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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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No that's not correct.
Ah yes, the most important criterion for humor: correctness.
Are you German?
Yes, Germany bad.
The implication was that Germans don't have any sense of humor. It seems that you've done nothing to disillusion us of that trope.
Yes Germany bad. The implication is that you're pedaling negative stereotypes.
Your complete lack of capacity for self-reflection is impressive.
I think the same of you.
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Please stop with the prejudice, that's all I'm asking you.
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someone makes a joke about germans not having a sense of humor and you claim Germanity responding this way, i'm not sure if you're part of the joke or being joked about dude.
the most important part of humor is being able to laugh at yourself (it's where the best jokes come from). Germans not having a sense of humor is low hanging fruit, but like if you don't want to be treated like a stereotype you can't act like a stereotype.
Laughing at yourself as an individual, yes. Laughing at yourself as a person that belongs to a group like nationality, race, sexual orientation, no. Nobody should have to care about whether they fit someone else's negative stereotype just because of their assumed nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity.
while i agree, we aren't quite in an ideal world yet. so we do have to worry about fitting their stereotypes.
Nein, der Witz ist, dass Deutsche keinen Humor hΓ€tten. Das ist aber nur trizen und nicht ernst gemeint.
In dem Fall ist's fast noch witziger, weil du den Witz erst genommen hast. Nimm das nicht ΓΌbel. ^^
I don't like it when people throw stereotypes around whenever they get the opportunity. You sound like you internalized the stereotype and find it funny
Oh the irony
A friend had his American friend come to visit him last year and they had me over to chill.
At some point he told a joke that didn't land and excused himself over nothing. So I said, completly straight faced, "Oh, I'm sorry, that was really funny, this is just how we laugh around here".
It was probably funnier in the moment, but the next ten minutes was me trying to keep a straight face while he was trying to get me to laugh. We were both in on the joke and it was hysterical.
Like, this is by all means a dumb stereotype. But it's pretty harmless. And if you laugh at it, it literally disproves itself.
β¦and gets 30% in one county
very scary
It's shameful there's not already a prosecution and ban process in progress.
The other half are confirmed nazis
German intellegence say forks found in kitchens
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.
Technically all of them are potential far right extremists.
The βGerman intelligenceβ in this case seems to be common sense.
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.