JasSmith“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.
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.
‘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