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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

you can get protests for absurd things.

And you can protest for the right thing. E.g for democracy, freedom and against racism and autocracy.

The majority of those who are protesting are normal people. Even the catholic and protestant churches have called to attend the protests.

https://www.domradio.de/artikel/evangelische-geistliche-rufen-zur-teilnahme-demos-auf

https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/50495-erzbischof-hesse-an-demos-gegen-rechtsextremismus-teilnehmen

https://www.vaticannews.va/de/kirche/news/2024-01/bischoefe-appell-demokratie-deutscshland-osten-afd-extremismus.html

Hundreds of thousand of people are protesting every day. This is not a protest by some fringe groups. This is a mass protests by ordinary citizens because our freedoms and our democracy is under attack.