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I reach out to the local chapter via Facebook and get notified about the location of the meeting the day of. In a Verbindungshaus, we drink beer and chat. Someone gives a seminar-like report on left-wing groups in Leipzig. It’s boring and an older member responds with criticism, arguing that this academic approach is useless, and that what they need are tactics for how to convert those people. "Anarchists, for example, when you talk to them, you can say that we also hate the state." He complains about the use of the language of the enemy, Flüchtlinge rather than Migranten, Bevölkerung instead of Volk. There’s someone with a Defend Europe jumper, and a libertarian. While waiting for a bus home, I propose getting some food, there’s a döner joint around the corner. "Bei so einem Mustafa geh ich doch nichts essen." The same older guy says he’ll have some bread and a cucumber at home instead. In the tram-ride home I chat with the sixteen-year old rookie member who served the beer. He says he’s just always liked Germany, and German attitudes, and German things.
I meet one of them again for coffee. He used to be a member of the Junge Union, which in the Saxonian country-side is more like a youth drinking club. He’ll switch back if the AfD goes too far right. In a seminar, there was a question on who in the room considers themselves a feminist. "Einer sagt was und alle Hände gehen hoch, das hatten wir in diesem Land schon einmal." He’s about to move to Munich to finish his law degree and live with his wife and son.