The rise and spread of Pegida

Interesting read. Judging by all the Reddit sentiment about the group... I always figured they were Nazi's... but they're way more level headed and progressive. Not racist in the least... In fact they seem like a progressive liberal group compared to the Tea Party. For anyone interested I clicked their wiki from the article and am attaching their 19 point whatever thing...

Patriots Against the Islamisation of the West

At the beginning of December 2014, Pegida published an undated and anonymous one-page manifesto of 19 bulleted position statements.[25]

Affirms the right of asylum for war refugees and politically persecuted people.

Advocates to include a duty to integrate into the German Basic Law.

Advocates for decentralized housing of refugees.

Suggests creation of a central refugee agency for a fair allocation of immigrants among countries of the European Union.

Demands a decrease in the number of asylum seekers per social worker from currently 200:1.

Suggests to model German immigration policies after those of the Netherlands and Switzerland and demands an increased budget for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees to speed up processing of applications.

Demands implementation of all asylum laws including expulsion.

Mentions zero tolerance towards criminal refugees and immigrants.

States that Pegida oppose a misogynic and violent political ideology, but does not oppose assimilated and politically moderate Muslims.[26]

Supports immigration as in Switzerland, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

States that Pegida support sexual self-determination (opposing "early sexualization of children"[27]).

Argues for the protection of Germany's Judeo-Christian culture.

Supports the introduction of referenda as in Switzerland.

Opposes weapon export to radical and non-permitted groups, such as the PKK.

Opposes parallel societies/parallel jurisdictions, for example Sharia courts, Sharia police and peace judges.

States that Pegida oppose gender mainstreaming, and political correctness.

Indicates that Pegida oppose any radicalism, whether religious or politically motivated.

Says that Pegida oppose hate speech, regardless of religion.[28]

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