Left-Extremist Endeavours
Left-Extremist Endeavours
Left-Extremist Endeavours
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Xenophobia (anti-foreigner<br />
hostility)<br />
serve as a peg for constant repetition of distorted presentations<br />
for purposes of agitation. Often the articles end in advertisements<br />
for pertinent books from FREY’s publishing houses. FREY therefore<br />
has a major interest in maximizing sales and profits through political<br />
agitation.<br />
This agitation also mirrors the DVU’s xenophobic ideology, in<br />
one-sided and distorting reporting about abuse of asylum and<br />
criminal activity by foreigners. Another focus of DVU newspapers<br />
is on biased and downplaying articles related to the discussion of<br />
the National-Socialist [Nazi] past. With stereotyped headlines,<br />
they also foment resentment against Jews and defame<br />
representative personalities of the democratic constitutional state.<br />
The large number of such articles patterned on traditional rightextremist<br />
agitation proves that the real concern is not to solve<br />
problems or to engage in democratic discussion and analysis, but<br />
that sweeping judgements and defamation are to be used as a<br />
well-directed lever; the underlying thrust is for attacks against<br />
essential principles of the free democratic fundamental order.<br />
The xenophobic ideas in FREY’s weeklies are reflected by the<br />
one-sided reporting about foreigners and about crimes committed<br />
by foreigners. Constant repetition of aggressive headlines,<br />
such as "Criminal Activity by Foreigners: - Influx of Increasing<br />
Numbers of Criminals" 24) and "Do we have to let criminal foreigners<br />
stay in the country?" 25) , is designed progressively and<br />
increasingly to give the impression that foreigners are criminals<br />
in general. This is the voice of xenophobia. Often these weeklies<br />
will use their own diagrams in order to give slogan-like overemphasis<br />
to such generalizations.<br />
Another stereotype used by the DVU in dealing with asylum and<br />
aliens policies is the inclusion of the term of "Umvolkung" of<br />
Germans ["replacement of Germans by other nationalities"; a nonexisting<br />
German word like "repeopling"] in their anti-foreigner articles.<br />
With sensationalist headlines, such as "Germans:<br />
foreigners in their own country? - The ultimate outcome of<br />
’Multikulti’ [multi-ethnic society]" 26) and "Balkan Gypsies: hundred<br />
thousands are coming to this country! - What Germany is in for"<br />
27) , it appealed to defensive instincts and tried to foment fears of<br />
"foreignization". Often such articles end in advertisements for the<br />
book "Ausländer. Die wahren Fakten" ("Foreigners. The True<br />
Facts") - including the hint that this new publication of the<br />
publishing house "FZ - Freiheitlicher Buch- und<br />
Zeitschriftenverlag GmBH" (short title "FZ-Verlag"), which was<br />
founded by FREY, could be used as a trenchant weapon in any<br />
battle of words to unhinge any advocate of ’foreignization’ and<br />
'Multikulti' [multicultural/multi-ethnic society] 28) .<br />
Such views are based on intolerance and discrimination. In this<br />
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