Neo-Nazis gaining ground in Germany

[Generic Other]

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Neo-Nazis join quiet march to poll victory

THERE was not a skinhead to be seen in this Baltic town at the heart of Germany’s neoNazi revival. No thugs with steel-tipped paratroop boots, no ranting xenophobes.

Yet the signs are clear: the far Right is on the march in Eastern Germany.
The neo-Nazis, picking up an astonishing level of support on the home turf of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, look set to win a big chunk of seats in regional elections on Sunday. And to make sure that middleclass voters do not panic ahead of the ballot, they have donned camouflage.

“What did you expect,” asked Michael Andrejewski, the new face of the extreme Right. “That I would beat your brains out with a baseball bat?” Blinking from behind gold-framed glasses, Herr Andrejewski looked as threatening as a maths teacher — unlike the five young men who formed a protective semicircle around their leader. “You’ll be wanting to move along,” said one of them with menacing politeness. One quickly got the point. The slogan on his T-shirt read: “Granddad was right”.

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[Blue_Tires]

1. not a good sign.....

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. However, a very telling sign of the times. n/t

[Bluebear]

3. “You’ll be wanting to move along,” said one with menacing politeness

And this differs from any Bush appearance how?

[havocmom]

4. BINGO

We have our WINNAH!

[Beelzebud]

5. This is why I don't let Europeans take a high-ground with me.

Is the US perfect? No.

But neither is Europe, so don't let them act like they are better than us.

The UK is our partner in crime in IRaq, and it seems Germany is having a resurrgance of Nazism. Neither place seems any better than us at this point, so don't let Eurpeans act like they have some sort of moral high-ground with us.

[Kellanved]

18. Explain

Why should Europeans have a general moral high ground? I would be careful with broad-brush statements based on Murdoch rags, but that might just be me.

[Benhurst]

6. "'You’ll be wanting to move along,' said one of them

with menacing politeness."

What's the U.S. Secret Service doing over there? I thought "First Amendment Zones" were only in BushAmerica.

[malaise]

7. And Hitler's favorite youth

was in town whipping up the faithful 'literally and figuratively'.
The gang is back.

[Benhurst]

8. On the bright side, this should provide some

banking opportunities for the Bush Crime Family.

[Generic Other]

9. Disgusting thugs and jackboots

"One proud neo-Nazi father gave his daughter a black doll for her third birthday — and a bat to beat it with."

My father kicked these shitheads' asses during the Battle of the Bulge. I just hope we don't have to do it again.

[acmejack]

11. "grandfather was right"

[zcflint09]

10. More evidence that not just the US is going to shit

It's beginning to be the rest of the world too. This terrifies me, to be honest. Especally with everything Germany has done to try to destroy neo-nazis in the past few decades after the Holocaust.

[hogwyld]

12. This all goes back to bushco

If it weren't for his illegal wars, interrogations, detentions, etc. there would be no rise in fascism. We are the first, the rest of the world is only emulating us.

[michael_1166]

15. Not true.

Firstly, everyone please don't forget that this was a local/regional election in the federal state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (I doubt you'll find it in your atlas). NOT an election for the German parliament (Bundestag).
Secondly, it has nothing to do with Bushco. These guys voted for the NPD because they live in one of the poorest of Germany's federal states, having one of the highest unemployment rates. They have no education, no future, all they have is cheap beer numbing their brains.

Of course it's still embarrassing for Germany, but it needs to be kept in perspective and seen in context of its background.

I assure you we're generally one of the most war-weary people you can find on this planet.

[Karenina]

16. This state was also stuck with the bill

for *dimson's pig roast. Damn you, Angela! Was soll denn das?

[NotGivingUp]

13. running out of places to run. we have to take a stand against fascist pigs

[tjwash]

14. Poppy Bush must have a big smile on his face...

...to see that his dads old trading partners are doing well again.

[Kellanved]

17. Yes, we have a Nazi problem

It's not as easy as the times makes it sound; for starters the money for all this is coming from the west. Also, the real problem is the decreasing vote turnout, giving the Nazis more representation than they ought to have.

Lines like "It will be the second region, after Saxony, to have neo-Nazi members of parliament " are proof of very, very poor fact checking.

[Susang]

19. Poor fact checking?

On DU? Nah, that couldn't be true. :spank: