A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern

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A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern
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A pro-AfD comment gets 7 upvotes and only 5 downvotes? Seriously, Lemmy?

Sorry your left wing echo chamber isn't echo chambery enough for you

An anti-Nazi consensus does not constitute a "left wing echo chamber".

It is when anyone right of Stalin is called a Nazi

But AfD is not just anyone to the right of Stalin. They are a far-right party with neo-Nazi leanings.

Meanwhile, in Sonneberg, tensions are high after a video released Monday showed a man handing out leftover balloons from the AfD victory party to local kindergarten. In the footage, the man is seen wearing a T-shirt praising the Wehrmacht, the Nazi army and pants with the colors of the Reich (black, white and red), while his car has a sticker that reads “Volunteer deportation agent.” AfD claims that the man does not work for them, but a journalistic investigation revealed his links with the party.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-03/we-dont-want-to-be-known-as-nazi-district-what-the-far-rights-first-local-election-win-means-for-germany.html