Summary

Over 200,000 people marched in Munich against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, with organizers claiming 320,000 participants.

The protests, held under the slogan “democracy needs you,” warned against any party collaborating with the AfD, particularly the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), ahead of legislative elections.

  • foggenbooty@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It’s not that they’ve better when I say them, it’s that they’re true but ultimately unimportant.

    I’m not refuting its harder to protest in the US, but I am saying that it needs to be done regardless. It’s unfortunately not fair, but it is what it is.

    If westerners don’t learn to overcome the obstacles in place and organize then we’re done for.

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      5 hours ago

      You told me “I’m simply making excuses”, when all I’m doing is trying to do is bring nuance to the conversation. Something people have a severe problem with. They’d rather win an argument than have an actual discussion.

      There ARE protests happening all over this country. Get off your butt. I was in Louisville last Saturday at one. There’s also a KKK rally that’s we’re heading out to counter protest. You want the details I’ll be glad to share em

      But you’ll have to find a way there. And you’ll have to have the day off. Depending on where you live you may need two or three since our country spans from one ocean to another.

      There’s so many points people keep making without even taking into consideration the huge differences between the US and Germany.

      Germany is small. Takes nothing to hop a train a wait a couple hours to protest. You think everyone there lives in town? Of course not. They’re using their much superior infrastructure and education to get there. Really easy to get a large mass of like minded people when you aren’t spread out across an entire continent.

      You think being educated is unimportant? That not having public transportation or the ability to take more than one day off is unimportant? Bullshit. Absolute bullshit.

      Yeah, we need to wake up a huge swath of the population. No one is arguing that. The entire point (that keeps getting missed) is that we, as a people, have a lot more obstacles to overcome in order to see the results we want.

      But nooooooope. Y’all have decided easy answers to nuanced situations are definitely the way to go here.

      This is day three of people trying to convince me of a black and white answer and I’m not wasting another second on this conversation.

      If you want to join the Klan counter protest hit my dms.

      I would implore y’all to practice what you preach instead of complaining that others need to do something. Be the change. Cause that’s the biggest problem we face right now, the idea that someone else is going to help us.

      Have a good day.