The Federal Police Commissioner of Germany has expressed disapproval of police officers’ membership in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Good, rationality prevails a little at least
So what do they do with all the AFD sympathizers in the police?
I don’t have any experience with police in Europe but in North America you would give them a paid vacation till things blow over and perhaps shuffle them around to another dept and let them spoil another bunch.
The old Catholic Church play
Except in this case you probably wouldn’t even need to, because right wing views are somewhat of a prerequisite of the job.
Police in Europe are less fucked up than in the US but generally still suffer from all the same sorts of problems, they’re still pigs
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Watch their bank accounts very closely, Russian money is sure to pop up
AfD has already a track record of russian support/money and chinese spies.
If only that mattered.
The intelligent thing to do is to commission studies and reach out programs to understand WHY far right parties like AfD are surging in the polls. That way you can actually understand the concerns of the people who choose to support these parties, the reasons why they’re supporting far right parties over less extreme alternatives, and what deradicalization methods are actually effective.
The dumb thing to do is to make assumptions as to why these parties are growing in popularity, and double down on them eternally regardless of how invalid or wrong those assumptions are. It’s equally as stupid to try to use force and censorship to exclude these people from public life instead of addressing the underlying issues that led to this situation in the first place. It’s like the establishment is trying to give these movements validation, martyrs, and reasons to radicalize further.
That’s a really good photo for the article
Is AfD banned yet?
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Alice Weidel is a citizen of switzerland, so not even from the EU.
A non-German becoming leader of Germany
Wait, I’ve seen this…
Of course, afd is probably way too moderate for large parts of the German police
