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Not content with considering bothsides in the U.S., today the Grey Lady frets over unfairness to German fascists.
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They’re not wrong that all kinds of slippery slopes are being trod on in order to keep the AfD out of such institutions as parliamentary intelligence committees and that such measures could be used against democracy if they ever get into office.
However, there’s an easy way to avoid having to use those tools: ban the fucking party already!
The governing coalition in the northern city of Bremen has announced it will collect evidence against the AfD in support of a nationwide ban of the party.
But many politicians, like Mr. Thomae of the Free Democrats, worry such a step could backfire — effectively disenfranchising the nearly quarter of voters expressing support for the AfD
It’s not disenfranchisement if the party isn’t constitutional, FFS! By definition the franchise doesn’t extend to parties that aren’t on the ballot.
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cough Banning the NPD and how that went… cough
(On the other hand, the memory of the NPD thing and the AfD being on dodecatuple secret probation could have the effect that the AfD becomes preoccupied with a game of “spot the BfV informer”, making it less efficient. We’ll see.)
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I’m having a dark laugh imagining the NYT’s reaction to that. How do you say “economic anxiety” in German?
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For one, we don’t have a far-right mole at the top of the BfV anymore, so that should help. But yeah, it would have to be a very careful process.
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Wirtschaftsangst?
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Falsch. Sechs, setzen!
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