[luroc]

I should have written 'The Leftist Party' or 'Die Linke' instead of 'the leftist party' because I was actually referring to the party and I'm sorry I got carried away with this cheap America slur.

As a German I can assure you that from within leftist circles no one would think of Die Linke as a communist party . They'd rather think of KPD but that party is not existing anymore so I went with the least fringe party that actually has some kind of consensus on communist ideas. Everyone I know who is affiliated to Die Linke is aiming for socialism and doesn't support any communist tendencies. From what I read and heard the same holds true for a majority of party members.

I know that parts of the general public don't recognize that or don't care, which is probably due to the usual disproportional media coverage for more extreme wings of less politically centered parties, but that doesn't change the real circumstances and I really don't get how the public opinion would be an argument against a factual statement.

I understand that your message wasn't supposed to be nuanced but just let me clarify it then, would you?