Dear community,

I just saw a stream by a young German/Swiss streamer lady that unintentionally streamed political far-right/right-extremism (anti-semitic, anti-foreigners, anti-government, conspiracy) content from YouTube (see Q1). That propaganda was included in a parody of a political (far-)left actvist's song "Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt" by Danger Dan who tested the legal boundaries of artful protest against far-right political extremism.

A few seconds after reporting that issue, Twitch replied it would neither be "punishable" nor "illegal". Despite laws such as the NetzDG, our Law Enforcement and Intelligence agencies are allegedly classifiying such content as far-right political extremism.

The far-right is undermining our system legitimacy and state sovereignty, as well our freedoms, by attacking the democratic system and it's institutions. For example, when (perceived) foreigners' or religious people (jews/muslims) are hated against to ultimatively strip them off their constitutional rights via propaganda or creating a hateful environment against them.

The political far-right learned how to push their hateful ideology in a legal grayzone or so-called "lawfare": "a weapon designed to destroy the enemy by using, misusing, and abusing the legal system and the media in order to raise a public outcry against that enemy. " (Tiefenbrun, 2011). Such legal grayzones allow the far-right extremists to operate and mainstream their hateful ideology, make new recruitment and bypassing legal prosecution. The same Techniques, Tactics and Procedures we have seen in the last decades' terrorist organizations, just without legal interruption, while blaming all legal prosecution as being state/dictatorship-like oppression.

Good examples for such lawfare are far-right wingers camouflaging or labeling themselves as patriots instead of ultra-nationalists. When they are talking about "Remigration" (Q2;Q3) instead of "Abschiebungen" (deportation) to express the plans to deport perceived "enemies". Everyone who does not fit e.g. by opposing their ideology or being foreign in any sense is their enemy. They reject your passport as your proof of nationality or citizenship, for them you have to be part the "nation" by blood, by your confirmity AND by your look. Such camouflage and chiffres making disgusting formations like the Potsdam Meeting or the Prinz Reuß far-right "terrorist organization" possible.

Also evaluate the Social Media presence of AfD or JND (Q2;Q3). Latter a daughter party of the former NPD, the successor of the NSDAP (National Socialist Party). AfD is well known as far-right political party, at the legal ban from political participation and existence's edge. Due to political figures like Björn Höcke, a court-verdicted neo-national-socialist and former teacher. Both "parties" cooperate e.g. by using the term "Remigration" (Q2;Q3), used by far-right believers to attack (perceived) foreigners and opponents (Q2;Q3). Their aggressive hate and rhetoric against (im)migrants (Q2;Q3), all opponents and others, their state deligitimizing slogans, lack of willingness to contribute to political discourse, their financing by Russia or China and so on, are a threat to democracy, the state, humanity and thus national security (Tannous, 2023; Denny, 2021).

Sadly, such horrible content is passively promoted in their propaganda materials, especially on Video Streaming platforms like YouTube, BitChute and Odysee. Music Platforms like Spotify and Messengers like Whatsapp and Telegram. Random users/streamers picking the content up and supporting or spreading it, without even knowing about the (far-right) propaganda in it, as it's so well-hidden inside! The case above show-cases it.

As shown, the far-right political extremism is more dangerous to us, our national security and well-being than any other political actor or ideology within the political spectrum. Current (German) guidelines only showing measures against conspiracy theories and dis-/misinformation but not against political extremism. We need to take action as community, people and real patriots, therefore my recommendations!

My recommendations:
a) I strongly believe Twitch should introduce a paragraph about political extremism and it's active punishment. From a perspective of counter-radicalization and de-radicalization

b) Twitch should raise awareness among Streamers regarding this trend and point out that this type of content that is politically and socially inacceptable. Whether it may be it's active promotion or passive sharing of such content to adults and minors alike

c) Streamers who unintentionally stream that content e.g. by using the YouTube recommendations or similiar should only be warned. Most people do not believe or share that anti-human content (intentionally), rather most people accidentally share that content, as they fail to interpret and categorize it correctly intime

Why should Twitch do so? Twitch profits from democratic freedoms within liberal or semi-liberal and well-regulated markets. If Twitch proactively allows the destruction of such freedoms, the free markts will die too. In turn it may be that Twitch's revenue or even existence will be threathened or non-existent under such a hateful regime, as it would be declared as foreign organization, traitor, political left-leaning or whatsoever fits in the ideology of the new dictators.

Last warning! If we do not take actions immediately, far-right extremists or other anti-democratic and dangerous groups will continue to rise like in the last years (Tannous, 2023; Denny, 2021).

Nazis or the far-right always sell their ideology as it would "benefit you". History shows, they will only take your sovereignty, freedoms, liberty and will throw you in the next great war. Such people can never satisfy their greed, their expansionism and nationalism. They will need to distract you from their mistakes and make you suffer. Differentiating us from them, real patriots from nationalists.

The far-rights' conclusion is, by aggressively imposing their hateful, problem-making and inhumane ideology on us, people are pressured to support them. This is a fallacy, over time they will commit even more horrific violence over time, as they can not naturally hold up their power, without violating the liberty and will of the people.

Supporting far-right extremists (or nationalists) will likely end up in a even more brutal and horrific version of the Nazi's Third Reich. Remember why the Nazis failed! They had lacking resources, in a two front war, and strong military opposition by the former Soviet Union and the United States (among others). This time Russia is on the opposite side, as we have seen in the Ukraine war, and the United States is close to a collapsing democratic system, as the far-right tries to undermine and delegitimize the United States political system.

We are the people. We want to be free. Free from interference in our free elections, free from punishment based on our political or sexual preferences, our origin, skin color, ethnics or our private, just, respectful and sound political opinion. We do not want to experience violence, neither online nor offline. We want our children to rise in a secure, healthy and free environment. We want to say whatever we want, at the same time we want protections against the freedom of speech or opinion's misuse.

It is up to you! Do you either want to watch how democracies turn into hateful killer machines killing you and your family or do you want to support democracies as they are here now? Do not base your decision on your current political system. Keep the democracies stable and they will BENEFIT YOU. Lets defend our countries. Now.

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Sources
Q1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZGE8gamc_c; at 0:30 antisemitism or hate of foreigners; 0:46-0:49 alleged "media propaganda"; 0:49-0:52 confusion of patriot and nationalsocialist/right-extremist
Q2: https://www.afd.de/remigration/ and https://www.afd.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-31-_-AfD-PM-_-Anhang-Positionspapier-Remigration.pdf (p. 2, par. 5-6) (AfD; found by Dork: site:afd.de intext:"Remigration")
Q3: https://aktion-widerstand.de/deutschland/thueringen-die-ueberfremdung-kennt-keine-grenzen/ (JND; found by Dork: site:aktion-widerstand.de intext:"Remigration" )
(Tannous, 2023): https://www.fikerinstitute.org/publications/the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-europe
(Tiefenbrun, 2011): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1866448
(Denny, 2021): https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/german-far-right-doesnt-need-win-elections-be-dangerous