Europe has a long history of left-wing political violence, while in the United States political violence has been more likely to come from the right in recent decades
This so called history of left-wing political violence is extremely over-reported compared to the slew of actual attempts to terrorise people from the far right. Stories just from the German state of Hesse I can remember rn:
guy who believes in replacement theory shoots dead 9 in Hanau
police officers from Frankfurt use police database in attempt to intimidate lawyer representing families of NSU victims
extremist murders center-right politician for having a somewhat nuanced view on asylum policy
pride parades need police escorts after multiple interruptions and attack with pepper spray
socialist and green party offices vandalised
attempted arson at queer youth centre
anti racist organisers attacked and beaten
While I concur that a hammer is not the right tool to win a political argument, I do understand that people feel threatened by fascists - it’s because they are.
It’s not but it’s also kind of irrelevant to the situation in Europe right now because it’s history. The Soviet Union and it’s puppet regimes fell decades ago, and the Eastern Block sponsored communist terrorists (RAF, Red Brigades, etc.) went down along with it.
This so called history of left-wing political violence is extremely over-reported compared to the slew of actual attempts to terrorise people from the far right. Stories just from the German state of Hesse I can remember rn:
While I concur that a hammer is not the right tool to win a political argument, I do understand that people feel threatened by fascists - it’s because they are.
Dude, half of Europe was under communist totalitarian oppression for decades. Yes, that included a lot of violence as well. They are not wrong
This may as well just read “Europe has a long history”. It’s such a fucking say-nothing statement.
The communist states fell only 35 years ago. Long history is a dumb way to describe that timeframe
Not my words, dawg
LOL weird that I missed it while living all my life in Europe.
Yeah that statement is complete bs. Sounds like a troll
It’s not but it’s also kind of irrelevant to the situation in Europe right now because it’s history. The Soviet Union and it’s puppet regimes fell decades ago, and the Eastern Block sponsored communist terrorists (RAF, Red Brigades, etc.) went down along with it.
The Royal Air Force is getting funding from the USSR/Russia?
Some of us did not skip history class
Yeah, you skipped reality altogether…
Your mom dropped you when you were a baby didn’t she
Wow, you got em
I know
Lame.
Well, when did your whole life start?
I bet before yours