Germany's AfD party wins first city mayoral election in symbolic victory for far-right.
Alternative for Germany candidate Tim Lochner was elected mayor of Pirna on Sunday, a symbolic victory for the far-right party. The question of a possible ban on the movement is entering public debate.
@TheEuropeanNetwork I am not an AfD supporter - but I am astounded that the German Govt thinks that the appropriate response to a political group whose policies they don't like is to - ban it.
Whoever would have thought? What next, book-burnings? #Germany #fascism
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Admin of QOTO here... Your response is not just non-nonsensical it is uncalled for.
Their stance is that political opinion shouldn't be banned, in other words, people have a right to free speech. To assume that makes them a Nazi just because they feel their free speech principle should be unconditional is unfair, inflammatory, and frankly immature.
Do better, this is not the sort of behavior QOTO is about.
@freemo @ItaDude @TheEuropeanNetwork Thankyou for acting on this. I am happy to disagree with people about issues (and often do) - but his type of trolling was way over the top.
@KarunaX @freemo @ItaDude @TheEuropeanNetwork
this is just projection, you are the one supporting the right of existence of an obviously neo-Nazist party on the basis of a supposed censorship of free speech
you are no different than any MAGA-blue ticks provided accounts; Elonland is the right (pun intended) place for you
They should be denied existance by not voting for them, not choosing to advertise or promote them, and by not joining their ranks. If you cant succeed in that way then trying to silence them out of existance will only strengthen their cause.
We dont want them to exist, but we recognize trying to artifically silence them will only cause them to gain support, not loose it. It may seem pardoxical but it has been shown to be the case.
@KarunaX @ItaDude @TheEuropeanNetwork
