Here's a brilliant idea on how to control wingnut rallies.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

German police confiscate 4,200 liters of beer from Nazis

A court has instituted an alcohol ban at a neo-Nazi event taking place in Ostritz, a town in Saxony. A counter protest has also been barred from demonstrating directly in front of the venue.

[link:https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-confiscate-4200-liters-of-beer-from-nazis/a-49303945|

(snip)

German police in the eastern German state of Saxony confiscated 4,200 liters of beer on Friday after a court prohibited a right-wing extremist event from serving alcohol. Organizers of the "Schild und Schwert Festival" ("Shield and Sword Festival".) had insisted that past events had taken place peacefully even with the consumption of alcohol. But the high administrative court (OVG) in Bautzen, east of Dresden, ruled that alcohol could increase the likelihood of violence.

The festival will take place in Ostritz, a town in Saxony on the German-Polish border, from Friday to Sunday. There is a large police presence expected at festival with heavy equipment such as armored vehicles and water cannons. Officers from the nearby city of Görlitz are being supported by federal police and riot squads from Saxony and other German states.

About 750 people have registered to participate in the event, which is expected to feature concerts with right-wing extremist music groups.

KY..........

[trev]

1. Interesting.

At the risk of invoking Godwin's Law, let me mention that Hitler's Nazi movement got started in the Munich beer halls.

[dchill]

2. ...and ended on crystal meth.

[trev]

3. Really?

That I didn't know. Do you have a source? I'd love to read it (I'm a fascist history fan).

[mr_lebowski]

4. Later years most of the German army was hopped up on methamphetamine, true story ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Nazi_Germany

It was Rx-grade and taken in pills (had cocaine in it too), it wasn't like they were smoking, shooting, and snorting rocks of bathtub crystal like today's meth-heads, but yeah.

We had plenty of our troops, esp. pilots on amphetamines as well.

[trev]

5. Yeah, but,

our pilots were on drugs to keep them alert during infinitesimal missions. They couldn't have done their job without them.

Of course, there have been lots of reports of drug use among current servicemembers. That's why the military conducts frequent urinalysis tests.

In my unit, we were subjected to them every single month.

[dchill]

6. Hitler was on it, too...

So many parallels. ( I believe Trump snorts Adderall.)