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0 pointsskrause4y ago0 comments

> Germany is also one of those countries that blanket bans particular groups/parties in general

You make it sound like Germany is constantly banning political parties. There have been exactly two bans of political parties in the post-war history of Germany: A nazi party in 1952 and a communist party in 1956. Also don't forget who occupied Germany in this decade and made a lot of its decisions.

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pessimizer4y ago· 3 in thread

But there are many banned named groups. Germany is not unique in this. That's a thing foreign to the US that Americans may not understand, which is why I mentioned it. I can start a group called the "Destroy The Government Now Neo-Nazis" in the US with no fear that it will ever be banned.

dragonwriter4y ago

> I can start a group called the "Destroy The Government Now Neo-Nazis" in the US with no fear that it will ever be banned.

Gang injunctions (sufficiently, but not exclusively) prove that this is not true.

hedora4y ago

Neo-Nazis are good white Christian folks. Domestic terrorism and gang laws don't apply to them.

(I wish I was joking.)

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cft4y ago

A group like that won't stay up a day on a FAANG platform

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