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Re:Why is no one doing anything about the Golden Dawn in Gre... by charonn0 on Thursday November 15, 2012 @04:05PM (#4790734)
Until very recently they were a fringe party with microscopic public support. The ongoing Greek financial debacle and resulting terrible economic impact and sometimes violent civil unrest has given them enough of a boost to actually win seats in the Greek Parliament.

It's not so much that Neo-Nazi's in Greece exist, but that the Greek people are starting to take them seriously and listen to what they have to say. It might be akin to members of the KKK being elected to the US Congress.

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Re:Why is no one doing anything about the Golden Dawn in Gre... by charonn0 on Thursday November 15, 2012 @05:16PM (#4791088)
From Wikipedia:

"In May 2009, Golden Dawn took part in the European elections, receiving 23,564 votes corresponding to 0.46 percent of the total votes ... In the Greek parliamentary elections of May 2012, the party received 6.97% of the popular vote. In the rerun of the elections in June 2012, their share of the vote was 6.92%. A survey in September 2012 showed that 22% of respondents expressed "positive opinions" about Golden Dawn, up from 12% in May."

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Re:Why is no one doing anything about the Golden Dawn in Gre... by mostlyquiet on Thursday November 15, 2012 @05:22PM (#4791125)
We did have KKK members in congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Byrd and somehow we managed to survive.
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Re:Why is no one doing anything about the Golden Dawn in Gre... by charonn0 on Thursday November 15, 2012 @06:32PM (#4791436)
Survive, yes. But then even Sen. Byrd later said, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened." He also stated that he was no longer a member when he ran for Congress.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06...

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