Normally, no, I wouldn’t take a punk band’s politics seriously, but when the frontman of a Nazi punk band gets elected, that’s different.
Plus, he’s not the only one:
As depicted in a picture taken on 14 September 2012, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, another Golden Dawn MP, has a tattoo reading the Nazi greeting Sieg Heil.[139]
I mean, obviously a random member of a party’s views do not represent the party, but when they are leaders or get elected, thats different.
The party admitted them as a member, and given that, why wouldn’t it approve their candidacy? Especially since I don’t think there was much of an in-party contest in this case. It’s not like the primaries for POTUS elections.
Normally, no, I wouldn’t take a punk band’s politics seriously, but when the frontman of a Nazi punk band gets elected, that’s different.
Plus, he’s not the only one:
I mean, obviously a random member of a party’s views do not represent the party, but when they are leaders or get elected, thats different.
When they get elected, that’s evidence about the voters, not about the party.
But the party approved their candidacy.
The party admitted them as a member, and given that, why wouldn’t it approve their candidacy? Especially since I don’t think there was much of an in-party contest in this case. It’s not like the primaries for POTUS elections.