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Fuck Facists, never again (vimeo.com)

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People at Bonn protesting against Nazi cunts singing Ode to Joy

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

And you want to give the state the power to get rid of any group it deems undesirable?

The state already has the power to get rid of any group that seeks to destabilize our democratic system. This is a very central part of our constitution (see article 9, 18, 20 or 21). It's basically a way to deal with the paradox of tolerance, if you're not familiar with that concept here's the wikipedia definition:

The paradox of tolerance states that if a society's practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating the tolerant and the practice of tolerance with them.

Ultimately, it is within the law to personally get rid of a group that wants to destroy our free and democratic system:

Article 20 [...] (4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.

This is usually interpreted as including physical violence.