German politician steps down over swastika on ballot
German politician steps down over swastika on ballot
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German politician steps down over swastika on ballot – DW – 07/25/2025
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IDK man. AfD are the ones raging against "political correctness" here. Dude decided to not be politically correct and label the Nazis Nazis.
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I don't know what the fuss is about. It'd be a different matter if the person who had drawn the swastika had voted for the AFD candidate. However, clearly this was done in a disparaging manner
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The Swastika is a forbidden symbol in Germany. That’s why he gets grilled. If he would have written “Those are Nazis” he probably would have gotten away.
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the comments here really show that world news@lemmy.world is extremist bubble xD
no wonder you only can talk online, normal people would think youre insane
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Why did he admit to it? It doesn't seem like they would've figured it out if he hadn't since it was a secret vote.
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I am pretty sure he stepped down to protect his parliamentary group. If he hadn't taken one for the team the AfD would've scandalised this topic even more and may have damaged the SPD and / or the Green party.
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Bro dresses like Dr. Evil
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Pretty sure Dr. Evil work a jacket made for men.
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Steps down? He should be imprisoned.
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Why? He draw a swastika next to the name of a fascist. Is this the kind of thing that would typically result in prison time?
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I was misunderstanding the context, very tired over here. I thought hr was drawing swastikas because he was part of AfD.
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Why does he give severe villain aura?
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He drew a swastika next to a AfD candidates name. Not sure what the big deal is, they are straight up Nazi's. Doesn't seem like he should feel compelled to resign for calling a spade a spade.
The big deal is that he broke the law. In some countries that’s the end of a political career.
Sadly Germany only seems to be one of those coutries of you're not on the right.
When is half of the Bundestag stepping down then? They broke all sorts of rules but sometimes got rewarded instead.
Seems like he should stay in goverment and fix the law then. Identifying nazis as nazis should not be a crime.
Seems like pretty stupid law, feels like this is the type of speech that should be protected