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The pseudo-liberal police state in Germany
“Inside the dystopian world of Germany’s free speech crackdown
Berlin threatens thousands of Germans with jail for criticising their leaders
Dr Zitelmann is one of thousands of Germans who have been threatened with fines or prison sentences for social media posts that fall foul of the country’s political speech laws, which are unusually stringent for an EU member state.
Some of the cases are sinister and farcical in equal measure.
One German had his home raided for calling a minister a “Schwachkopf [dummy]” while another was fined €2,000 (£1,700) for calling Friedrich Merz a “lying Fritz” under a law that, critics claim, makes it effectively illegal to make fun of politicians.
The furore bears some similarities to the free speech debate in Britain, where citizens have had a knock on the door from police over opinions posted online.
To its supporters, the AfD is only the party that speaks for Germans who are sick of mass migration, political correctness, economic stagnation and the creep of so-called wokeism.
But to its opponents, including many in the government, civil service and intelligence services, the party is a far-Right menace that was recently classified as an extremist group by the country’s equivalent of MI5.
The BfV has been monitoring senior AfD figures through methods such as wiretapping and informants for at least five years.“
[Daily Telegraph]
…and guess which “element” is behind most of the anti-free-speech activity, in both Germany and the UK? Yes, “them” (((them))), as usual…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miatta_Fahnbulleh_(politician)
Were I to go to Liberia, or Sierra Leone, would I be able to become an MP and/or Cabinet minister? No. So why do we allow Africans to come here and do so? It is a symptom of a terminal sickness in the body politic.
As Hitler said of the 1920s Weimar Germany equivalents, “...dirty democratic politicians“, and I do not think that this lot are even “democratic”.
Good grief. Look at that lot. I hardly like to have them on the blog.
Apparently, protests against military draft.
The tyrant Ortega should have been eliminated 40+ years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ortega
Men are kidnapped off the streets to serve unwillingly on the crumbling front-lines of the Kiev regime, so unsurprising that few want to hang around pavement cafes; others have fled overseas to avoid the draft.
Perhaps. The problem is that one cannot believe a word “they” say, especially now that they want the USA to escalate the war against Iran.
Zelensky’s regime is a dictatorship composed of Jews, Ukrainian thugs and, below that level, persons of doubtful provenance such as that terrorist woman.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c141lymnl2yo
Ha. Made me laugh, mainly because it comes close to my own attitude…
(((Typical))) of the decadence which “they” import into both the cultural and political areas of national life (in this case, in Ukraine, but one could point to similar decadence in the UK, USA, France etc).
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This is the kind of madness that has swept across the Western world in, mainly, the past 30 years.
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Our animal friends.
As Valentin Tomberg predicted, the mask of evil has started to come off since the late 20th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Tomberg
The System and its mouthpieces are now preparing the masses for a pointless and unnecessary war with Russia that might leave this country as a charred and radioactive wasteland. Any MPs or scribblers/talking-heads that are promoting war with Russia are enemies of the people.
The first opinion poll for about 2 years to put Labour clearly into government, albeit in a hung Parliament. Translates to a Commons with about 255 Labour MPs (71 short of a majority), 239 Reform UK (strong official Opposition), 67 LibDems, 39 Cons, 21 SNP, 6 Greens [etc].
On those figures, Labour could only rule with the help of the LibDems and others (SNP, Greens etc). A very weak Labour government. In principle, good for social nationalism.
Every single thing that Burnham has announced so far —leaving the merits aside— has been announced or is being done purely to shore up the Labour vote, nothing else.
Another small settlement taken, but Russia needs a real gamechanger now. Time is running out. Trump may be replaced in 2028/early 2029 with a very pro-war new president, willing to again bankroll and heavily arm the Kiev regime.
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