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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 1244 Views
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That article was awesome Tom - 11/01/2015 05:26:46 AM 823 Views
the Google translation is not great, but it gets the point across. *NM* nossy - 11/01/2015 09:51:29 AM 352 Views
Re: That article was awesome DomA - 12/01/2015 04:59:54 PM 916 Views
That article has some issues. Legolas - 12/01/2015 07:43:04 PM 760 Views
You're still a bit of an apologist for the ills of the Muslim world. Tom - 12/01/2015 11:27:18 PM 823 Views
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What is the problem with Pegida? Tom - 12/01/2015 11:37:49 PM 795 Views
Everything ironclad - 13/01/2015 08:41:17 AM 1169 Views
Those 19 points do look fairly reasonable, agreed. Legolas - 13/01/2015 07:08:13 PM 755 Views
Arguendo, if they raise a valid point shouldn't it be addressed? Tom - 14/01/2015 02:59:28 PM 724 Views
Yeah, it should. Legolas - 14/01/2015 08:02:19 PM 726 Views
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That's what you get when it's cool to corner Israel AgentApple - 11/01/2015 05:33:56 PM 806 Views
The left has no problem with that same narrative applied to Christianity Cannoli - 11/01/2015 11:04:55 PM 787 Views
For the record... Legolas - 12/01/2015 07:20:35 PM 726 Views
It's a bit disingenuous on Nasrallah's part Tom - 12/01/2015 11:34:02 PM 729 Views
Re: It's a bit disingenuous on Nasrallah's part DomA - 13/01/2015 02:40:55 AM 930 Views
Charlie Hebdo's next week cover DomA - 13/01/2015 03:00:13 AM 1243 Views
That magazine will sell out in an hour even with the incredibly high print issue. Tom - 13/01/2015 03:19:16 AM 758 Views
Indeed DomA - 13/01/2015 05:17:56 PM 879 Views
Finally it will be only 300 copies distributed in the USA DomA - 14/01/2015 01:24:45 PM 906 Views
I love that. *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 13/01/2015 06:14:36 PM 357 Views
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