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Germany has very different freedom of speech laws than the US. Personally I think the US has it right. You can’t claim free speech but then selectively decide w
by nodesocket 6y ago
Germany has very different freedom of speech laws than the US. Personally I think the US has it right. You can’t claim free speech but then selectively decide what’s acceptable, politically correct, or moral. It’s a slippery slope.
- veddox 6y agoIt is a tough line to walk. However, having seen in our own and other countries’ histories what happens when hatred is allowed to spread unchecked, we have decided that it‘s more important to slightly restrict one right (within tight bounds) than to risk that abusers of that right destroy the very democracy that gave it to them.