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And yet it's verision of freedom of speech is in my opinion still stronger than the US. In Germany, there is Meinungfreiheit, which is freedom of opinion. This
by that_guy_iain 4y ago
And yet it's verision of freedom of speech is in my opinion still stronger than the US.
In Germany, there is Meinungfreiheit, which is freedom of opinion. This freedom cannot override others rights tho. So your right to an opinion may not infringe on someone else. For example, you can't insult others in a way that dehumanes them. However, you can insult people just not in a way that dehumanes them. A German court found an employer couldn't fire an employee just because they called them an autistic asshole in a text message. The employee was entitled to his opinion that the employer was an autistic asshole. It did not dehuman the employer because it was done privately and did not interfer with the operation of the business. So in Germany, private companies are not allowed to breach your rights, unlike in the US where it only applies to the goverment.