Berlin clubs show rightwingers the door

[jmyrlefuller]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/997828c8-79af-11e6-97ae-647294649b28.html

by Stefan Wagstyl
September 16, 2016

The rightwing Alternative for Germany party has been battling mainstream politicians for months but now faces a new opponent in the clubs and dance halls of Berlin.

Impresarios in the city have launched an anti-AfD campaign in advance of Sunday’s regional election, determined to show there is no place for the right in a cosmopolitan migrant-rich metropolis.  “Clubs are very, very present in Berlin,” says Jens Schwan, a 44-year-old online editor active on the club scene. “We want to stand up against rightwing populism.”

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[XenaLee]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/997828c8-79af-11e6-97ae-647294649b28.html

by Stefan Wagstyl
September 16, 2016

The rightwing Alternative for Germany party has been battling mainstream politicians for months but now faces a new opponent in the clubs and dance halls of Berlin.

Impresarios in the city have launched an anti-AfD campaign in advance of Sunday’s regional election, determined to show there is no place for the right in a cosmopolitan migrant-rich metropolis.  “Clubs are very, very present in Berlin,” says Jens Schwan, a 44-year-old online editor active on the club scene. “We want to stand up against rightwing populism.”

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I'm confused.   So......what customers ARE German club owners catering to?  It certainly can't be the Muslim population.... since Muslims don't drink or party. Right?  Wouldn't Muslims be ""offended"" by these clubs and dance halls to the point that they would avoid them?   It makes no sense.  Except for the fact that PC runs amuck.....

everywhere these days.

[Cripplecreek]

Never compare the Euro right to the right in America.

They're the primary source of Trump's alt right support. They don't deserve our defense.

[Fishrrman]

Title:
"Berlin clubs show rightwingers the door"

Reminds me of a scene early in the great film, "Cabaret".

By the final shot out, things had changed...

[jmyrlefuller]

Never compare the Euro right to the right in America.

They're the primary source of Trump's alt right support. They don't deserve our defense.

There is a sort of irony, as these kinds of shaming and silencing tactics are what a lot of those same alt-righters want to do to us come January 20 (if he wins). I've heard at least a couple of times how they want to ensure we never have a voice in politics again unless we pledge fealty to him.