When a party hit becomes a hate anthem: scandals are not isolated cases. “They are new terms for old ideology,” explained an employee of Mobile Advice Against Right-Wing Extremism in Bavaria.
Behind all the symbols lies the well-known “us against them’ thinking, the striving for homogeneity of peoples and the abolition of minorities. Migrants and people who do not fit into this image are “excluded and devalued” Discrimination against one population group is often linked to discrimination against other groups, such as homosexual people or women.