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> "It’s racist, far-right violence, and that requires determined and forceful resistance no matter where in the world it appears," Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Sure. It's not like the growing number of far-left anarcho-socialist and anarcho-communist groups haven't been shutting down non-violent right-wing freedom of speech events for the past two years. It's not like they haven't been broadly labeling anyone with a dissenting opinion a racist, sexist, etc. It's not like they haven't been using violence and black bloc tactics from the beginning.

No, that's all completely beside the point, and in no way does it alienate portions of the population creating more extremists on both sides.