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This sign at a German protest against the AfD (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For context: we had many very big antifascist protests during the weekend. It wasn't only the highly involved antifa but many "normal" people attended their first protest in their life.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago

In fact, the antifa was in the minority. And that's no a bad thing in this context. Many people who would normally consider themselves unpolitical and wouldn't want to touch antifa with a stick went out to show that they're ready to take to the streets to protest the nazis. This measure of mobilization is rare in Germany and I didn't think we were still be able to do that.

Importantly: even in East Germany a lot of people took to the streets. Hamburg and Munich were good to see, but less impactful given that the AFD is weak there in the first place. But when you have people in AFD strongholds having the bravery to stand up publicly, you know you have something special going on.