Comment by mousethatroared
1 day ago
Or, it's criminal everywhere in the West except the USA. And not just dick opinions, pointing out the German politicians are not too bright has been criminalized now.
1 day ago
Or, it's criminal everywhere in the West except the USA. And not just dick opinions, pointing out the German politicians are not too bright has been criminalized now.
This extraordinary claim requires a source.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-...
Google it.
I confess I assumed the person I was replying to was in the U.S. (I also am in the U.S.).
The US, while the best option for freedom, is no peach. Just look what happens if you, very politely, criticize certain allies.
>German politicians are not too bright has been criminalized now.
Haven't insults like that been illegal in Germany since the 1800s? This hardly seems new. It's just how the Germans like to run their laws.
Most European countries criminalize insults, and there might be some merit to this among private individuals.
But the EU, and Germany in particular, has upped the ante criminalizing obvious satire against politicians in a manner obviously meant to shield a very unpopular political class.
Ok? That just seems like a democratic law. I'd have to see an actual case of misuse to feel any alarm. What's the point of insulting/degrading politicians anyway?
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Source, please. Where there any changes to Article 5 (Grundgesetz)?
Most EU (all?) constitutions are a joke written with plenty of cop outs.
But, go ahead, call one of your ministers an idiot or a pimmel under your real name.
And don't give me the BS "the charges were dropped": being criminally charged is scary, stressful and expensive.