I was paraphrasing actual comments made in German that constitute hate speech. "Donkey fucker" is a racial slur. Most of the racial slurs used in these comment

I was paraphrasing actual comments made in German that constitute hate speech. "Donkey fucker" is a racial slur. Most of the racial slurs used in these comments don't translate well, e.g. "oil eye". It's in the same register of language as the n-word in English. It may not come across that well in English but there's a direct call to action: "shoot them and their children", basically. It's not specifically directed at anyone. Charitably it could be read as "we should enact policies so soldiers do this" but less charitably it's directly calling for people to go out and shoot other people -- which is inciting violence. I'm fairly certain going on national TV and offering a significant monetary reward to anyone who murders Snowden/Assange/Trump would be illegal even in the US. The only difference is that Germany doesn't require a tangible reward for that to be illegal. But hey, what do I know, it's not like the US is at risk of bringing lynchings back or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States#Appearance_of_nooses_in_2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States#... EDIT: Oh, and the obvious difference: aside from a strict loyalty to international Human Rights, the German constitution centers around the idea of the indelibility of human dignity. Dehumanizing people is always unconstitutional and promoting hatred around racial identity or ethnic background is almost always dehumanizing.