It's also worth noting that the Weimar Republic had laws against "hate speech", under which Nazis were prosecuted and jailed. See https://www.newyorker.com/news

It's also worth noting that the Weimar Republic had laws against "hate speech", under which Nazis were prosecuted and jailed. See https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/copenhagen-speech-violence https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/copenhagen-speech-v...: Leading Nazis such as Joseph Goebbels, Theodor Fritsch, and Julius Streicher were all prosecuted for anti-Semitic speech. Streicher served two prison sentences. Rather than deterring the Nazis and countering anti-Semitism, the many court cases served as effective public-relations machinery, affording Streicher the kind of attention he would never have found in a climate of a free and open debate.