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Neo-Nazis will march on Yom Kippur in Sweden

KonradLaw

Member
They’re protesting against Jews because of Muslim migrants?
They think mass migration is all a secret jewish plan to destroy the western civilization.
Because jews secretly organizing mass import of people who in large numbers hate jews makes so much sense ;)
 

Paganmoon

Member
Disgusting human beings marching in my city. Apparently the Swedish antifa and bussloads of other foreign groups are coming to 'counter-protest' (http://www.gp.se/nazimarschen-utl%C3%A4ndska-v%C3%A4nsterextremister-i-bussar-till-g%C3%B6teborg-1.4675342).

I'm staying the fuck away from central city on saturday. Stay safe fellow Göteborgare.

Hmm, getting 2001 Flashbacks. The police right now:
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Living centrally I'm just going to stay indoors on Saturday. Shit might get crazy.
And honestly at this point, police and SvFF should consider postponing the planned football match, cause they sure as hell aren't going to be able to cancel the nazi march.
 

Staf

Member
Hmm, getting 2001 Flashbacks. The police right now:

Living centrally I'm just going to stay indoors on Saturday. Shit might get crazy.
And honestly at this point, police and SvFF should consider postponing the planned football match, cause they sure as hell aren't going to be able to cancel the nazi march.

I'm fearing a '2001' scenario. Took a long time for the city to recover from the protestors and their bricks...
 
Gross but as a Jewish person and an American I still believe in free speech as long as it’s not hate speech and there’s no violence.
Is there a non-hateful way to say that jews are evil masterminds and a threat to mankind? When hatred is the central thesis of an organization all its rallies are acts of hate. There literally isn't a message for them to deliver besides hate speech.
 

barber

Member
Yeah as an immigrant i will stay the fuck away from the center of göteborg. Otherwise, it is funny that you can actually see more antifa / antinazi posters around gothenburg right now than those pro this demonstration (I havent seen one yet).
 

Staf

Member
Yeah as an immigrant i will stay the fuck away from the center of göteborg. Otherwise, it is funny that you can actually see more antifa / antinazi posters around gothenburg right now than those pro this demonstration (I havent seen one yet).

Not strange at all. There's going to be like 10-1 antinazis to nazis on saturday. That despite most of Sweden's nazis will be in Gothenburg on saturday. They are an loud and violent minority.
 

Oberon

Banned
Yeah you're right. I'm not exactly fond of getting lynched because I have dark skin.

Is that what you wanted to hear? Are you happy now? Couldn't just let people with a fantasy?

Hey man, if you want the fantasy of mowing down a bunch of nazis then you have to wait for the new Wolfenstein like the rest of us

Time for some face punching

Perhaps we should engage them in polite conversation then

pls, we can't have this conversation every time

I think physically shutting them down when they try to harass people by gathering in public to spread hatred is the way to go, although I'd always hope they'd be the ones to throw the first punch. But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to the discussion of nonviolent approaches to extremist groups.

Polite conversation from people like us won't work; no arguments there. But one of the key factors in changing these peoples' hearts and minds is positive influence, just as negative influences created these mindsets in them in the first place.

The more people who vocally come out against not just racism, but the scapegoating and demonization of immigrants, anti-Semitism, the specific falsehoods and philosophies of neo-Nazis, etc; the more likely someone with an opinion some of these guys value will slip into their brains. I honestly believe waging an aggressive cultural war is the best way to quash support for hate groups in a holistic way.

This I very much agree with.
 

Paganmoon

Member
I'm fearing a '2001' scenario. Took a long time for the city to recover from the protestors and their bricks...

Hmm, the police fucked up pretty badly in 2001, big chance they will again (well they already have with granting the rally to begin with).
So powderkegg of nazis wanting to stir up emotions, police high on adrenaline, antifa organisations, with violent subgroups, and a few thousand people, families with children etc, going to a football game.

I'm almost certain police will change the route of the march on the fly, without telling anyone, to help separate counterprotestors from the nazis. Honestly that seems like the smartest choice right now for the police.
 

barber

Member
Not strange at all. There's going to be like 10-1 antinazis to nazis on saturday. That despite most of Sweden's nazis will be in Gothenburg on saturday. They are an loud and violent minority.
Yeah I mean the first notice I got was from a friend back in Spain who has friends in commie / antifa groups in norway who told me to be careful because of that. Then it was some newspapers but mostly antifa posters. Really the only time I saw them in person was when they were giving leaflets once in Körsvagen and there were more police around them than they were.
I hope there is no violent stuff and yeah, forgot there was a IFK match this weekend, it could get ugly :/
 

Paganmoon

Member
Yeah I mean the first notice I got was from a friend back in Spain who has friends in commie / antifa groups in norway who told me to be careful because of that. Then it was some newspapers but mostly antifa posters. Really the only time I saw them in person was when they were giving leaflets once in Körsvagen and there were more police around them than they were.
I hope there is no violent stuff and yeah, forgot there was a IFK match this weekend, it could get ugly :/

IFK is on Friday fortunately, so it's not getting disturbed. GAIS is having theirs on Saturday though, against BP, kick off an hour after the march is supposed to end, right at Gamla Ullevi, and they're having free admission for the game as well.
 

Staf

Member
Yeah I mean the first notice I got was from a friend back in Spain who has friends in commie / antifa groups in norway who told me to be careful because of that. Then it was some newspapers but mostly antifa posters. Really the only time I saw them in person was when they were giving leaflets once in Körsvagen and there were more police around them than they were.
I hope there is no violent stuff and yeah, forgot there was a IFK match this weekend, it could get ugly :/

I think IFK fans will forget about the match this weekend given current their form lol.

ÖIS! :)
 

Staf

Member
"I'd be more worried about people who despise Nazis as opposed to literal, actual Nazis, to be honest".

Log out.

I'm more worried about the 1000 violent people marching than the 100 violent people marching. Despite the 100 violent people having an ideology that is million times worse.
 

54-46!

Member
I'm more worried about the 1000 violent people marching than the 100 violent people marching. Despite the 100 violent people having an ideology that is million times worse.

This, plus NMR will gain so much more from putting up a strict and regulated image while other extremists try to agitate them. There will be significantly less of NMR so if they were to actually attack anyone they would get fucked up.
 

Agremont

Member
If a turk or arab had commited manslaughter they would of course get deported to their respective countries of origin.

Even if they couldn't FUNCTION in those countries. Since they were born in Sweden, and lived there their whole life. It's a harsh punishment.

That SAME punishment wouldn't work on a natural born Swede. So yeah, they get a 2nd chance. And that's basically how it works.

If they were born in Sweden they would be Swedish citizens and therefore not be able to be deported.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Disgusting human beings marching in my city. Apparently the Swedish antifa and bussloads of other foreign groups are coming to 'counter-protest' (http://www.gp.se/nazimarschen-utl%C3%A4ndska-v%C3%A4nsterextremister-i-bussar-till-g%C3%B6teborg-1.4675342).

I'm staying the fuck away from central city on saturday. Stay safe fellow Göteborgare.

Yeah, this is gonna be a real shit show. Both groups are extremist idiots who can kindly fuck off.

I'm going to the Ghost concert at Liseberg on Saturday, so I have to pass through the center of the city, but it should be fine. The demonstration will take place in the middle of the day, I assume?
 

Paganmoon

Member
I think IFK fans will forget about the match this weekend given current their form lol.

ÖIS! :)

If we loose on Friday, we'll be in Sirius trouble I think.

I'm more worried about the 1000 violent people marching than the 100 violent people marching. Despite the 100 violent people having an ideology that is million times worse.

I don't think all the counterprotesters are violent, but I do think a small subset of them will stir up trouble, and there's a big possibility that will be what the newsreporting will be about, specially consdering this subset also have an "aversion" to police in general, so they'll have two targets to unleash their anger at.

Yeah, this is gonna be a real shit show. Both groups are extremist idiots who can kindly fuck off.

I'm going to the Ghost concert at Liseberg on Saturday, so I have to pass through the center of the city, but it should be fine. The demonstration will take place in the middle of the day, I assume?

Should end at around 16:00. It's sort of close to centralstationen, so if trouble starts, it might spread towards there, and it might continue until much later. Just stay up to date on the news and choose your travelpath accordingly.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Are you for real? They are literally Nazis marching on Yom Kippur.

The thing is that in Sweden it's not illegal to be a member of a certain group even if it's one based on hate, and it's also not illegal to walk together in a group down the street. So unless they start doing actual hate speech (which is illegal) they are not technically doing anything illegal and can't be detained just for being at a certain location at a certain time. That's how the law looks, for now at least.
 

Agremont

Member
People better move their cars. I'm sure there's going to be some fires. Maybe they're nazi cars though so it'll be fine.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
I'm more worried about the 1000 violent people marching than the 100 violent people marching. Despite the 100 violent people having an ideology that is million times worse.

AFA is pretty damn fucked up too. Not quite as bad ideologically I suppose, but just as (if not more) violent. They are there to violently engage the nazis. Without them there it would almost certainly be a peaceful (but shitty) demonstration. So yeah, all of these people can fuck off.

EDIT: Which is pretty much what you were saying. :)
 

Gattsu25

Banned
Add to that it's during the annual book fair in Gothenburg, one of the reasons NMR chose the date.

It was really strange that the Police OK:d the date, and time and route (which now has been shortened due to court order), as it was going past, and now stops at the football stadium, which an hour after the march is scheduled to kick off, meaning there'll be tons of people around the area. Now this is a second tier league game so no real hooligan problems there, but the home team have an open entrance (no ticket required) for this game, so there'll be more people than usual (around 6-7000 anticipated, as I mentioned, second tier game).

So you have tons of people in circulation around the area, some fucking Nazis and I'd wager five to tenfold the amount NMR gathers in counterprotestors. WTF where the police thinking?
Wow. Hope everyone in the area stays safe.
 

Keasar

Member
The thing is that in Sweden it's not illegal to be a member of a certain group even if it's one based on hate, and it's also not illegal to walk together in a group down the street. So unless they start doing actual hate speech (which is illegal) they are not technically doing anything illegal and can't be detained just for being at a certain location at a certain time. That's how the law looks, for now at least.

Should be though. We've allowed these assholes for too long to fester in the country. They should be shut down.

And they will do actual hate speech, they have done so without consequence before, and if not "allowed" they will just hide it behind veiled language like "Sweden for Swede-"friends" only" like the fucks in the Swedish Democrats.
 

berzeli

Banned
I'm more worried about the 1000 violent people marching than the 100 violent people marching. Despite the 100 violent people having an ideology that is million times worse.
The current police estimates of who will show up is 700 nazis, 3000 counter protesters of which 200-400 would be considered violent.
Source 1
Source 2

But you know. Let's not ruin a good narrative.
(and no I'm not a fan of AFA, but they're not the bigger threat in this situation)
This, plus NMR will gain so much more from putting up a strict and regulated image while other extremists try to agitate them. There will be significantly less of NMR so if they were to actually attack anyone they would get fucked up.
Stop falling for nazi propaganda. NMR is not known for being "strict and regulated". It's the image they want to project, and you're helping them spread it.

And NMR's internal message is to "immediately attack" anyone who gets in their way.
Source
 

Paganmoon

Member
The current police estimates of who will show up is 700 nazis, 3000 counter protesters of which 200-400 would be considered violent.
Source 1
Source 2

But you know. Let's not ruin a good narrative.
(and no I'm not a fan of AFA, but they're not the bigger threat in this situation)

Stop falling for nazi propaganda. NMR is not known for being "strict and regulated". It's the image they want to project, and you're helping them spread it.

And NMR's internal message is to "immediately attack" anyone who gets in their way.
Source

True, I wouldn't call a group that set of 2 bombs (and 1 failed one) in Gothenburg in the last year, "Strict and regulated".
 

berzeli

Banned
That's what I meant.
Ok, but they aren't, and there is no guarantee that they will just protest peacefully unless they are attacked.
So suggesting that AFA is unrulier or a bigger worry, and any violence from NMR will comes as a consequence from being attacked is playing into their propaganda.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Ok, but they aren't, and there is no guarantee that they will just protest peacefully unless they are attacked.
So suggesting that AFA is unrulier or a bigger worry, and any violence from NMR will comes as a consequence from being attacked is playing into their propaganda.

I don't believe that an "undisturbed" NMR demonstration would end up with violence. I do believe one counter-protested by AFA will. This is not in defense of anyone (again, both groups can go fuck themselves), and I'm not saying the NMR demonstration shouldn't be protested against, but yeah.
 
Yesterday they were redirected to not pass by the synagogue by the police. However, they also say they will ignore that direction and keep going as planned. We'll see what happens.

Not sure about swedish law, but in Denmark this will be the key that changes everything. Of how people are allowed to respond and how the police are allowed to respond.
 

berzeli

Banned
I don't believe that an "undisturbed" NMR demonstration would end up with violence. I do believe one counter-protested by AFA will. This is not in defense of anyone (again, both groups can go fuck themselves), and I'm not saying the NMR demonstration shouldn't be protested against, but yeah.
k.

It's not like NMR has a history of violence against the police.
Or you know violence in general.
Or domestic terrorism.

And it's not like all my examples are from 2017.
If you think that NMR are there to protest peacefully you're an idiot. Seriously, they're a violent sect of nazis. Don't "both sides" this.
 

cwmartin

Member
I don't believe that an "undisturbed" NMR demonstration would end up with violence. I do believe one counter-protested by AFA will. This is not in defense of anyone (again, both groups can go fuck themselves), and I'm not saying the NMR demonstration shouldn't be protested against, but yeah.

Can you do your best to explain how this is not coddling/protecting hate? Not trying to be inflammatory in any sense.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
k.

It's not like NMR has a history of violence against the police.
Or you know violence in general.
Or domestic terrorism.

And it's not like all my examples are from 2017.
If you think that NMR are there to protest peacefully you're an idiot. Seriously, they're a violent sect of nazis. Don't "both sides" this.

And AFA is a violent sect of extreme-left anarchists. Perhaps you're right that it wouldn't be a completely peaceful demonstration either way, but with both groups there it's guaranteed to become violent.

Again, fuck both sides.
 
Its beyond reckless and irresponsible to allow neo nazis to march and gain momentum, Im sick of the good guys playing by the rules, lock these people up, they wouldnt show us the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Can you do your best to explain how this is not coddling/protecting hate? Not trying to be inflammatory in any sense.

Again, I'm just saying that AFA being there guarantees that there will be violence, because we now have two violent groups in one place who fucking hate each other. That's all, not trying to protect or excuse either of them.
 

Quixzlizx

Member
I don't believe that an "undisturbed" NMR demonstration would end up with violence. I do believe one counter-protested by AFA will. This is not in defense of anyone (again, both groups can go fuck themselves), and I'm not saying the NMR demonstration shouldn't be protested against, but yeah.

"As long as we let the Nazis march around like they own the place and put those minorities in their place, there won't be any problems."
 
Are we still pretending AntiFa are as bad as Nazis?

Can't wait for that meme to clear off.

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
 

cwmartin

Member
Again, I'm just saying that AFA being there guarantees that there will be violence, because we now have two violent groups in one place who fucking hate each other. That's all, not trying to protect or excuse either of them.

I see. I think myself and most will have a hard time equivocating violence. Is there a difference between allowing hate to fester that encourages violence to those you hate, and violence aimed at those who hate minorities, and groups for the fact that they exist?
 

Paganmoon

Member
And AFA is a violent sect of extreme-left anarchists. Perhaps you're right that it wouldn't be a completely peaceful demonstration either way, but with both groups there it's guaranteed to become violent.

Again, fuck both sides.

Jesus fuck, don't "both sides" this... Even during the riots of 2001, shit was stirred up by neo-nazi fucks (while taking refuge behind police lines) to rile up the left.

The fighting subgroup of these counter-protesters are still undisputedly better people than even "non-violent" nazi fucks.
 

eizarus

Banned
If this timeline fixes itself the thread title will eventually read, "Jews go on Nazi punching spree on Yom Kippur"
 
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