Posted on 04/25/2019 8:35:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Right-wing populist attitudes have become “normal” in Germany’s mainstream, said authors of a new study presented by the left-wing Friedrich-Ebert Foundation in Berlin on Thursday. “The center is losing its footing and its democratic orientation,” researchers said.
The foundation has released reports on right-wing extremism since 2002. The latest study, conducted by a group of researchers from Bielefeld University, shows that a record 54.1% of the respondents across Germany now hold a negative view of asylum-seekers.
The numbers are higher now than they were ahead of the refugee crisis in 2014, when 44% of Germans expressed concerns about the group. In 2016, after the peak of the migration wave, the survey showed 49.5% of people were negative on asylum-seekers.
According to the study presented on Thursday, these attitudes are more common in former East Germany, which is now home to less than a quarter of the country’s population — 63% to the West’s 51%. The survey also shows that the level of prejudice has grown even as fewer people applied for asylum in Germany. […]
Nearly one in every five Germans (19%) has a negative outlook on foreigners in general. The same percentage is critical towards Muslims, and even more (26%) view Sinti and Roma groups in a negative light.
At the same time, Germans are now more inclined to accept LGBT people and the homeless than before. They are also more likely to reject sexism. …
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On some level, this Friedrich Ebert Foundation seems to be acting in the same capacity as the SPLC in the USA.
Gut!
The other half of the population probably believes the same and is too intimidated to admit it. They throw people in jail over politically incorrect truths there.
Too little...too late.
JoMa
I wouldn’t say too late. It’s only too late when the elite politicians start to panic.
Auslander Raus!
That’s pretty classic.
Obama and the dems want the same for us. If not for Trump, we’d have half of Syria, Iran, and Somalia living here by now.
Gee, I wonder why...
It’s going to happen when self-preservation sets in.
You think they would come here and have some appreciation for the west. We give them shelter, food, healthcare, education, protection, and just about everything else. You think they would be thankful. Instead, all they want is more and they hate us.
I don’t see a planned invasion as a right or left issue.
Nobody likes Gypsies.
These are just the ones brave enough to admit it!
Well, it isn’t. Except when the left engineers it, of course.
One thing that the Communist Manifesto has as part of its planned dogma is “to abolish countries and nationality”. Remember, they think they can actually forge order out of chaos.
huh- not so long ago, they were greeting them with open arms- i still recall the hoards of young people marching in the streets holding signs that said “Welcome refugees- we love and adore you”
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.
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