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Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mountain Germans with a weird accent.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Simply not true, historically. Switzerland has long been a cultural and ethnic crossroads between France, Italy, and Germany, which is why their official languages are French, Italian, German, and Romansh (a regional language).

This lie was, however, commonly repeated by the Nazis to try and justify an invasion on nationalist grounds.

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, well I'm not a Nazi. I just like taking the piss out of people with a funny accent.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never said you were, but there are quite a few of their propaganda efforts that simply became accepted "truth." Calling blonde haired and blue eyed people Aryan or German, for example, even though we have plenty of evidence those traits exist in non-Germanic peoples.

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

Tina Turner was Swiss. I rest my case.