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I have a feeling that the majority of AFD voters simply want some kind of change and action on what they are seeing happen in Germany. I'm definitely not one of them, (and being an auslander myself I have skin in this game) -- this is a failure of the other parties more than it's a victory for AFD. But then again, that's all it takes really.

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This was a state election. This state was the first to elect nazis pre nazi dictatorship. Let's not jump to any crazy conclusions.

In 2020, florida was called for trump and biden won. Saying florida was a sign of things to come was simply not true.

Fascists inherently do not care why people voted for them.

If you're a foreigner who's rooting for the fascists, you're an idiot. They want to deport you.

? What did I say that gave that opinion? Of course I'm not rooting for the fascists...

Elsewhere in this thread, you talk about how it's unfair that the far-right gets compared to Nazis, but here you call them fascists.

What a weird position to be in, where you acknowledge the fascism but think Nazi comparisons go too far...

See, this sort of thing is exactly is why they're going to continue to make progress. This attitude of painting all of them with the same brush and calling them nazis exactly is the thing that creates more nazis.

You're the problem here. I'm not on the side of the AFD, never will be -- and let me be clear: I and my family are directly impacted if they take power.

I don't think calling literal nazis nazis is a problem, my point, if you read it properly is that shutting down the (reasonable or not) concerns of a big chunk of the population and calling them all nazis only makes them more extreme, and grows their power. We need a better way.

So what? Is he only allowed to play victim? What kind of a dumb logic is that

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