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The Weimar Republic has hate speech laws and attempted to enforce them against Nazis. It merely drove more support to the Nazis.
by ummonk 6y ago
The Weimar Republic has hate speech laws and attempted to enforce them against Nazis. It merely drove more support to the Nazis.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoThat... sounds like a Nazi talking point... do you have evidence of that claim?
- ummonk 6y agoDon't have a primary source offhand, but here is one researcher for example: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/copenhagen-speech-violence https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/copenhagen-speech-v... "Contrary to what most people think, Germany did have hate-speech laws that were applied quite frequently. The assertion that Nazi propaganda played a significant role in mobilizing anti-Jewish sentiment is irrefutable. But to claim that the Holocaust could have been prevented if only anti-Semitic speech had been banned has little basis in reality. Leading Nazis, including Joseph Goebbels, Theodor Fritsch, and Julius Streicher, were all prosecuted for anti-Semitic speech. And rather than deterring them, the many court cases served as effective public relations machinery for the Nazis, affording them a level of attention that they never would have received in a climate of a free and open debate."