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And suddenly the major media outlets care about free speech and the right to protest. Most of the media is using a passive voice and is calling these "Anti-immigration" protests despite there being straight up Nazis involved.

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[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has been happening in the UK too, including violent demonstrations against alleged hotels housing people seeking asylum, organised by former members of proscribed (terrorist) neo-Nazi organisations. The fact that multiple mainstream MPs have attended these, produced glowing videos about them, and stood with (figuratively and literally) people from knowing, unabashed neo-Nazi orgs has gone completely uncommented on in the British press.

It's very clearly a coordinated campaign that's gone international.

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

when leftists protest

Liberals and mass media: COMMIE TERRORISTS AND LOOTING GANGSTERS!!! SEND THEM AWAY FOR INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT!!! AUTHORITARIANS like you are a DANGER to our wholesome Western Liberal Democracy! 😑😑😑

when literal nazis protest

Liberals and mass media: Awww πŸ₯° How heartwarming! This is what Democracyβ„’ is for – to listen to people like them! In fact, we should totally structure our policies to appease them and only them!

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Blame the government, not the people!"

The "people":

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Counter protestors outnumber the Nazis at a lot of the rallies from what I'm hearing

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

That's fantastic news

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good! Tides are turning :).

It's cause stomachs were turning

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

You can tell that they aren't Nazi protests because there aren't any Palestine flags /s

interesting how relaxed police seem around literal neo-Nazis vs. how they handle benign libs asking for less violence or whatever.