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It depends. Hate speech (§130 StGb "Volksverhetzung") is illegal in Germany when it's directed at minorities, it's not illegal itself. When the German parliamen
by luckylion 4y ago
It depends. Hate speech (§130 StGb "Volksverhetzung") is illegal in Germany when it's directed at minorities, it's not illegal itself. When the German parliament voted to recognize the actions of the Turks against the Armenians as an act of genocide, a Turkish politician in Germany (Malik Karabulut) published that "this whore called Germany has declared war on us" and "Germans are a race of dogs" and similar stuff. There was some scandal, his political affiliations disowned him, but the prosecution decided not to move forward with the case because it's only illegal to perform hate speech against minorities and Germans are by definition not a minority in Germany.