Germany: Far-right AfD moves to expel 'Saxonian Separatist' militants (www.dw.com)

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Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party announced it is expelling three members linked to the "Saxonian Separatists," a militant group aiming to establish a Nazi-inspired state in eastern Germany.

The group, believed to consist of 15-20 individuals, planned to exploit societal collapse to seize control of areas in Saxony, with intentions of enforcing ethnic cleansing. Police recently arrested eight suspected members in coordinated raids.

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[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

Aren't the AfD basically neo-Nazis?

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Pretty much. Which is why they just threw these guys out after police came down on their group, out of fear they may be banned for supporting terrorists and people would see them for what they are before it is too late

[-] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

After all, who is better at whitewashing than Nazis?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago

I love it. "You can be Nazis, but you have to do it at home."

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 5 points 22 hours ago

There has been an even worse version of it. Kalbitz was kicked out of the Party because he lied about his "former" connection to neo-nazi groups when he joined the party. Höcke just admitted them, so he could stay.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

So not just, "you can be Nazis, but you have to do it at home," but also, "you can hang out with the other Nazis as long as they're our Nazis."

[-] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That's Landolf Ladig umm Mister Höcke for you.

Edit: I just realized that might need some explanation: https://jurios-de.translate.goog/2021/06/16/wer-ist-landolf-ladig-afd-landeschef-bjoern-hoecke-verklagt/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 6 points 20 hours ago

More like "its okay to be a Nazi if you are honest about it and you don't currently plan to overthrow democracy before we are ready."

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