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Around 150,000 people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday as nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) entered their fourth week.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That might work for full-on "let's genocide the other races" Nazis, but for the far-right (i.e. everything to the right of classic conservatism) it would be suicide. There's far too many people on that side to shame them. Your approach would only make sure that everyone who ever went in that rabbit whole is lost forever. I.e. they'd continue to gain members but not lose any.

Luckily a large part of the far right's supporters are just people who are misinformed or didn't think things through. There's a reason that these parties are a lot less popular among educated people. That's why these protests seem to work. They decrease the AfD's poll numbers because they get people to realize that their vote isn't a mere "fuck you" to politicians but something that could move them from the frying pan into the fire. These are people we should continue to talk to. Heck, I'd call them victims. No innocent victims, but victims who fell to propaganda and lies regardless.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Everytime I engage with one of them, as soon as I question the validity of their claims, they shut down and either just bleat their parole, insult me or spam their afd-blue hearts.

Its just not worth the energy

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

afd-blue

Are you sure the AfD is blue? I rather think they are good old Nazi brown.

No matter which color you paint a turd, it will stay a stinking brown turd underneath.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Their colour is blue so their supporters spam ๐Ÿ’™

But yeah blaubraun is what they are