Re: Far right gains ground in Germany's east
I wasn't thinking of Germany in particular, but elsewhere. In Germany it is not a matter of whether it is a good option or not. In Germany it is the only option.
In Spain, DN has failed miserably and you can only expect it to sink deeper. Behind this failure is the model of people stuck on a urban tribe fashion, who in the article are excused as "The way they dress is just fashion. There is no violence behind it. If there were, they would be punished."
I'm afraid that that's a trivialization of what outside the inner circle offers a much different perception. That ot a link (or, as I said earlier, a burden) with a neo-nazi fashion.
And let's be honest here. The vast majority of the people will prefer to let things sink further down before giving their support to what they perceive in such a fashion. And I can't blame them for it.
As a side reflection, if I stop for a moment to think about the particular characteristics of Eastern Germany and the phenomenon of the NPD there, the one other example for comparison that occurs to me is the extreme-left in Southern Spain. But never mind, this is a quick and personal reflection that would need much more personal analysis before being able to draw any worthy conclusions.
p.s. the BNP is not a part of the National Democratic alternative
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