▲ 252 ▼ Far-right AfD wins election in East German state of Thuringia: Exit polls. (www.euractiv.com) submitted 2 years ago by True@lemy.lol to c/world@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (3 children) It can't be as bad as it sounds, right? Right? Fuck. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They probably aren’t literally Hitler. But there is a lot of damage and awful shit they can do in between reasonable and Hitler. And they are much further towards the latter than anyone should be comfortable with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago The thing with Hitler: He still considered himself a patriot, even he didn't solicit financial support from Germany's worst enemies. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago Well, the only good thing: The pro-democratic parties will probably build a government without them. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Kaboom@reddthat.com -22 points 2 years ago (3 children) A lot of the time, it's just name-calling, and not really Nazis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] roboto@feddit.org 14 points 2 years ago Bernd Höcke who leads AFD in Thüringen is a Nazi and this got confirmed by a court. He sees himself als some kind of incarnation or continuation of Hitler. AFD in Thüringen has won the election by a great margin. This is like defending NSDAP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] killingspark@feddit.org 12 points 2 years ago Sometimes though a judge has decided that it is factually correct to call the leader of a party a fascist because he is one permalink fedilink source parent [–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago An AfD-sympathiser. Of course unable to discern reality from wish world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They probably aren’t literally Hitler. But there is a lot of damage and awful shit they can do in between reasonable and Hitler. And they are much further towards the latter than anyone should be comfortable with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago The thing with Hitler: He still considered himself a patriot, even he didn't solicit financial support from Germany's worst enemies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago The thing with Hitler: He still considered himself a patriot, even he didn't solicit financial support from Germany's worst enemies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago Well, the only good thing: The pro-democratic parties will probably build a government without them. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Kaboom@reddthat.com -22 points 2 years ago (3 children) A lot of the time, it's just name-calling, and not really Nazis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] roboto@feddit.org 14 points 2 years ago Bernd Höcke who leads AFD in Thüringen is a Nazi and this got confirmed by a court. He sees himself als some kind of incarnation or continuation of Hitler. AFD in Thüringen has won the election by a great margin. This is like defending NSDAP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] killingspark@feddit.org 12 points 2 years ago Sometimes though a judge has decided that it is factually correct to call the leader of a party a fascist because he is one permalink fedilink source parent [–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago An AfD-sympathiser. Of course unable to discern reality from wish world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roboto@feddit.org 14 points 2 years ago Bernd Höcke who leads AFD in Thüringen is a Nazi and this got confirmed by a court. He sees himself als some kind of incarnation or continuation of Hitler. AFD in Thüringen has won the election by a great margin. This is like defending NSDAP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killingspark@feddit.org 12 points 2 years ago Sometimes though a judge has decided that it is factually correct to call the leader of a party a fascist because he is one permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 point 2 years ago An AfD-sympathiser. Of course unable to discern reality from wish world. permalink fedilink source parent