Posted on 06/15/2021 7:02:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that both right-wing and left-wing extremism had risen in Germany over the past year, as he presented the domestic intelligence agency’s (BfV) annual report in Berlin.
Most alarmingly, Seehofer said that 40% of the 33,300 far-right extremists in the country were categorized as “violence-oriented,” the highest proportion ever. There had also been a 10% rise in the number of far-right violent crimes over the past year to 1,023, of which 842 were cases of physical assault.
The BfV also registered a rise in left-wing extremists: 34,300 in 2020, compared to 33,500 in 2019, of whom 9,600 were considered potentially violent. There was also a significant rise in the number of violent far-left crimes, the BfV said — 1,237 were registered. Of these, 423 were cases of physical assault. […]
“This is not just a special health situation; this is also a special security situation,” Seehofer said of the pandemic, before highlighting the role played by so-called Reichsbürger — a group of conspiracy theorists who deny the legitimacy of the German state.
“They too very actively used the pandemic and the state measures connected with it to spread their conspiracy stories,” he said. This had clearly helped them succeed in winning new numbers, he added, before noting the rising potential for violence among the group. …
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Let’s see. 40% of the 33,300 far-right extremists in the country were categorized as “violence-oriented,” the highest proportion ever. There had also been a 10% rise in the number of far-right violent crimes over the past year to 1,023, of which 842 were cases of physical assault.
The BfV also registered a rise in left-wing extremists: 34,300 in 2020, compared to 33,500 in 2019, of whom 9,600 were assaults. More left wing than right wing.
In this case “extremism” includes ordinary people who objected to the draconian and detrimental lockdowns.
Yes, extremist government.
You must be Sheep the Governments says so
Sure it wasn’t the pandemic fueled gov’t overreach and stripping of freedoms that led to a rise in “extremism”?
Not letting people live their lives causes problems?
Who woulda thunk it?...
...but mostly left wing.
Maybe it spurred sanity?
Are any of us supposed to give a damn what some former STASI POS says?
Get back to us in two generations. Maybe then it wont come from some slimeball who grew up in Socialist Youth Camp followed by a career in spying on his neighbors.
More like the phony pandemic spurred extreme government overreach.
34 to 1 ratio for Far-Left/Marxist extremists versus Far-Right hate groups (racist, anti-Semitic, anti- immigrant, and often pro-Nazi).
Where is the overall, long-term threat and who is it from? You get 10 guesses, the first 10 are correct.
Anything that the left calls “far right” is itself far left. National socialism, fascism et al.
Well, they’ll be put back to work now, so they’ll stay busier and out of trouble.
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