• floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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      Why? He draw a swastika next to the name of a fascist. Is this the kind of thing that would typically result in prison time?

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    Why did he admit to it? It doesn’t seem like they would’ve figured it out if he hadn’t since it was a secret vote.

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    He drew a swastika next to a AfD candidates name. Not sure what the big deal is, they are straight up Nazi’s. Doesn’t seem like he should feel compelled to resign for calling a spade a spade.

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      The big deal is that he broke the law. In some countries that’s the end of a political career.

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        Sadly Germany only seems to be one of those coutries of you’re not on the right.

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        Seems like he should stay in goverment and fix the law then. Identifying nazis as nazis should not be a crime.

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        When is half of the Bundestag stepping down then? They broke all sorts of rules but sometimes got rewarded instead.

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        Seems like pretty stupid law, feels like this is the type of speech that should be protected

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          How does one discern support or protest. 2 people can stand on the street holding a sign with a sign with a politicians face and a swastika background.

          One could mean this is a NAZI, don’t vote for him.

          The other could mean this is a NAZI, vote for him.

          Politician says oh I don’t identify as a Nazi 😉, at their rallies and you legally have a Nazi party running openly again.

          Note, obviously you could hang flags and banners on your house, business, etc… because it is just saying that guy is a spade.

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    IDK man. AfD are the ones raging against “political correctness” here. Dude decided to not be politically correct and label the Nazis Nazis.

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    I don’t know what the fuss is about. It’d be a different matter if the person who had drawn the swastika had voted for the AFD candidate. However, clearly this was done in a disparaging manner

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      The Swastika is a forbidden symbol in Germany. That’s why he gets grilled. If he would have written “Those are Nazis” he probably would have gotten away.