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Well it's one of the typical lawyer tricks. There is a paragraph in the constitution that explicitly grants you freedom of speech. There's also others that more
by s9w 6y ago
Well it's one of the typical lawyer tricks. There is a paragraph in the constitution that explicitly grants you freedom of speech. There's also others that more or less say you get to jail for saying xyz. Unfortunately, law is not a program that has to compile.
Then put selective enforcement on top and you have a very powerful weapon that gets great PR ("against hate").
- Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 6y agoNo, there is no such paragraph. The German constitution guarantees freedom of opinion - not speech. So you can’t get prosecuted for disliking someone (and saying so) but you can for saying insulting or untrue (e.g. holocaust denial) things - those are not opinions.
- s9w 6y agoWell you can get convicted for saying you like a joke. That did happen.