This is not coming from „east german authoritarian spirit“. This is the west and the uprising „progressive left“ (whatever you want to call it). To me it seems they take on lots of ideas from the US progressives. Especially these „suppress for freedom“ type of thinking. The label they put on the protesters is „querdenker“ - which used to be a cool word to describe thinking differently.

The media said they are dangerous since the beginning. Some estimates say there are up to 15-20% of right-extremists partaking in the „protests“. The conclusion for the majority in germany is: there are nazis and that‘s why the protests should be forbidden.

Obviously we shouldn‘t allow people fighting against minorities to do whatever they want. But the remaining 80-85% are „normal“ people (a lot might be too esoteric, but hey, that‘s nothing bad per se).

„One bad apple, spoils the bunch“, it seems.

Though, the current government (mostly of the CDU, party of chancellor Merkel), was involved in a few corruption scandals lately. Politicans are no apples, but these dangerous people wanting their constitutional rights back obviously are.

I don‘t like the opinion of the „querdenker“ movement. But i am much more concerned with the german acceptance to restrict their constitutional rights.

Germans are good following rules. They‘re no revolutionaries, they‘re top executors. So they should be extra careful on which rules get set. There will not be a lot of people questioning rules as soon as they are set but rather just live by them. as history has taught us more than the one, bad, bad, time.

Btw: Even most people in east germany who have important roles are from the west.