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What is the problem with Pegida? Tom Send a noteboard - 12/01/2015 11:37:49 PM

I'm not following it closely, but having read their 19 points they seem completely reasonable - far more reasonable than the American far right, which could garner a lot more support in the US than Pegida seems to be able to in Germany.

Integration, control of immigration and being able to be selective tend to be good things. Implementing a system similar to Canada's is a good thing. From the distance of the US, it looks like Germany's leaders are worried about looking like Nazis and are being hypersensitive as a result. However, I readily admit that all I have read about Pegida is a few short articles here and there about the marches, and then I looked at their 19 point platform on the German version of Wikipedia.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Agree with some things. Not all. Legolas - 10/01/2015 10:56:59 AM 1289 Views
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That article was awesome Tom - 11/01/2015 05:26:46 AM 867 Views
the Google translation is not great, but it gets the point across. *NM* nossy - 11/01/2015 09:51:29 AM 371 Views
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What is the problem with Pegida? Tom - 12/01/2015 11:37:49 PM 833 Views
Everything ironclad - 13/01/2015 08:41:17 AM 1219 Views
Those 19 points do look fairly reasonable, agreed. Legolas - 13/01/2015 07:08:13 PM 792 Views
Arguendo, if they raise a valid point shouldn't it be addressed? Tom - 14/01/2015 02:59:28 PM 771 Views
Yeah, it should. Legolas - 14/01/2015 08:02:19 PM 774 Views
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The left has no problem with that same narrative applied to Christianity Cannoli - 11/01/2015 11:04:55 PM 822 Views
For the record... Legolas - 12/01/2015 07:20:35 PM 765 Views
It's a bit disingenuous on Nasrallah's part Tom - 12/01/2015 11:34:02 PM 761 Views
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Charlie Hebdo's next week cover DomA - 13/01/2015 03:00:13 AM 1297 Views
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Indeed DomA - 13/01/2015 05:17:56 PM 919 Views
Finally it will be only 300 copies distributed in the USA DomA - 14/01/2015 01:24:45 PM 955 Views
I love that. *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 13/01/2015 06:14:36 PM 377 Views
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