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Whereas in Germany, one can have their house raided for calling a politician a dick (and be investigated for calling a politician fat). [1] 1: https://nypost.c

Whereas in Germany, one can have their house raided for calling a politician a dick (and be investigated for calling a politician fat). [1] 1: https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/world-news/germans-cant-insult-politicians-which-is-why-we-need-to-protect-free-speech-in-the-us/ https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/world-news/germans-cant-insult...

barbazoo 1y ago
Even if there is truth to this, we sure won't find it at the NYP.
- apparent 1y ago
  It's always good to verify. I noticed that that author is Rikki Schlott, who co-authored a book with the CEO of FIRE, and who also writes for Reason. If what she has reported here isn't true, feel free to let us all know. Otherwise, it seems that truth can sometimes be found at the NYP.
  - barbazoo 1y ago
    > Germans are being arrested for insulting politicians Is there any evidence that they were actually arrested? What I found was that there was an investigation but not that there have been any arrests made.
    - etc-hosts 1y ago
      https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurchsuchung-wegen-pimmelgate-war-unrechtmaessig-a-de489269-6589-453f-896f-56e728128cea https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurch...
      - barbazoo 1y ago
        Sounds like the search of the apartment was ruled disproportionate and unlawful. But no arrests were made.
        apparent 1y ago
        No one said anyone was arrested. But regardless, the fact that these raids/investigations happened has a strong chilling effect on speech.
        barbazoo 1y ago
        > No one said anyone was arrested Literally the NYP headline of the article my comment was a response to.
        apparent 1y ago
        Oh sorry, when I said "no one" I meant no one here. You're right that the NYP headline is not accurate, since it only refers to an arrest of an Australian, not any Germans.
        Ekaros 1y ago
        So system failed. Arrests should have been made. For everyone involved on side of doing search.
    - apparent 1y ago
      I don't know that there were any arrests, which is why I didn't use the word. Instead I provided the descriptions of what happened to them. Not as bad as arrest, but still pretty frightening that these things could happen as a result of such innocuous comments. It's not like they were calling for violence against the politicians or doxxing their families or something.
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barbazoo 1y ago

Even if there is truth to this, we sure won't find it at the NYP.

apparent 1y ago
It's always good to verify. I noticed that that author is Rikki Schlott, who co-authored a book with the CEO of FIRE, and who also writes for Reason. If what she has reported here isn't true, feel free to let us all know. Otherwise, it seems that truth can sometimes be found at the NYP.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  > Germans are being arrested for insulting politicians Is there any evidence that they were actually arrested? What I found was that there was an investigation but not that there have been any arrests made.
  - etc-hosts 1y ago
    https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurchsuchung-wegen-pimmelgate-war-unrechtmaessig-a-de489269-6589-453f-896f-56e728128cea https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurch...
    - barbazoo 1y ago
      Sounds like the search of the apartment was ruled disproportionate and unlawful. But no arrests were made.
      - apparent 1y ago
        No one said anyone was arrested. But regardless, the fact that these raids/investigations happened has a strong chilling effect on speech.
        barbazoo 1y ago
        > No one said anyone was arrested Literally the NYP headline of the article my comment was a response to.
        apparent 1y ago
        Oh sorry, when I said "no one" I meant no one here. You're right that the NYP headline is not accurate, since it only refers to an arrest of an Australian, not any Germans.
      - Ekaros 1y ago
        So system failed. Arrests should have been made. For everyone involved on side of doing search.
  - apparent 1y ago
    I don't know that there were any arrests, which is why I didn't use the word. Instead I provided the descriptions of what happened to them. Not as bad as arrest, but still pretty frightening that these things could happen as a result of such innocuous comments. It's not like they were calling for violence against the politicians or doxxing their families or something.
    - deleted 1y ago
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