Authority finances controversial brochure: call for intimidation!

Authority finances controversial brochure: call for intimidation!

The German federal government causes excitement by financing a controversial brochure that provides instructions for fighting social opponents. This controversy was uncovered by the publicist Stefan Frank, who criticized the problematic content of the brochure "Nazis hate these tricks. 20 considerations on how to proceed against right -wing extremism", which is funded by the Ministry of Family, in his blog "Axis of the Good". Frank warns that this publication goes beyond education and represents a questionable request for vigilante justice. It defamates dissenters than "Nazis" and encourages critics to intimidate what endangers the limits of freedom of expression.

The instructions on how Antifa-Affine groups should proceed against so-called "right-wing extremists". The brochure demands the organization of new Antifa groups to create the most widespread mobilized movement. This includes concrete goals such as closing of institutions known as "right -wing extremists". Frank expresses concerns about the blurring of the term “right -wing extremist”, which can be used almost arbitrarily to defamate and attack political opponents.

shocking content and call for aggression

The brochure recognizes the challenges, but means that radical changes with "passionate conviction" must be enforced. In addition, responsibility is passed on to the readers: one should be "creative" and strategically caused damage to "give pressure" political opponents. This list of aggressive tactics ranges from prohibited to public defamation and offers a risk to the free-democratic basic order. Critics are alarmed and demand that such state -funded agitation will be stopped immediately because it undermines the basics of democratic dialogue. The themed content shows how far the boundaries between playful activism and serious political aggression are blurry, while the Ministry of Family is responsible for these dangerous advice.

This brochure is available online on the federal “Democracy Living” federal program, and the opportunity to order this brochure from the Ministry of Family Affairs gives rise to severe concerns about the use of taxpayers' content for such controversy content. The problem is also taken up by other publications that take a critical look at the brochure and thus raise the urgent question to what extent state agencies and ideological struggles co -financing.