*The AfD Discovers the Tin-Foil Hat*
In this context, the AfD has only recently discovered Germany’s
coronavirus sceptics as a target group. In the course of the pandemic
and failing with its nightmare scenario – an impending refugee crisis
followed by a civil war – the AfD was looking for a new issue. First,
the AfD’s new theme became/l’idée fixe/that global warming is a myth.
Sadly, it did not gain much traction. As a consequence, the AfD became
increasingly convinced that joining the anti-coronavirus bandwagon would
be a rather useful strategy.
Historically, conspiracy theories on the coronavirus pandemic did not
come from within the AfD. It came from a peculiar mixture of ageing
hippies from Germany’s hard left and overwhelmingly and somewhat
contradictory hard right. Almost instantaneously, the AfD discovered
these conspiracy theorists, their tin-foil hat wearing nutcases, and
their so-calledhygiene rallies
<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53959552>that areanti-government
rallies <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53964147>as a potential
recruiting ground. The AfD figured that these groups of people are a
potential flock who would be able to revert the party’s failing
political appeal.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/22/afd-strongholds-hygiene-rallies-tin-foil-hats-and-coronavirus-infections/
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