• John Richard@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Duh! I’ve been saying this on here and getting called a Nazi as a result. First, censorsing & criminalizing free speech is fasscist behavior. But it is also causes those groups to grow.

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      10 hours ago

      Are you talking about Germany’s ban on fascist symbols and Holocaust denial?

      If so, calling that “fascist behavior” is the dumbest shit I’ve heard in a while. Seriously below “what happened to the tolerant left” level.

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        6 hours ago

        No censorship of speech has always been liberal. /s Also its kidna funny how eastern european countries now have stronger foundations of liberal democracy than germany, since statements like “from the river to the sea” are not criminalized as antisemitic.

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        9 hours ago

        I believe he’s talking about Germany not allowing critique on war crimes and mass murder if perpetrated by Israel.

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          8 hours ago

          And that is not on a criminal level but instead on a political.

          It is legally perfectly allowed to critique Israel. So the OP still would be wrong.

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              That’s wrong. You can criticise Israel all day long, but you may maneuver yourself into problems if you mix up the Jews (as in anti-semitic rhetoric) with the the state of Israel.

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              6 hours ago

              Really? I can’t remember that anybody got legally punished for criticizing Israel, but I might just not remember it. Can you provide sources for your claim?

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          8 hours ago

          And that is not on a criminal level but instead on a political.

          It is legally allowed to critique Israel.

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      13 hours ago

      Free speech gave the USA Trump.

      I rather like that in Germany it’s a crime to deny the Holocaust. The problem is that our politicians are too cowardly to stand up towards Israel and to stupid to realize the problem with the Holocaust isn’t that jews were the main target, but rather that it happened at all.

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        10 hours ago

        exactly, free speech fundamentalism just allows freedom to abuse anyone and lie about anything

        what’s happening in germany is the same playbook as in the US. use wedge issues like immigration, palestine and economic hardship to split the left and support the far right in social media spam

        at least in germany you can vote constructively for a variety of parties that can create a government that effectively excludes the far right

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        Free speech gave the USA Trump.

        Not at all. The things that Trump says are acceptable to the ruling class of America. Even without free speech (which the US doesn’t actually have), Trump would never be the victim of censorship laws.