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[–] 55 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Europe has a long history of left-wing political violence, while in the United States political violence has been more likely to come from the right in recent decades

This so called history of left-wing political violence is extremely over-reported compared to the slew of actual attempts to terrorise people from the far right. Stories just from the German state of Hesse I can remember rn:

  • guy who believes in replacement theory shoots dead 9 in Hanau
  • police officers from Frankfurt use police database in attempt to intimidate lawyer representing families of NSU victims
  • extremist murders center-right politician for having a somewhat nuanced view on asylum policy
  • pride parades need police escorts after multiple interruptions and attack with pepper spray
  • socialist and green party offices vandalised
  • attempted arson at queer youth centre
  • anti racist organisers attacked and beaten

While I concur that a hammer is not the right tool to win a political argument, I do understand that people feel threatened by fascists - it's because they are.

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  • [+] -42 points 10 months ago* (15 children)

    Dude, half of Europe was under communist totalitarian oppression for decades. Yes, that included a lot of violence as well. They are not wrong

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    This may as well just read "Europe has a long history". It's such a fucking say-nothing statement.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    LOL weird that I missed it while living all my life in Europe.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah that statement is complete bs. Sounds like a troll

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    It's not but it's also kind of irrelevant to the situation in Europe right now because it's history. The Soviet Union and it's puppet regimes fell decades ago, and the Eastern Block sponsored communist terrorists (RAF, Red Brigades, etc.) went down along with it.

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  • [+] -8 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    Some of us did not skip history class

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, you skipped reality altogether...

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Your mom dropped you when you were a baby didn’t she

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