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cyba89

One Winged Slayer
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Oct 25, 2017
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In case you thought 2020 didn't suck enough already:
This happended today in the wake of yet another massive demo against corona measures in Berlin.





 

Zonal Hertz

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Jun 13, 2018
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I don't speak German but I can't see any nazi symbols in the crowds. Apologies for my ignorance but could you explain a bit further?
 

Temascos

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,518
Fuck Anti-Maskers and Fuck Nazis, this is horrible to see.

What the hell happened to our world man, it's like every single worst case scenario and the dumbest options combined together and are winning.
 

SilentPanda

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Nov 6, 2017
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German police have halted a march by 18,000 coronavirus sceptics in Berlin because protesters were failing to respect social distancing.

The mass protest against pandemic restrictions had been allowed to go ahead after a bitter legal battle.

But it had barely begun at the city's Brandenburg Gate when it was forced to stop due to a police injunction.

"The minimum distancing is not being respected by most [of the demonstrators] despite repeated requests," the police said. "There is no other option than to break up the gathering."

Police had vowed to turn out in force and strictly monitor compliance with mask-wearing and physical distancing at the protest.

Berlin's police chief, Barbara Slowik, had warned that if the demonstrators did not adhere to virus safety rules, police would clear the area "very quickly".

"We will not be able or willing to watch tens of thousands assemble and create infection risks," she added.

Angela Merkel said at a press conference on Friday that confronting the virus would become more challenging in the autumn and winter months.

The chancellor and the leaders of Germany's 16 federal states introduced tougher restrictions on Thursday, including a minimum €50 (£45) fine for people caught not wearing face masks where one is compulsory.

"We will have to live with this virus for a long time to come. It is still serious. Please continue to take it seriously," Merkel said.

Anne Helm, an MP from the leftwing party Die Linke, said: "There must be no tolerance towards racists, antisemites, rightwing extremists and Nazis. That is why I call on all Berliners to take part in the counter-events."

www.theguardian.com

'Anti-corona' extremists try to storm German parliament

Police prevent hundreds from entering Reichstag and disband march protesting against Covid protection measures

Alot of people going saying they are not racist but smart people....
 

Wolfapo

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Dec 27, 2017
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Disgusting.
Following this the whole day and it's shameful.

And just because there is a pandemic and people are not happy about the measures taken by the government.
(But in the end they were just waiting for a movement where they can just mingle in and get their narrative out...)
 

Deleted member 44129

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May 29, 2018
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Nazis are back. Not racists who can be compared to nazis. Not fascists who can be compared to nazis...But actual Nazis. In Germany. Actual German Nazis made a comeback in 2020.

Fuck 2020 so hard. Fuck this life. Fuck this timeline.
 

Readler

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Oct 6, 2018
1,972
Burn them all.
I don't speak German but I can't see any nazi symbols in the crowds. Apologies for my ignorance but could you explain a bit further?
Red white black are the colours of the Second Reich, and are traditionally associated with Nazis, as they also used them for their flag to "bring Germany back to its former glory".
 

signal

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Oct 28, 2017
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Dunno what thread to post this in (SilentPanda pls slow down) but will cross post




 

Alice

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Nov 2, 2017
5,867
Pathetic. Where's the usual violence they put to use against Antifa? No water throwers, no nothing. ACAB.
 

Holundrian

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Oct 25, 2017
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*sigh* this is so fucking disgusting. I wish these fuckers would just all die so fucking sick of these brain damaged idiots making the world unbearable..
 

Ahti

Unshakable Resolve
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Nov 6, 2017
9,191
Watch those Zombie-movies turn into reality, as brainless scum is walking through the streets.
 

GMM

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Oct 27, 2017
5,482
Disgusting! Was just there yesterday and was wondering why the police were readying fences, absolutely depressing to see.
 

Nexus2049

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Oct 25, 2017
3,833
Man seeing those American flags, ugh. There was an anti-mask protest on Parliament Hill (Ottawa) today and there was also American flags. Keep that American/Trump patriotism in America, at the very least.
 

Binabik15

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Oct 28, 2017
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Seeing cops actually stand against nazis is something else.


In this case I could see myself just mildy tut tutting police violence when the water cannons and batons come out, but of course those are not anti-nuclear power protesters, black bloc or anti-Stuttgart 21, so low chance of a beatdown.

Grab everyone you can and fine them for any violation against the corona rules.
 

Red Arremer

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Oct 26, 2017
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Nazis are back. Not racists who can be compared to nazis. Not fascists who can be compared to nazis...But actual Nazis. In Germany. Actual German Nazis made a comeback in 2020.

Fuck 2020 so hard. Fuck this life. Fuck this timeline.

They've always been there, they just have been biding their time. Now that it's socially acceptable to let the mask slip, they are going full out.
 

Readler

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Oct 6, 2018
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Man seeing those American flags, ugh. There was an anti-mask protest on Parliament Hill (Ottawa) today and there was also American flags. Keep that American/Trump patriotism in America, at the very least.
Waving the American flag has become synonymous with being a right-wing cunt, much like openly waving the German flag is frowned upon, even in Germany, outside of the world cup because of its Nazi connotations.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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"Nazis" is really the wrong word here, it's one of the strangest mixes of people demonstrating I've ever seen. Nationalists and Neo-Nazis, yes, but also hippies/esoterics, libertarians, christian groups, all kinds of conspiracy theorists including QAnon stuff, anti-vaxxers and some anti-capitalists as well.
The mix of flags being used goes from German Empire, current German flag, Russian, American, Swedish, Israel, peace and a bunch of rainbow flags as well.

No idea how they can agree on anything, I think they don't actually.
 

Joni

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Oct 27, 2017
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, running a human rights advocacy agency and supporting neonazi's.
 

FriendlyNPC

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Oct 27, 2017
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"Nazis" is really the wrong word here, it's one of the strangest mixes of people demonstrating I've ever seen. Nationalists and Neo-Nazis, yes, but also hippies/esoterics, libertarians, christian groups, all kinds of conspiracy theorists including QAnon stuff, anti-vaxxers and some anti-capitalists as well.
The mix of flags being used goes from German Empire, current German flag, Russian, American, Swedish, Israel, peace and a bunch of rainbow flags as well.

No idea how they can agree on anything, I think they don't actually.

It's a bunch of wannabe enlightened shit heads. That's the only unifying theme.
 

CountAntonio

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Oct 25, 2017
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In this case I could see myself just mildy tut tutting police violence when the water cannons and batons come out, but of course those are not anti-nuclear power protesters, black bloc or anti-Stuttgart 21, so low chance of a beatdown.

Grab everyone you can and fine them for any violation against the corona rules.
Yeah I'm just used to them having police escorts in my country(US).
 
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cyba89

cyba89

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Oct 25, 2017
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can someone give context/backstory to a foreigner? Not on Nazis of course, but on whatever lead to this?

Demos against the coronavirus measures are currently used by the all kinds of far-right groups and conspirancy theorists to strengthen their beliefs among the population. During big demos like the ones in Berlin today you see families walking with literal nazis.

The police of Berlin tried to prohibit the demo today because it would be expected that social distancing and mask policies would be broken. But the Berliner Verwaltungsgericht allowed it. After it became obvious today that people wouldn't adhere to Coronavirus policies during a demo against the Coronavirus policies (shocking!) the police dissolved the demo. Which led to conflicts.
 

Phantom

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Oct 28, 2017
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How much do you want to bet the Make Germany Great Again "protesters" are actually paid by Russia to be there just to sow dissent/create chaos? At this point I wouldn't even be surprised. We saw plants in the US protests trying to cause more damage so the BLM movement would get associated with vandalism/riots.
 

Readler

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Oct 6, 2018
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"Nazis" is really the wrong word here, it's one of the strangest mixes of people demonstrating I've ever seen. Nationalists and Neo-Nazis, yes, but also hippies/esoterics, libertarians, christian groups, all kinds of conspiracy theorists including QAnon stuff, anti-vaxxers and some anti-capitalists as well.
The mix of flags being used goes from German Empire, current German flag, Russian, American, Swedish, Israel, peace and a bunch of rainbow flags as well.

No idea how they can agree on anything, I think they don't actually.
Yes, this is true.

However, if you're storming the Reichstag with a bunch of Nazis, you might want to re-evaluate your stance, since in my book that also makes you a Nazi. I don't care how many Bible verse you're going to recite and what kind of alternative medicine garbage you believe, running with a Nazi makes you a Nazi.