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I don't think its accurate to describe the AfD as right wing. Far right or possibly fascist

>>rat87+(OP)
That only makes the progressive outlook more remarkable.

>>sedatk+r1
Im not sure why you think this is a "progressive" take that's the mainstream view of the center right Christian Democratic party of Germany.

>>rat87+j7
Because I’m not making a contemporary comparison but a chronological one. Yes, women and LGBT leaders among fascists can be boringly mainstream today. It wasn’t until recently. That’s a dimension of progress.

>>sedatk+te
Oh sorry I might have misinterpreted your previous comment.

I don't think its totally unknown in the past although I suppose you might say it was often done with implausible deniability. As people pointed out there's a difference between being out and being openly out.

One funny example was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky (Putin's fascist clown who played the extremist to make Putin seem more reasonable, although it was probably close to his real views). Surprisingly the antisemitic Russian ultra nationalist had a Jewish father(who divorced his mother and moved to Israel when he was an infant) which he used to sort of deny it in a ridiculous manner saying his mother was Russian and his father was a lawyer