ADVERTISEMENTThe far-right Alternative for Germany party is vying to win dozens of seats in the German election on Sunday, but even before the vote is counted, it has already succeeded in bringing once taboo views back into the country’s politics. This marks a major shift in Germany, where the legacy of Nazism still looms and far-right parties have been shunned for decades. But since the AfD’s founding in 2013, it has gained in popularity even as it has increasingly espoused radical ideology. The ambivalence in AfD statements has allowed its backers to see in the party what they want to see, Griffin argues. “You get racists upholding difference and attacking multiculturalism in the name of the right to have a culture,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post September 21, 2017 21:00 UTC