50 Fascinating Historical Photos That Might Change The Way You Perceive The Past (New Pics)

We in Germany have that since 2015. If you reach the border you are guaranteed to get the status as refugee, despite national and EU law. No documents necessary and even giving obvious wrong information isn't a reason for rejection. Once in, you basically never have to leave no matter what you do. Oh and it isn't concerns anymore, it's outright rejection at this point due to the consequences. A famous quote is "We don't want to have ugly situations at our borders" - Now we have ugly situations all around the country instead. That is basically the main reason why the right wing became the second strongest party in the election since everybody else outright denies the issues, our current government of the parties in the middle of the spectrum got voted because they promised a positive change, and got called Nazis already.... Edit: One thing that is ironic, you don't need a passport to enter the country but more and more public pools require such documents to be presented for entry

... it may also be that the so-called issue is not as representative as the rightwingers try to paint the picture thereof, but they need a story to tell. If reality doesn't suffice, there never was any movement more accepting of ignoring that very fact than the rightwing extremists. Their relationship to things like truth, proof, reason is the very basis of their ideology - it's not about factual, actual truth, it's about fitting into a storyline, like in Wrestling, because their solutions, to real problems, don't apply. So, made-up problems are in high demand. And I have left Germany, since 2015, for exactly two weeks and one train ride. It's not that I'm elsewhere and just can't see all the Syrians doing all things evil, or whatever the current fairytale is.

Well if you want information regarding crime and violence of a specific demographic I could give you a quick rundown or provide you the official sources themselves if you fancy a read. The overall issue is that the other side of politics doesn't acknowledge the issues because that doesn't fit their narrative about morality. Quick in screaming everybody down as N**i and claiming to protect women and other minorities from them while favouring a culture that does the exact thing they claim to stand against. Or does the difference between good and bad discrimination and intolerance depend on who commits it?

And that has what exactly to do with me? I know where you're aiming at, but the target simply doesn't exist. I'm not defending the crude morals of the Koran, nor any rights derived from it. I consider religion, especially one that never got tamed by a period like that of enlightenment in europe, something to overcome rather than to support. This is the same strawman we see over and over and over, but it's almost always misapplied. Like here. The official numbers and statements ... state that rightwing extremism is the greatest threat to democracy in all of europe at the moment. Even if violence by immigrants would be a lot more of an issue, it would still be something that is down to the single persons committing it. It's the blanket devaluation of very large groups of persons that is to be opposed, but nothing that truly lives up to anything that could be called leftwing values defends stuff like Hijabs or Burkas, but very much is obligated to defend people against such.

The last part wasn't aimed at you specifically, more broadly to your argument that the right wing uses "things like truth, proof, reason is the very basis of their ideology". Like I always say: Extremism of every kind sucks, no matter if it's left, right or religious. What I try to say the whole time is that there needs to be something happening against crime and radicalization - not aiming at muslim immigrants as whole group but actual perpetrators. Having valid ID documents as requirement for entry for example, making sure that criminals actually can be expeled from the country (according to current laws) and that internal security can be maintained. And let's be honest, 22% average of violence crime across the country commited by culprits with a muslim-cultural backround isn't a small number given that they make up only 6,8% of the population. Not acting against such developments or outright denying them is THE reason for the rise of right wing parties here in Europe (not good at all to make it clear)

It's their RELATION to truth, proof, reason. That is rather losely, feelings-based instead on knowledge-derived, that makes it all worse than it is - you can't argue about how to react to a certain reality if it itself is constantly the object of debatation. But, very much that is where they're trying to draw us. Not saying the left side wouldn't make mistakes, let alone the leftmost party in germany - I consder myself about equally far left, but would never even consider joining that bunch, due to how they handle their own predecessors' flaws and crimes -, but at least, there's some sort of consensus about what reality is, and how to get a hold of it. Extremism almost always sucks. Something like a Partisan, fighting against a brutal dictatorship is, of course, by many definitions among the radicals ... but totally right, justified in their doing, it may even be wrong NOT to do what they do, given they have the chance to. Extremism sucks - yes, in general, I agree. Capitalist extremism, of course, sucks just as much, but is a smarter sort thereof, as they keep not just a bit shy of calling themselves so, but disguise them as "Initiative Neue Soziale Martkwirtschaft" or other propaganda tools in order to further richify the rich. That THIS sort of extremisms, often, isn't even considered one ... makes it even a worse one to begin with. But, that aside ... the dude on the picture here, certainly an extremist by the Nazis' view, is, in my view, a hero who deserves praise, regardless of this very unfair fight, of course, ending with his side losing.

I agree. I’ve seen one movie that makes some reference to it, and I think the ending was completely inappropriate, in retrospect. The main character is one of the victims of the tragedy when there was no reason for him to be a victim of the tragedy, to my understanding.