Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter may soon go through

[Kwak]

You've done nothing to demonstrate how AFD are fascists. Just because you don't like them doesn't make them fascists.

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.



Neo-Nazi controversies
Björn Höcke at a rally for the 2019 state election
In January 2017, Björn Höcke, one of the founders of the AfD,[332][333][334][335] gave a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital",[336] and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their politics of commemoration".[337] The speech was widely criticized as antisemitic or neo-Nazi, among others by Jewish leaders in Germany.[336][338] Within AfD, he was described by his party chairwoman, Frauke Petry, as a "burden to the party", while other members of the party, such as Alexander Gauland, said that they found no antisemitism in the speech.[336]

In February 2017, AfD leaders asked for Höcke to be expelled from the party due to his speech. The arbitration committee of AfD in Thuringia was set to rule on the leaders' request.[339] In May 2018, an AfD tribunal ruled that Höcke was allowed to stay in the party.[340]

In January 2024, it was revealed that senior members of the party, including Roland Hartwig, then advisor to party co-leader Alice Weidel, attended a meeting alongside neo-Nazi influencers, where plans for the deportation of millions of "asylum seekers", "non-assimilated people", and those with "non-German backgrounds" were discussed, including those with German citizenship and residency rights.[341] The event triggered the 2024 German anti-extremism protests.

In May 2024, Höcke was convicted and fined €13,000 by the state court in Halle for deliberately using a banned slogan "Alles für Deutschland", associated with the Nazi party's paramilitary wing, in a May 2021 campaign speech.[342]

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Possible cameo from gonad gobblers phrase

 

[Worgen]

 

[Hades]

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.



Neo-Nazi controversies
Björn Höcke at a rally for the 2019 state election
In January 2017, Björn Höcke, one of the founders of the AfD,[332][333][334][335] gave a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital",[336] and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their politics of commemoration".[337] The speech was widely criticized as antisemitic or neo-Nazi, among others by Jewish leaders in Germany.[336][338] Within AfD, he was described by his party chairwoman, Frauke Petry, as a "burden to the party", while other members of the party, such as Alexander Gauland, said that they found no antisemitism in the speech.[336]

In February 2017, AfD leaders asked for Höcke to be expelled from the party due to his speech. The arbitration committee of AfD in Thuringia was set to rule on the leaders' request.[339] In May 2018, an AfD tribunal ruled that Höcke was allowed to stay in the party.[340]

In January 2024, it was revealed that senior members of the party, including Roland Hartwig, then advisor to party co-leader Alice Weidel, attended a meeting alongside neo-Nazi influencers, where plans for the deportation of millions of "asylum seekers", "non-assimilated people", and those with "non-German backgrounds" were discussed, including those with German citizenship and residency rights.[341] The event triggered the 2024 German anti-extremism protests.

In May 2024, Höcke was convicted and fined €13,000 by the state court in Halle for deliberately using a banned slogan "Alles für Deutschland", associated with the Nazi party's paramilitary wing, in a May 2021 campaign speech.[342]

There's that. But personally I always found this one the clincher

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/20/europe/germany-protests-far-right-afd-migrant-deportation-plan-intl/index.html

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.



Neo-Nazi controversies
Björn Höcke at a rally for the 2019 state election
In January 2017, Björn Höcke, one of the founders of the AfD,[332][333][334][335] gave a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital",[336] and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their politics of commemoration".[337] The speech was widely criticized as antisemitic or neo-Nazi, among others by Jewish leaders in Germany.[336][338] Within AfD, he was described by his party chairwoman, Frauke Petry, as a "burden to the party", while other members of the party, such as Alexander Gauland, said that they found no antisemitism in the speech.[336]

In February 2017, AfD leaders asked for Höcke to be expelled from the party due to his speech. The arbitration committee of AfD in Thuringia was set to rule on the leaders' request.[339] In May 2018, an AfD tribunal ruled that Höcke was allowed to stay in the party.[340]

In January 2024, it was revealed that senior members of the party, including Roland Hartwig, then advisor to party co-leader Alice Weidel, attended a meeting alongside neo-Nazi influencers, where plans for the deportation of millions of "asylum seekers", "non-assimilated people", and those with "non-German backgrounds" were discussed, including those with German citizenship and residency rights.[341] The event triggered the 2024 German anti-extremism protests.

In May 2024, Höcke was convicted and fined €13,000 by the state court in Halle for deliberately using a banned slogan "Alles für Deutschland", associated with the Nazi party's paramilitary wing, in a May 2021 campaign speech.[342]

Höcke is one creepy bastard. I find him a lot more threatening than windbags like Trump, mainly because he genuinely seems to believe his own bullshit out of actual conviction rather than convenience. An absolutely evil son of a *****.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.

Now, now. We all know that the only valid definition of "fascist" is "someone who tries to make Phoenixmgs do something he doesn't want to do".

 

[Agema]

Possible cameo from gonad gobblers phrase

Broadly, people are consistent. The best predictor for someone's behaviour is past behaviour.

Musk is a guy who calls himself "Chief Engineer" at his companies, but doesn't do any technical work and - as has been noted several times - often doesn't seem to understand the technology. He's a man who clearly didn't found Tesla, but has invested a huge amount of effort into trying to trick people into thinking that he did. Plus undoubtedly a great deal more.

In short, he's got a very well established pattern of extreme difficulty accepting criticism or mediocrity, and dishonesty trying to exaggerate his accomplishments.

So of course he's the kind of person likely to cheat at computer games.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Jfc I thought I was cowardly and pathetic, but to hear Jones swerve hard into the fawning Elon's love pillow role at expense of his own base felt disturbingky life-affarming. If only for a fleeting moment. Saying he essentially is going to be Elon's divine interpreter to his fans who, evidently in his eyes, are just too fckin dumb to be trusted understaing Elon's adolescent BPD outbursts in the correct way they're supposed to. He's wanting to be the next Qanon soothsayer, get in there early this time so it isn't competition but product instead (he curiously avoided qanon aside a begrudging reference or two since it began in 2017 - strange thing for any self-respecting high-profile conspiracy theorist wouldn't ya think? Assuming they're a true believer and assuming there's not a huge profit/career preserving motive)

In this installment, Dan and Jordan tune into Alex's energency Saturday show, which had to happen because Elon Musk tweeted that the Woke Mind Virus had been defeated.

Am aware these long audios appeal only to damaged minds, so if sanity is desired prioritise your mental health and don't listen to that or me.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.



Neo-Nazi controversies
Björn Höcke at a rally for the 2019 state election
In January 2017, Björn Höcke, one of the founders of the AfD,[332][333][334][335] gave a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital",[336] and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their politics of commemoration".[337] The speech was widely criticized as antisemitic or neo-Nazi, among others by Jewish leaders in Germany.[336][338] Within AfD, he was described by his party chairwoman, Frauke Petry, as a "burden to the party", while other members of the party, such as Alexander Gauland, said that they found no antisemitism in the speech.[336]

In February 2017, AfD leaders asked for Höcke to be expelled from the party due to his speech. The arbitration committee of AfD in Thuringia was set to rule on the leaders' request.[339] In May 2018, an AfD tribunal ruled that Höcke was allowed to stay in the party.[340]

In January 2024, it was revealed that senior members of the party, including Roland Hartwig, then advisor to party co-leader Alice Weidel, attended a meeting alongside neo-Nazi influencers, where plans for the deportation of millions of "asylum seekers", "non-assimilated people", and those with "non-German backgrounds" were discussed, including those with German citizenship and residency rights.[341] The event triggered the 2024 German anti-extremism protests.

In May 2024, Höcke was convicted and fined €13,000 by the state court in Halle for deliberately using a banned slogan "Alles für Deutschland", associated with the Nazi party's paramilitary wing, in a May 2021 campaign speech.[342]

Guess who's gonna defend all of this?

 

[Phoenixmgs]

I don't like fascists.
Or people who defend them.



Neo-Nazi controversies
Björn Höcke at a rally for the 2019 state election
In January 2017, Björn Höcke, one of the founders of the AfD,[332][333][334][335] gave a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital",[336] and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their politics of commemoration".[337] The speech was widely criticized as antisemitic or neo-Nazi, among others by Jewish leaders in Germany.[336][338] Within AfD, he was described by his party chairwoman, Frauke Petry, as a "burden to the party", while other members of the party, such as Alexander Gauland, said that they found no antisemitism in the speech.[336]

In February 2017, AfD leaders asked for Höcke to be expelled from the party due to his speech. The arbitration committee of AfD in Thuringia was set to rule on the leaders' request.[339] In May 2018, an AfD tribunal ruled that Höcke was allowed to stay in the party.[340]

In January 2024, it was revealed that senior members of the party, including Roland Hartwig, then advisor to party co-leader Alice Weidel, attended a meeting alongside neo-Nazi influencers, where plans for the deportation of millions of "asylum seekers", "non-assimilated people", and those with "non-German backgrounds" were discussed, including those with German citizenship and residency rights.[341] The event triggered the 2024 German anti-extremism protests.

In May 2024, Höcke was convicted and fined €13,000 by the state court in Halle for deliberately using a banned slogan "Alles für Deutschland", associated with the Nazi party's paramilitary wing, in a May 2021 campaign speech.[342]

None of that indicates the party is fascist. Where's the authoritarian aspect of the party?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Look who's sympathizing.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Look who's sympathizing.

I didn't know properly using definitions of words was sympathizing. Ya'll need to stop the hyperbole and exaggerations...

 

[Casual Shinji]

You're pathetic.

 

[Trunkage]

None of that indicates the party is fascist. Where's the authoritarian aspect of the party?

Just so we are clear. The Dems are pretty fascie. The GOP are full fascie. You don't get to choose for a democratic government that does something for the people. It's choosing between two types of corporate scumbags who will tear every penny out of your wallet

You got to vote on how much authoritarianism you get for the next 4 years

Pick your poison