"Only when those deemed as enemies of the constitution become organized in such a way that they pose a threat to democracy may the state intervene. In this case, associations and parties may also be banned. Known as 'defensive' democracy, the objective is to prevent Germany from becoming a dictatorship again, as it was during the Nazi era."
https://www.dw.com/en/why-hate-speech-is-punishable-by-law-in-germany/a-71700225
@ArenaCops @GreenFire @AE4WX @dworkin
Modern Republicans are fascists.
@flexghost Refusing to play by the rules & accept the choice of the majority of voters, "GOP" is naturally disqualifying itself from being part of any electoral process.
@marcelias 
Congrats to everyone, who worked so hard to make it happen - for voters' & democracy's best!
@_L1vY_ @HopeVanDyne Right!
Confederate Republicans-In-Name-only can't ever win in a single election, if they didn't suppress masses of voters known to be casting their ballots wisely not for the anti-electorate party, "GOP".
@marcelias 
Fourteenth Amendment Section 3.
Disqualify all of Trump's co-conspirators inciting & engaging in insurrection against the authority of the United States & the laws thereof, and giving aid & comfort thereto.
@oppophonist @johnettesnuggs The German design of Defensive Democracy appears to be pretty effective & appealing model:
"The idea behind the concept is the notion that even a majority rule of the people cannot be allowed to install a totalitarian or autocratic regime such as with the Enabling Act of 1933, thereby violating the principles of the German constitution, the Basic Law."
@soc_i_ety 
Protect & defend democracy! To keep the Rule of the People alive.
The Civil War was a violent, murderous rebellion of a minority disrespecting the democratic principle of majority rule, as expressed by Lincoln's election victory.
It was a rebellion against democracy, humanity, civility & community.
It was intolerable then & it's intolerable today, being as anti-American as it can get, if the words of the Declaration of Independence & its product, the United States Constitution are supposed to be taken seriously.
@nedhamson On July 2, 1864 the Wade-Davis bill on the Reconstruction of the South passed both chambers of Congress, but Lincoln regrettably vetoed it.
Maybe an updated Ironclad Oath should be mandatory today, looking especially at those dubious congressional MAGA aggressors from the South turning the House into a circus of militant anti-constitutional hooligans.
@WackyIdeas @New_Narrative @edgeoforever It's very likely overdue to stop thinking of today's "Republicans" as a normal electable "political party" respecting the Constitution & Americans' democracy.
Decades-long anti-constitutional racist voter suppression, representing corporate interests rather than the electorate's, senatorial acquittal of a twice-impeached career criminal, who a shocking equally sociopathic majority of "GOP's voters thinks he did nothing wrong, more that 140 congressional "GOPers" voting to overthrow a non-"Republican" government-elect, dozens of "Republican" Attorneys General harassing the Supreme Court/federal courts to overthrow the results of the 2020 election should be disqualifying enough for any "Republican" candidacy for parliamentary representation, be it in states or on federal level.
@marcelias 
Make MAGA Lose Again!
Because it's better for America & the people's democracy.
@Beachbum To keep voters' sacred right to vote, everyone is called upon to support the outstanding legal defenders of democracy, @marcelias & his awesome Elias Law Group in their nationwide challenge to "Republican" organized joint efforts to suppress American voters where-, when- & however they can!
@dreadpir8robots Should be the normal way democracy works. Congrats it does for you in Canada!
@marcelias All of you deserve standing ovations 24/7 for your awesome defense of voting rights & democracy! Hell of a fantastic job!
@skydog @marcelias It's utterly corrupt intent with a fat touch of totalitarianism jumping into everyone's face.
A clear sign of broken Separation of Powers. It needs to be fixed!
@ProgressivePower Today's "GOP" is in fact GfN — Good for Nothing.
Just useless & sucking up taxpayers' dollars. America's most unproductive organization.
A national debt burden.
@marcelias Kevin McCarthy against the people's right to vote.
Because of course...
@marcelias The anti-American anti-democratic "Republican" party of dishonesty & disenfranchisement shouldn't even be on the ballot.
Accept the rules of democracy to guarantee free & fair elections or take time off to rethink your strategy of obstructing & disrupting electoral processes.
Oppressive Confederates in "Republican" clothing are zombies of the past.
@PiousunynHeretic @georgetakei Without being personal, I also hope you're wrong on this.
Germany lost its democracy once, drew its conclusions & codified its constitution to be able to defend against any organization trying to infringe or even remove most basic human rights & essential foundations of post-WWII German democracy.
So even if there'd be an extremist, anti-democratic majority in parliament it wouldn't be able to abridge or even remove the most important articles of the constitution protecting elementary human rights or the constitution itself.
It's the essence of a #DefensiveDemocracy.
@hannu_ikonen @Tbsa Which didn't eliminate opposing social democratic news outlets until dying Reich president Hindenburg was weak enough to be no longer able to resist Nazi pressure & false promises so he agreed to make Hitler Reich chancellor, subsequently leading to the infamous ' Law for the protection of Reich & state', which gave Hitler all the powers he needed & wanted to wipe every democratic opposition off the German parliament's floor — until the end of Hitler's "1000-year Reich" — 12 years on.
Care to watch the circulation of power at home is the message!
Care for the democratic right to vote near & far!
