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Insulting people is a crime in Germany. If you said "Hitler was a poopy head" that'd be illegal. But they wouldn't bother to enforce that. If you say it about a
by inigyou 4mo ago
Insulting people is a crime in Germany. If you said "Hitler was a poopy head" that'd be illegal. But they wouldn't bother to enforce that. If you say it about a real person, they can press charges.
- horrorente 4mo agofyi: insult is a so called "Antragsdelikt". That means authorities can only press charges when the victim files an official complaint. Otherwise they can't do anything. Which also means they wouldn't be able to do anything about you saying "Hitler was a poopy head".
- rightbyte 4mo agoDoes defamation laws apply to deceased too?
- inigyou 4mo agoThere's a separate law against insulting a dead person.