“Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism” NYT’s refusal to plainly describe reality, again - ThreadSky

purplechrain.bsky.social • 27 days ago

“Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism”
NYT’s refusal to plainly describe reality, again

Reposted from Andrew Lebovich

It's altogether pretty disturbing how the Times undersells the AfD's Nazi connections here, and also undersells the linkages Musk and Vance have with Nazis/white supremacists: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

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purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

German officials “all-but-accused” Vance of boosting AfD? Does the NYT want to clearly and unambiguously inform its readers as to whether Vance boosted AfD? Perhaps by meeting with its leader? Or by telling the other German political parties that it’s wrong to exclude AfD from the government? No?

purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

Somehow, the only connections the NYT is willing to explain between AfD and the Nazis is “the AfD has at times downplayed Hitler’s atrocities. Some party members have reveled in Nazi slogans” which you’d think would be bad enough but is still….really downplaying what the AfD is.

purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

And the NYT article ends by suggesting that the current AfD leader is repudiating any past connections to Nazism, writing:
“Weidel has made similar complaints to those of Mr. Vance, paradoxically enough as part of an ongoing effort to distance the AfD from the Nazis”

purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

If you can’t articulate the difference between *actually* distancing a German political party from the ideological and historical legacy of Nazism vs. the fact that right-wing extremists don’t want people to point out their ideological connections to Nazis & Hitler, you are failing at your job.

purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

Also, even if the full extent of the AfD’s transgressions were members downplaying the Holocaust & reveling in Nazi slogans, as suggested by the NYT, isn’t that enough of a reason to be concerned that the VP of the US is meeting with their leader & effectively endorsing them in German elections?

purplechrain.bsky.social•27 days ago

even if we pretend there’s nothing to worry about other than whatever NYT included in its article, THAT INCLUDES THE US VP TELLING MAINSTREAM GERMAN POLITICIANS THAT THEY SHOULD BE WILLING TO FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH A POLITICAL PARTY WHOSE MEMBERS DOWNPLAY THE HOLOCAUST & USE NAZI SLOGANS.

emptyjetseatbribes.bsky.social•27 days ago

yeah it's super misleading to not plainly state facts

roryr6.bsky.social•27 days ago

@nytimes.com are Nazis because they run cover for Nazis

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