A political statement on tumblr is uncommon for me and probably unwanted but I am speaking directly to my fellow Germans here. Please take the threat the far-right party AfD is posing to our democracy seriously. Please take the recent use of AfD votes to come to a state-decision seriously. Our politicians are giving up ground to stand on to push through their own political agenda with the help of a party that is openly and aggressively homophobic, transphobic, antisemitic and racist; and gaining voters daily through misinformation and fear-mongering. We all know it; but knowing it is not the same as protesting against it, advocating against it, and becoming politically active. I know life is a lot, that everything cries for our attention all the time, and that many of these things are tiring us to the point of paralysis. I beg of you to please keep up and alert a little longer to defend our democratic parliamentary system against a party that is trying to dismantle it. We have seen a legal rise to power before and we know how a party, once in power, can do a lot to make atrocities legally defendable while solidifying their own power.
A first step would be signing a petition to the Bundesrat asking them to check whether the anti democratic ideas warrant a ban of the party altogether: https://innn.it/afdverbot
If you need more information why the AfD could potentially be banned: https://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikationen/detail/warum-die-afd-verboten-werden-koennte
Don’t let anyone tell you we would just be pushing the problem into the future. A ban of the AfD obviously is not the solution to the problem but it guarantees our democratic freedom which is endangered if the AfD should rise to power. It essentially buy us time to educate voters on the danger of an anti democratic party and to find common ground with protest voters who are unaware of the ramifications of a protest vote. It gives us time to incorporate political education and activism in our life to prevent another gain in votes for a party that threatens our diverse, queer communities.
I apologise for the incoherence but I type this from the bottom of my heart, being scared for what will happen next in our political landscape.
Warum die AfD verboten werden könnte | Institut für Menschenrechte
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