Europe of Sovereign Nations will now face a process that could see it stripped of its status as a European political party, losing funding in the process. Far-right MEPs from other groups opposed the decision. #EuropeNews
And the problems you listed aren’t the things they’re addressing.
They claim to (read their party program), and they’ve convinced millions to agree regardless of how we feel about that.
There is no reasoning.
This is the easy way out, dismissing them outright, simply retreating. Without understanding and addressing their claims, however false they may be, you are fundamentally handicapped in challenging them - it is one of the key reasons that the AFD have managed to become so large in the first place.
Such rhetoric might get clamor and agreement from those who already reject their ideas, but is unlikely to convince many, if anybody in the other camp.
Look, the entire fucking country tried to find reason in this party. There is none. They’re funded by Russia and want to destabilize Europe for their own gains. It’s painfully obvious. I understand your take and to a certain extent I applaud you for it. But the AfD is very officially unconstitutional and antidemocratic. And a ban is to prevent parties like that from fucking everything up. This happened to the NPD already and it was the right thing to do.
I’m referring to reasoning here as in the connection to the arguments they use to sell their politics to voters. Countering a dishonest broker is difficult, but if democracy is going to work at all, it is a necessity. In any case, there is a certain irony in the AFD being Russia friendly, considering they began their path to prominence during another admin that was soft on Russia.
The Merkel era of the 00’s-10’s saw dismantlement of German energy independence, Russian gas contracts “to keep the peace”, not backing Ukraine for NATO & “wir schaffen das”. Talk about not wanting to learn from history…
This happened to the NPD already and it was the right thing to do.
I thought both the NPD & heimat are still around and kicking in Germany? They’re some next level nasty shit.
They claim to (read their party program), and they’ve convinced millions to agree regardless of how we feel about that.
This is the easy way out, dismissing them outright, simply retreating. Without understanding and addressing their claims, however false they may be, you are fundamentally handicapped in challenging them - it is one of the key reasons that the AFD have managed to become so large in the first place.
Such rhetoric might get clamor and agreement from those who already reject their ideas, but is unlikely to convince many, if anybody in the other camp.
Look, the entire fucking country tried to find reason in this party. There is none. They’re funded by Russia and want to destabilize Europe for their own gains. It’s painfully obvious. I understand your take and to a certain extent I applaud you for it. But the AfD is very officially unconstitutional and antidemocratic. And a ban is to prevent parties like that from fucking everything up. This happened to the NPD already and it was the right thing to do.
I’m referring to reasoning here as in the connection to the arguments they use to sell their politics to voters. Countering a dishonest broker is difficult, but if democracy is going to work at all, it is a necessity. In any case, there is a certain irony in the AFD being Russia friendly, considering they began their path to prominence during another admin that was soft on Russia.
The Merkel era of the 00’s-10’s saw dismantlement of German energy independence, Russian gas contracts “to keep the peace”, not backing Ukraine for NATO & “wir schaffen das”. Talk about not wanting to learn from history…
I thought both the NPD & heimat are still around and kicking in Germany? They’re some next level nasty shit.