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Thread #56351   Message #880935
Posted By: Susanne (skw)
02-Feb-03 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Rise of the BNP in Britain.
Subject: RE: BS: The Rise of the BNP in Britain.
Germany has periodic resurgences of right-wing voting which, I'm relieved to say, have invariably foundered, mostly on the eventual self-destruction of the parties and people involved. Mostly, their proven incapability of sustained effort, negativism, and a penchant for quarreling among themselves and forming factions swiftly discredited them even to their own voters. Still, though most of their followers may be, the leaders are by no means morons, and need to be watched closely and spoken out against at every opportunity. Maybe people in Germany, with its history of national socialism (whose avowed aim it was to reach power by 'legal' means - and they did, because the Weimar democracy allowed them the scope to do so), are less complacent than other European nations can afford to be in the face of right-wing extremism. However, I can but second Cobble's opinion.