In 2021, Andreas Grote, the minister of interior of the Germany city-state Hamburg was called a dick in a tweet. (Andy, you are such a dick). This led to a poli

In 2021, Andreas Grote, the minister of interior of the Germany city-state Hamburg was called a dick in a tweet. (Andy, you are such a dick). This led to a police search of the home of the Twitter account owner [1]. This sparked a discussion about how to handle hate spech, as for regular people being called a dick does not result in a 06:00 am. police raid with six officers. In the aftermath, a mural in a left wing culture center has been painted over multiple times with the tweet and a call for his resignation [1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/09/pimmelgate-german-politician-police-raid/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/09/pimmelgate-g... [1] https://archive.is/hETjp https://archive.is/hETjp [2] https://images.welt.de/67dd7b08559c903aae8287ac/12efd9779a84c2f5f4291a5fc8410e23/ci23x11-w2000/pimmelgate-beschaeftigt-weiter-hamburger-polizei https://images.welt.de/67dd7b08559c903aae8287ac/12efd9779a84...