Calls grow in Germany to ban far-right AfD – DW – 10/01/2024
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

  • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    422·
    4 hours ago

    They banned NPD and AFD happened.

    All you’ll get is a new party filling up the political vacuum and their audience being even more die-hard radicals.

    In a democracy where some 30% vote nazi, banning them won’t solve anything. Anything.

    No, I won’t shut up, because you and people like you are part of the problem. If you think the solution is to jail and ban your political opponents, I got bad news for you.

    • somenonewho@feddit.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      Most of your points were already correctly dismantled. But I’d just like to ad to

      In a democracy where some 30% vote nazi, banning them won’t solve anything. Anything.

      Is a sentiment I often feel too. I believe that we have to do so much more to fight against Fascists than just Vote and “use the democratic system correctly”. (I.e. fight fascism in the streets, offer actual political solutions to peoples problems…). But to say this won’t do anything is a huge understatement.

      Banning the AfD will:

      1. Disband the party leaving them in shambles to reorganize
      2. Stop the money flow which is going to the AfD (and in turn to other right wing groups
      3. Finally delegitimize the AfD and their main actors in a Democratic setting

      A ban would be an amazing feat but it would just be a little breather in the fight against fascism.

    • narp@feddit.orgEnglish
      20·
      4 hours ago

      Nearly everything you said is just plain wrong:

      • The NPD never got banned (supposedly because the party was “insignificant”).
      • They renamed themselves “Die Heimat”.
      • If banned, a follow up party from the AfD would be automatically banned too.
      • You make it sound like 30% of Germans vote AfD, while they get that many votes mainly in the eastern states.
      • You talk about democracy and call Nazis “political opponents”. I got news for you: Those fascist scums’ only goal is to get rid of democracy, sell Europe to Russia and maybe start a third world war.

      So keep on talking as much as you like, everyone with half a brain can see right through you.