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Re:German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire ac... by mbid on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:52AM (#16069098)
Actually you should look at the flip side of the coin: We - Germans - just decided that letting Nazis not speak their hurtful lies harms nothing of value.

A majority deciding something doesn't make it just, as you as a fellow German should know best.

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Re:German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire ac... by insickness on Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:28PM (#16072121)
Agreed. His implication was that their vote carried some moral relevance. Two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner is not moral justification.
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