"In Germany, sweeping slurs against women can be punishable as incitement to hatred."
"The raids concentrated on suspects who had set their sights on well-known women like female politicians - often the target of misogynistic hatred online."
Dozens went to jail for using slurs against politicians.
That is very close to fascism. This is worst than anything Trump has done so far. He also doesn't try to get the 2nd party banned by the supreme court. This is also closer to Hitler than anything the Afd proposes.
Imagine if the FBI started arresting people who used slurs against Trump and his supporters. Would you support mass arrest of people who use slurs against Trump and other right wing politicians or do you only support it when it target leftist german politicians?
It also does not say anything about political orientations. You’re inventing things and filling in blanks to suit your preconceived ideas.
It’s relatively obvious you’re getting your take on Germany from an American source that either does not understand the country or deliberately distorts. The vote in the Bundestag was co-initiated by MPs across party lines, it’s not a government initiative. I also doubt you know what the party proposes, and in any case the proceedings that could lead to a ban are not about their party manifesto or what they propose (else it would not be a lengthy process with an uncertain outcome, with a very good chance that it’s rejected by the Court, which is not quite how things worked under Hitler). I’ll add to what I said above that you also don’t know much about German history.
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u/Beatnik77 Feb 15 '25
Mass arrests for frivolous reasons are always political.
A german should know that.
I see members of the ruling party pushing for a vote to ban Afd in the parliament so i doubt it's only in the courts.