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Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.

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[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

AfD is mostly populism. Apart from immigration they hardly agree on anything and have a lot of internal conflict about what the stance of the party should be.

The current situation is that the established parties (and especially the media) don't engage much in discussion with AfD and just call them nazis, which divides the country. Admitting publicly that you vote for them will also get you thrown into the corner of people everyone calls nazis.

[–] freshdumbledore@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

It is not just populism. The party is full of racists and homophobes. A member in my area even admits to believing in the great reset, which is an ultra right and anti-semitic conspiracy theory.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The AfD is a cesspool of dyed in the wool Nazis. What their official positions are is entirely irrelevant to that. And yes, if you admit to voting for them, people will think you're a Nazi.

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

That's because the AfD is a fascist Nazi party and thus idiots voting for them are Nazis, too. Easy.