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Thousands of protesters gather as German far-right party sets up new youth organization (apnews.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/42655760

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization was set to kick off its founding convention.

Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning. Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location.

The new youth organization of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is to be set up in a meeting at Giessen’s convention center. Its predecessor, the Young Alternative — a largely autonomous group with relatively loose links to the party — was dissolved at the end of March after AfD decided to formally cut ties with it.

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago

Hilter youth, this is the stuff you read about in schools. Assuming they still teach it.

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    [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    The one thing I'll say is the Germans seem to have done far better than the Americans at stopping nazis. Shit they've done better than Canada, too. Northern America kinda shrugged and went, "It's fine probably"

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    [–] 25 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Just call them what they actually are, Nazies!

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    It’s illegal to call Nazis Nazis in Germany.

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It isn't. But they can take you to court and you'd have to demonstrate it wasn't intended as an insult and instead as an opinion backed by substantial evidence.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    So in other words you can't call them Nazis except for a handful of hyper specific cases?

    Nazi country is gonna Nazi. Free Palestine, from the River to the Sea you Nazi fucks.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You cannot call them assholes either. Because free speech does not include verbal attacks such as insults, bullying or hate speech. Calling someone a Nazi without substantial evidence is a pretty obvious case of an insult.

    It's not perfect, though at least Germany's free speech and human rights protections are much greater than, say, Canada's where a simple majority could just decide to criminalize all speech by invoking a certain clause.

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    • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Didn't they learn their lesson the last time?!

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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They need an opposing youth organization

    Just making that stuff illegal will not counter the cultural and social power of afd

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    [–] 62 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It was estimated 40 thousand people would show up but it‘s nearly 100k now! Insanely strong performance 💪

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    • [–] 24 points 11 months ago

    Good thing the police is amassing historical numbers to protect the poor facists from these evil evil protesters

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    [–] 24 points 11 months ago

    Very good and very important!

    Thank you to everyone who stands up against hatred and for a tolerant, humane society.

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    This can in no way turn bad /s

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