“Far-right” candidate and party which… checks notes… supports free speech, democracy, and rule of law. The article appears to throw around the term as a pejorative but it doesn’t even appear to be accurate.

The city where this happened is part of a “sub state” of Germany called Thüringen

And that party in Thüringen is classified as proven to be far-right because of intentions to throw over the current system based on freedom and democracy by our internal intelligance agency.

Thüringen übersetzt man mit Thuringia in Englisch.

Leading figures of the AfD are outright fascists (to the degree that it was ruled in court that one of its most prominent members can rightfully be called a Nazi).

Just because they don’t step into parliament and declare Germany a dictatorship doesn’t mean they aren’t a threat to democracy and won’t nudge the country into facism once in power.

Where do you get the “supporters of free speech, democracy and rule of law thing from”. Oh, it’s how the party describes itself? Well that’s reliable…

Demonstranten dürfen AfD-Politiker Björn Höcke als "Nazi" bezeichnen

Die Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt hat ein Verfahren gegen einen Demonstranten eingestellt, der bei Anti-AfD-Protesten Björn Höcke als "Nazi" bezeichnete. Es handle sich hier nicht um eine strafbare Beleidigung, sondern um ein "an Tatsachen anknüpfendes Werturteil", so die Ermittler.

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The AfD is nothing of anything you just mentioned. Especially in Thüringen where this clusterfuck is taking place, the AfD is as much full-on Nazi-mode as you couldn’t imagine in your wildest wet dreams about the Führer in latex underwear.
A pro-AfD comment gets 7 upvotes and only 5 downvotes? Seriously, Lemmy?
Sorry your left wing echo chamber isn’t echo chambery enough for you
An anti-Nazi consensus does not constitute a “left wing echo chamber”.
It is when anyone right of Stalin is called a Nazi

But AfD is not just anyone to the right of Stalin. They are a far-right party with neo-Nazi leanings.

Meanwhile, in Sonneberg, tensions are high after a video released Monday showed a man handing out leftover balloons from the AfD victory party to local kindergarten. In the footage, the man is seen wearing a T-shirt praising the Wehrmacht, the Nazi army and pants with the colors of the Reich (black, white and red), while his car has a sticker that reads “Volunteer deportation agent.” AfD claims that the man does not work for them, but a journalistic investigation revealed his links with the party.

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‘We don’t want to be known as Nazi district’: What the far right’s first local election win means for Germany

The locals of Sonneberg are concerned about the social media calls for a boycott following the AfD’s win. The results have highlighted how dissatisfaction with the democratic system is growing in the east of the country

EL PAÍS English