A resurgent right (Germany's Extreme Right Gathers Strength)

expatica ^ | 10 Feb 2005 | expatica

[kjvail]

Nazi'ism is not rightist.

[Truth666]

The resurgence of nazi symbology is part of a carefully staged plan. starting with the german government

[cowboyway]

"Sixty years of Liberation Lies - End the Cult of Guilt," is the NPD's motto for the demonstration

Interesting. What lies are they speaking of?

[junta]

Well since the leaders of the west have all imbibed the liberal lie they can now reap the costs of doing so by making it easy for anyone to breach their fantasy, no matter how repugnant.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think this article tries very hard to be against the NPD. Here's what I got out of it:

The NPD is nationalist. No problem. I'm a nationalist too.
The NPD opposes abortion. Me too.
The opponents of the NPD want to outlaw "bad" political speech and crush the NPD. I think that's wrong.

The article says the NPD is anti-semitic. So far, I see no evidence. As far as I can see, that would be the only grounds on which I would oppose the NPD.

[Moderate right-winger]

Who are the real nazis? It seems to me that this NPD is the only pro-life party in German political spectrum.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Nazi is short for NAZI SOCIALIST

hmmm, which party in the USA is more socialist?

[texson66]

Verrry interresssssstin'!

[Rembrandt_fan]

Here in the States, David Duke traded in his Klan robe for a suit, a tie, and a face-lift and attempted to sell himself as a Republican, fooling no one.

Sometimes I wish we could suspend the Constitution for just one day a year and hunt them with hounds.

[Chgogal]

And then there was Senator Byrd who prides himself in being a world class, um, partisan.

[B.O. Plenty]

Extremism is a matter of perspective.....Germany's government is so far left that anything to the right of them are considered "far right".

We are dealing with the same thing right here in River City. Kennedy, Kerry, Dingy Harry and all other leftists in our government are so far up against the left wall that they see Pres Bush as a wild-eyed right wing nut......

[cynicom]

They are all socialist brothers, fighting among themselves. To call them "rightists" is disingenuous as usual.

[Monterrosa-24]

Do the National Front in France and the NPD in Germany have any position more extreme than advocating the banning of a party?

As anticommunist as I am I do not advocate the banning of the CP-USA or its larger cousin, the so-called Democratic Party.

[Jarhead1957]

This explains why France wants to be our friends again.

[Gosh I love this neighborhood]

"Nazi'ism is not rightist."

You are right. People seem to have a difficult time believing that.

[Petronski]

Nazi is short for Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

The first two syllables, "Nati" are pronounced as we pronounce "Nazi:" NOT-see.

[Petronski]

Whoops, missed the third 's': Nationalsozialistische

The first two syllables, "Nati" are pronounced as we pronounce "Nazi:" NOT-see.

[aristotleman]

>>The NPD's geopolitics are shown on a map of Germany from 1938 - including parts of the country lost after World War II to Poland and Russia - which is available as a silver coin to raise funds for the movement. The map has a sword across it with the words, "The Reich, our Mission".

Sixty years of Liberation Lies - End the Cult of Guilt, is the NPD's motto for the demonstration.<<

...Sounds like Nazis to me. There's nationalism, then there's German Nationalism. It's not the same. The opponents of the NPD are not trying to ban outlaw political speech, they are trying to stop the rise of a fourth Reich, or the equivalent of Islamic fundamentalism.

[Drammach]

NAZI = National Socialist German Workers Party..

However, let us not forget that the Nazi's mortal enemy during it's political infancy was the Communists..
The Nazis, although they called themselves "socialist", were not.. They were Totalitarians..
Although the distinction between political philosophies is probably hair-thin, Hitler, influenced by Mussolini, steered his political philosophy and that of the party toward Facism..

While both include state monopoly/control of all facets of life and an Authoritarian rule, Facism includes the ideology of rule through racial superiority..