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Jaime Jessop's avatar

This is the German Foreign Office. Their 'disguise' is wafer thin, but they still believe it will work apparently:

"This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped."

'We have learnt from our history.'

The kind of irony which can strip 20 layers of paint from walls.

https://x.com/GermanyDiplo/status/1918397874687361199

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CraigM350's avatar

Ja comrade, ve learnt much - zis time we vill build ze glorius reich from ze left. Zey vill never see zat coming.

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Mark Hodgson's avatar

Jaime,

I am no fan of the AfD, but I recognise the profoundly anti-democratic behaviour of the German state at work. It's clear that in Germany as in the UK people are fed up with the offering of the mainstream parties. This is the preliminary to banning the second most popular party in Germany, in order to prevent them from winning the next election. How that aligns with democratic values is a mystery to me.

You don't defeat an ideology you dislike by banning it; you achieve that by upping your game, listening to the people, and representing their views and wishes.

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Jaime Jessop's avatar

Anyone with a few brain cells can see that Germany has become profoundly anti-democratic. They're not disguising it anymore. That's why we should be concerned: because mature totalitarian regimes always resort to jackboot tactics in order to cling to power when they sense they can no longer deceive the population into passively complying with their agenda. Europe is on the precipice.

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Douglas Brodie's avatar

The East Germans are the only sane Germans. Their decades of experience living under the communist totalitarian jackboot allowed them to see through the Covid so-called pandemic, with a map of Germany showing a clear demarcation on the take-up of the Covid so-called vaccines.

President Trump is single-handedly dismantling the globalist tyranny afflicting western so-called democracies. Inter alia he has killed US illegal immigration stone dead, ditto the climate change hoax™, the censorship of free speech, the ideology of DEI and is now going after the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, last segment in: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/gifts-and-surprises-friday-may-2

It’s probably no coincidence that the WEF is starting to fall apart. It’s hard to imagine that the anti-Trump globalist Uniparties of the EU and UK will be able to survive such a demonstration of sanity.

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Tom Welsh's avatar

A country where the “intelligence services” can ban the most popular democratic political party.

They haven’t progressed much beyond 1933, have they?

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Jeremy Poynton's avatar

They never learn from history. That is clear

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Dollyboy's avatar

At times like these I think it's best to ask yourself - "what would Adolf do?"

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Bill Beshlian's avatar

Be careful Jamie, they sent the Stasi after CJ Hopkins for (satirically) telling the truth about their motives. Keir may let them extradite you. 😉

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Rick Bear's avatar

JD Vance is the hero of Free Speech democracy.

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