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Scholz urges caution on potential AfD ban despite 'extremist' label | dpa international

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- Reportedly, 3 years ago he changed his underwear.
  
  But if you ask about it he probably wont remember.
  
  cum-ex underwear
  (sounds weird, but cum-ex was a huge tax/financial fraud. over €30 billion, he was involved..so basically no less mafia than cdu lobbyism cult)
- That's the centrist ratchet mechanism. Only turns right.
- I'm not trying to defend Scholz action-wise, but language-wise you might want to look for funny terms like "Zeitenwende" (turn of an era), "Doppelwumms" (Double Boom) or "Bazooka"...
We saw how "too big to fail" worked out in 2008. Don't repeat the mistakes.
Chancellor Leberwurst is softer than a wet paper bag. News at 11.
I think the major concern is that there is a chance that the ban doesn't pass the constitutional court. Which obviously would be devastating and ultimately would legitimize the AfD. I'm all for initiating the process, but it has to be done carefully.
- The AfD is already legitimized with being votable. It gets more legitimized with every position, every Euro of funding, every interview in the news...
  Nobody that wants to vote AfD is discouraged by some nebulous idea that they might be unconstitutional. If they were unconstitutional they would be forbidden after all.
  
  there is only one real shot at banning the AfD. if the courts decide against it, I assume it would be almost impossible to try again. That's why I can understand that people are cautious.
A better translation for "extremist" is "seditious".
Extremism refers to activities which oppose our democratic constitutional state and its fundamental values, norms and rules. Extremists seek to overthrow the liberal democratic order and replace it with one in line with their own ideas. They often endorse, encourage or even use violence as a way to achieve their aims. Terrorism is the most aggressive and militant form of extremism.
https://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/topics/security/extremism/extremism-node.html
- Important context: 1923, not 2023 and their ban was removed in 1925.
  
  1923, not 2023
  I would hope most readers here could infer that from the fact I was talking about the NSDAP.
  The ban was of course lifted later, but there's nothing right-wingers love more than being able to say they are a persecuted by a political elite, so the ban was very good for them.

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