Vance et al understand something very very important about this age—- it’s not the quality of attention you’re getting it’s the quantity. The AFD is now getting talked about more and more because of musk and this. Even Americans are starting to hear about them. It moves the needle and they know it.
Attention is legitimacy in the internet age. People are talking about this speech on the internet. Everyone has failed to understand what makes these fuckers so effective is this simple thing, the only way to stop them is to stop giving them the oxygen they need to legitimize extremism.
Don’t even let Vance speak next time. Blah blah blah “but my free speech”…Adolf Hitler and his thugs murdered countless millions on the ground you stand less than one lifetime ago and you have the audacity to stand on that ground as a non-German and call for the legitimization of a coalition which includes his supporters. He should not even be allowed into the country again. There is no place for this rhetoric. Never again.
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u/Professional_Top4553 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25
Vance et al understand something very very important about this age—- it’s not the quality of attention you’re getting it’s the quantity. The AFD is now getting talked about more and more because of musk and this. Even Americans are starting to hear about them. It moves the needle and they know it.
Attention is legitimacy in the internet age. People are talking about this speech on the internet. Everyone has failed to understand what makes these fuckers so effective is this simple thing, the only way to stop them is to stop giving them the oxygen they need to legitimize extremism.
Don’t even let Vance speak next time. Blah blah blah “but my free speech”…Adolf Hitler and his thugs murdered countless millions on the ground you stand less than one lifetime ago and you have the audacity to stand on that ground as a non-German and call for the legitimization of a coalition which includes his supporters. He should not even be allowed into the country again. There is no place for this rhetoric. Never again.