German authorities crack down on the skinhead group known for organising far-right concerts.

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    10 months ago

    “Hammerskins” sounds like a bunch of guys who hang around smashing each other’s genitals with hammers

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      10 months ago

      The stupidest thing about it is that the name is based on some imagery from the film for The Wall by Pink Floyd which very much made the point of “Fascism bad”

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        10 months ago

        Sometimes satire is too good and just looks like how it is for the people who believe what you’re satirizing.

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      10 months ago

      47% opposed, 47% in favour, including 10% of AfD voters (that makes sense when you consider protest votes… yes they’re idiots but not terminally so). Opposed also includes “we should deal with them in other ways”, i.e. naive liberals.

      But that doesn’t matter as ultimately the constitutional court will have to decide, and I’ll go out on a limb and say that it’s almost guaranteed they’ll outlaw. Before that happens, though, either the government, Bundestag or Bundesrat will have to actually start the proceedings. That very much is a political decision.

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    10 months ago

    organising

    That would require a minimum of functional cell brains, something that’s lacking in that whole group.

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      The current political climate would suggest far right groups are actually pretty good at organizing and it’s the left who needs to get their shit together and mobilize.