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German intelligence says almost half of AfD party members potential far-right extremists
(www.timesofisrael.com)
Only half? Seems low
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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Half are potential, the other half are verified
I would have thought that membership counted as a form of verification, here.
No that's not correct.
Ah yes, the most important criterion for humor: correctness.
Are you German?
The other half are confirmed nazis
German intellegence say forks found in kitchens
β¦and gets 30% in one county
very scary
It's shameful there's not already a prosecution and ban process in progress.
Technically all of them are potential far right extremists.
The βGerman intelligenceβ in this case seems to be common sense.
while it's probably accurate ish on this article
is not times of israel an untrustworthy source?
Why though? Israel is currently governed by genocidal far-right extremists. They probably know what they're talking about.
Has anyone in there even looked at their proposals?
No. The average AfD voter will scream in your face and call you a liar and spreader of fake news when you read them verbatim from the AfD's program. It's the exact same as for all the other far-right cults where sanity has left the building a long time ago.
The other reaction I've encountered is: "They just say that to get attention, they don't actually want to do those things."
Uh yeah, that's the reason why the party is being observed by the BfV in the first place.
don't take these polls to serious, remeber those who are unhappy are most willing to participate and voice their anger, and the AfD party is 99% anger. Normal people will just ignore pollsters, so the real number is hopefully lower
This is a delusional and dangerous as hell perspective to take.