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Far-right MP forces abandonment of Holocaust scholar’s lecture

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Re: Far-right MP forces abandonment of Holocaust scholar’s lecture

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Far right extremism - call it with its name: fascism - is gaining traction every year in may EU countries, including mine. I have no idea if that's more the result of ruthless politicians speaking to people's bellies rather than their minds, which is a well known recipe for success among uneducated masses, or simply that more people don't trust progressive parties anymore (which could be explained by growing vote abstentionism in some countries), or both, but the result is anyway a worrying slide towards another backward destructive era which shouldn't find place in a modern civilized world.

Re: Far-right MP forces abandonment of Holocaust scholar’s lecture

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Far right extremism - call it with its name: fascism - is gaining traction every year in may EU countries, including mine. I have no idea if that's more the result of ruthless politicians speaking to people's bellies rather than their minds, which is a well known recipe for success among uneducated masses, or simply that more people don't trust progressive parties anymore (which could be explained by growing vote abs…

Not sure how this is fascist. Explain?

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It's a bit ironic that Braun is a German last name... But yeah, if they have such a problem with Grabowski's interpretation of history then it should be explained what he gets wrong, or maybe a debate? Is taking him to court ethical?

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Far right extremism - call it with its name: fascism - is gaining traction every year in may EU countries, including mine. I have no idea if that's more the result of ruthless politicians speaking to people's bellies rather than their minds, which is a well known recipe for success among uneducated masses, or simply that more people don't trust progressive parties anymore (which could be explained by growing vote abs…

Not sure how this is fascist. Explain?

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It's a bit ironic that Braun is a German last name... But yeah, if they have such a problem with Grabowski's interpretation of history then it should be explained what he gets wrong, or maybe a debate? Is taking him to court ethical?

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Re: Far-right MP forces abandonment of Holocaust scholar’s lecture

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Far right extremism - call it with its name: fascism - is gaining traction every year in may EU countries, including mine. I have no idea if that's more the result of ruthless politicians speaking to people's bellies rather than their minds, which is a well known recipe for success among uneducated masses, or simply that more people don't trust progressive parties anymore (which could be explained by growing vote abs…

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