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26 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Remember Rees-Mogg's far-right German friends? (⬇️)
Last week, they asked parliament to appoint a 'Federal Commissioner for the Persecution of Christians'
Transparent & populist, their move prompted one of the best debates the Bundestag has seen in a while
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
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 One after the other, MPs from all parties rose to tell the AfD they are not Christian & neither embody nor defend any Christian values. That cynically they will invoke & use Christianity only when it serves to incite division, resentment & prejudice against Muslims & Jews.
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Down to the point & not mincing his words, here's @helgelindh's speech, uncovering the far-right's bigotry:

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On Christmas, German Twitter got a hold of this debate and kicked off a Twitter storm. Last night's German trends were:

Father Christmas won't vote AfD
Father Christmas sh*ts on AfD
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Not for the first time, we see how the far-right in every country uses the same play-book to manipulate the public and incite hate. Their nationalist bigotry is international. They only ever serve their own purpose. They only believe in themselves.

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P.S.

The AfD's motion was, of course, defeated.

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