are "foreign" looking. I'd wager for tourists it's very safe in Germany.

Parae 2y ago
Well, if you're Palestinian, Germany can be really harsh and I won't bet on your safety..
- sharpshadow 2y ago
  That’s complete nonsense and the opposite is the case.
TheEnbyperor 2y ago
I am a foreigner living and working in Germany. Its a perfectly safe and pleasant country to live in.
- onli 2y ago
  It sure is, until it isn't. And it strongly depends on where you are in the country. I highly doubt you live comfortably in a Nazi area.
  - sharpshadow 2y ago
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    - onli 2y ago
      That's of course not true in the slightest, but it is the image the new Nazi party is painting. I recommend you stop consuming afd content.
      - sharpshadow 2y ago
        Regarding your knowledge on this topic your recommendation is an insult. Every month a crazy asylum seeker drives into a crowd of people here, I don’t make this up look it up. All kinds of outdoor festivities are undergoing brutal security regulations, making them unprofitable and many don’t even happen anymore because of this. Not even mentioning the knife crimes which are absurdly. Nazi crimes are the lowest they have been in history. Most problematic are the antisemitic tendencies from the Palestinian movement at the moment.
        eqvinox 2y ago
        > Every month a crazy asylum seeker drives into a crowd of people here, Did you forget (or not hear) the Magdeburg x-mas market car attacker was an AfD supporter and antiislamic? And the Mannheim one was a German gardener with "Reichsbürger" connections? It doesn't quite make for snappy headlines, so a lot of people never hear these details…
        sharpshadow 2y ago
        The Madgeburg terrorist is a Saudi Arabic refugee which dislikes the Islam and not really an AfD supporter, but mentioned that he liked some position regarding the Islam critique the party has. The Mannheim terrorist is indeed a German but I guess that the exception confirms the rule. Overall all extrem attacks if from right, left, foreigners are an issue and need to be adressed accordingly. The problem which the Germany people have with the current state of affairs is that the bad behaving asylum seekers mostly the ones from the middle east get a soft treatment to say the least when they commit heinous crimes and the deterrence of appropriate punishment through law and order is not given.
        eqvinox 2y ago
        You call someone who has lived in Germany for 18 years a refugee, and dismiss his AfD sympathies. That says nothing about him and everything about you really. Try to look a little bit beyond your polarized bubble. I'll be happy to meet you halfway there.
mschuster91 2y ago
> I'd wager for tourists it's very safe in Germany. Unless they're Black or "look Muslim", in which case I'd stay the fuck out of Eastern Germany. There's more recent reports as well, e.g. [1] - and it's been a massive issue for Eastern Germany, especially since the rise of Pegida [2]. But don't get me wrong, Western Germany also has its no-go areas, especially anything rural. The large cities tend to be decently safe from far-right violence - but even the smaller ones can be dangerous. Just last week a friend of a friend and her child was attacked in Landshut near Munich by a drunkard (and no it's not hearsay, there's a police report). [1] https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radebeul/familie-westen-osten-alltag-rassismus-wegzug-fachkraefte-100.html https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radeb... [2] https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-10/pegida-dresden-wirtschaft https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-10/pegida-dresd...

Parae 2y ago

Well, if you're Palestinian, Germany can be really harsh and I won't bet on your safety..

sharpshadow 2y ago
That’s complete nonsense and the opposite is the case.

TheEnbyperor 2y ago

I am a foreigner living and working in Germany. Its a perfectly safe and pleasant country to live in.

onli 2y ago
It sure is, until it isn't. And it strongly depends on where you are in the country. I highly doubt you live comfortably in a Nazi area.
- sharpshadow 2y ago
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  - onli 2y ago
    That's of course not true in the slightest, but it is the image the new Nazi party is painting. I recommend you stop consuming afd content.
    - sharpshadow 2y ago
      Regarding your knowledge on this topic your recommendation is an insult. Every month a crazy asylum seeker drives into a crowd of people here, I don’t make this up look it up. All kinds of outdoor festivities are undergoing brutal security regulations, making them unprofitable and many don’t even happen anymore because of this. Not even mentioning the knife crimes which are absurdly. Nazi crimes are the lowest they have been in history. Most problematic are the antisemitic tendencies from the Palestinian movement at the moment.
      - eqvinox 2y ago
        > Every month a crazy asylum seeker drives into a crowd of people here, Did you forget (or not hear) the Magdeburg x-mas market car attacker was an AfD supporter and antiislamic? And the Mannheim one was a German gardener with "Reichsbürger" connections? It doesn't quite make for snappy headlines, so a lot of people never hear these details…
        sharpshadow 2y ago
        The Madgeburg terrorist is a Saudi Arabic refugee which dislikes the Islam and not really an AfD supporter, but mentioned that he liked some position regarding the Islam critique the party has. The Mannheim terrorist is indeed a German but I guess that the exception confirms the rule. Overall all extrem attacks if from right, left, foreigners are an issue and need to be adressed accordingly. The problem which the Germany people have with the current state of affairs is that the bad behaving asylum seekers mostly the ones from the middle east get a soft treatment to say the least when they commit heinous crimes and the deterrence of appropriate punishment through law and order is not given.
        eqvinox 2y ago
        You call someone who has lived in Germany for 18 years a refugee, and dismiss his AfD sympathies. That says nothing about him and everything about you really. Try to look a little bit beyond your polarized bubble. I'll be happy to meet you halfway there.

mschuster91 2y ago

> I'd wager for tourists it's very safe in Germany. Unless they're Black or "look Muslim", in which case I'd stay the fuck out of Eastern Germany. There's more recent reports as well, e.g. [1] - and it's been a massive issue for Eastern Germany, especially since the rise of Pegida [2]. But don't get me wrong, Western Germany also has its no-go areas, especially anything rural. The large cities tend to be decently safe from far-right violence - but even the smaller ones can be dangerous. Just last week a friend of a friend and her child was attacked in Landshut near Munich by a drunkard (and no it's not hearsay, there's a police report). [1] https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radebeul/familie-westen-osten-alltag-rassismus-wegzug-fachkraefte-100.html https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radeb... [2] https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-10/pegida-dresden-wirtschaft https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-10/pegida-dresd...