A welcome AfD court ruling for German democracy |
A German court has rightly blocked the country’s domestic intelligence service from continuing to brand the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) party a “right-wing extremist” organization.
Otherwise lawfully operating political movements, however distasteful, must be confronted through argument and competition rather than through a ban. If not, you don’t have a true democracy. A free marketplace of ideas remains the most powerful mechanism for exposing bad arguments and marginalizing those who peddle them.
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Germany’s desire to police the boundary of political discourse is understandable. The Basic Law, adopted in 1949 in the long shadow of the Third Reich, grants the state sweeping powers to dissolve parties........