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cross-posted from: https://mlem.a-smol-cat.fr/post/77878

The far-right Alternative for Germany party has become increasingly influenced by extremist conspiracy theorists, according to the head of German domestic intelligence.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Taken over? They ARE and always have been a far right extremist organization.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. When Bernd Lucke left the party in 2015 the reasons he stated for doing so were the islamophobic and racist ideology..

That was only two years after the party was founded. I believe him having different intentions for the party, but their members must've always been full of far-right extremists.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And Luckes new found irrelevant party is also not exactly hesitant on these issues. Their are also fiercly against abortion, LGBT rights, islamophobic and against migration, all with strong neoliberalism.

So it is like a red-pill incel telling someone he is going too far with sexism.

[โ€“] gonzo0815 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah really. I hate this wording. As if the afd is an innocent victim that had honourable goals, but got taken over by fascists from outside.

Radical nationalist ideology has always been embedded deeply in its core.