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If you could indicate using Nazi symbols and calling to arms and self justice is free speech I would be happy to discuss further. I have a bit of a doubt that y
by king_phil 10y ago
If you could indicate using Nazi symbols and calling to arms and self justice is free speech I would be happy to discuss further. I have a bit of a doubt that you grasp what the charge is.
- angersock 10y agoAll of those are communicative in nature and do not involve the bodily injury of another human being--so yes, I think it's fair to consider them free speech. I am unfamiliar with German law, so if you would like to educate me on the nuances of the charge, I would appreciate it.
- detaro 10y agoEnglish wikipedia seems to have ok coverage of the relevant laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a Specifics are hard to judge without the actual content and context of the posts, this stuff keeps courts busy.
- king_phil 10y agoI think a very important nuance here is that it is not enough to just tell other people to commit crimes against people from a religion/race/color/gender/..., it must be suitable (I have trouble translating here) to be effective in that matter. The reason is explicitly the human rights, because nobody should fear to be harmed because somebody told other people to harm people from a certain gender/race etc. There are BTW other "Äußerungsdelikte" (statement offenses, free translation), like slander and deformation. All these are based on the human right that no harm should be inflicted on you because somebody says something wrong about you (in a very simplistic way, you normally would have a lots of hours of law lectures just on this offenses, their reasoning and distinction).