Comment by losteric
9 years ago
That's a fallacy because "free speech" is not unlimited - every civilization recognizes its existence is the result of limiting specific freedoms in order to guarantee everyone other freedoms.
Germany, among others, outlaw this kind of content because they experienced the end result first-hand. Perhaps the US should learn from them.
"Germany, among others, outlaw this kind of content because they experienced the end result first-hand."
so you are saying, that we germans ended up in a total dictatorship, because things were too liberal before?
> That's a fallacy because "free speech" is not unlimited - every civilization recognizes its existence is the result of limiting specific freedoms in order to guarantee everyone other freedoms.
Speech can't limit anyone else's freedom however.
> Germany, among others, outlaw this kind of content
Leading to multiple wwii games having a different version for Germany and for the rest of the world due to the censorship that they apply.
> Perhaps the US should learn from them.
Why should it?
Discriminatory hateful speech absolutely limits the freedom of the discriminated group. If a Jewish person encounters an energized gaggle of Nazis, how do you think they will behave? Not freely.
The freedom to say those discriminatory things also serves no purpose - It's either a call to action, or empty rhetoric... the former is illegal, the latter is pointless.
> If a Jewish person encounters an energized gaggle of Nazis, how do you think they will behave?
Today? Counter-demonstrate, or walk away. Actual Nazis haven't been a serious threat to Jews for 70 years. By contrast, the large and well-funded groups today who call for genocide of Jews, and are doing their best to put it into practice, have widespread and open support among ‘progressives’, and nobody bats an eyelid when marchers wave their flags.
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> Discriminatory hateful speech absolutely limits the freedom of the discriminated group
How so? Speech is just speech.
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They have learned why following the same path is not the best approach. Trying to censor and hide the past is easier than facing it:
If you'd ever been to Germany you'd realise they have faced it, they just don't want anyone celebrating it