My dear German brothers & sisters. The politicians you keep electing are headed backwards through history. They keep acting more… totalitarian. Just as Trump got re-elected in the US, you are making the same mistakes. Many in the party claimed to be fighting fascism while seeking their own version.
I wish we could have learned sooner, and you didn’t have to go down this road. The politicians used your people like puppets — insisting you must hate & fear your opponents & neighbors — saying, “if you don’t vote for us, you may never get to vote again!”
They demanded you ignore their corruption & said they’re morally pure. They argued, “we’re more educated & intellectually superior — we have better ideas”, while defending genocide.
Many of you pointed fingers. You called those expressing legitimate concerns the problem. You convinced yourselves that those merely questioning were traitors.
Instead of demanding accountability & change from within, you attacked viciously. Now as you lose seats & your party briefly pretends they knew it was a genocide all along, will you let them get away with it? Will you let them keep guilt-tripping you for something you didn’t do. Will you keep supporting what they’re doing now?
You’re proving my point & proving his point as well. Your ideology is exactly why groups like AfD have grown significantly. Most people will eventually oppose censorship, because at some point they too will question a government-mandated narrative. Then people like you will immediately try to label them into some group for your Gestapo to go after.
I don’t believe that AfD has good ideas, but they are one group that people will turn to once they realize how totalitarian people like yourself are. Bad ideas don’t flourish in a vacuum. If someone expresses a belief or thought you disagree with, then provide a strong argument against it. When you turn to using force against speech, rather than debate, then you have lost the argument.
Additionally, you are giving the appearance of legitimacy to ideas you find to be controversial in many instances. Just as Netanyahu, while claiming to represent all Jews, shows how much power he has over many politicians all over the world, and the media frequently acts as hasbara messengers.
Just stop it! You are what is causing those ideas to flourish.
Stop trying to be the thought police. Express the value & legitimacy of your ideas by showing others how they fruitfully impact your own life. If someone has beliefs you think are incorrect, then show then give them compassion, patience, and kindness. Good ideas spread through example, not force.
Ah yes, the evil pro-AfD ideology of … referencing wikipedia.
I tried to engage in good faith & provide an explanation, hoping you’d do the same. Too bad that this is the road you chose.