• Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Okay, so I finally googled it. Theyre angry because the AFD is anti-Islamic terrorism, anti-EU and pro-German?

    Man, I must be missing some translation here or maybe some context, because that all sounds like reasonable things.

    • ValiantDust@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      The part either you or the sources you read are leaving out is that they are also anti-democratic and not just anti-Islamic terrorism but also anti-Islam. Or more precisely just generally racist.
      You either read sources that fell for their bullshit downplaying self-description or you are actively trying to play down their harmful views yourself.

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      10 months ago

      Recently a group of journalists revealed that the AfD had a secret meeting with far-right extremist groups and neo-nazis where they made mass deportation plans for people with a migration background (even those born here with German nationality) which includes millions of people. That’s what sparked the protests.

      And the AfD is far more than anti islamic terrorism, they’re hardcore islamophobic, antisemitic, queerphobic and ultranationalist. There’s a reason one of their most prominent figures, Björn Höcke, is legally allowed to be called a fascist and a nazi.