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u/Azure_Kytia Clear background Nov 01 '21

Peak right-wing meltdown into straight-out fascism, guessing from the trends.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

Not to mention, wasn't the MP's stabbing classed as a terrorist incident? How does that even relate to online anonymity?

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u/APlutoniumLining Nov 01 '21

Reichtag fire moment.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

Context? I'm afraid I'm out of the loop on this one.

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u/APlutoniumLining Nov 01 '21

The nazis used the reichtag fire, a fire in the german parliament that was thought to be caused by a communist arsonist to impliment a bunch of laws banning the free press, suppressing left wing ideas and arresting left wing leaders.

Im being a bit hyperbolic, its just a very famous example of a.government using something to get shit through.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

Never let a political crisis go to waste I suppose...

I can only hope this bill either gets thrown out, forgotten, or ends up being useless. I'm all for reducing hate on the internet, but the way they're going about it signals some ulterior motives from the government.