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Re:What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right by titanomachy on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:16PM (#19863862)
It's probably a consequence of the media. Proclaiming yourself a nazi is still an easy way to provoke outrage and get media attention in America, so attention-seekers abuse it.

Also Americans value free speech over most things. Proclaiming yourself a Nazi in Europe would probably have more severe consequences socially. In Germany it could land you in prison.

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Re:What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right by pgeorgi on Thursday May 09, 2019 @01:03AM (#19865543)
> In Germany it could land you in prison.

Proclaiming yourself a Nazi shouldn't. Expect to be watched closely by intelligence services though (unless you're a cop, very different rules apply then).

Promoting the ideology may land in you in jail, depending on details (after a series of trials ending in fines because we believe in measured response).

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Re:What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right by titanomachy on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:55PM (#19869918)
I am not German or living in Germany, so I have to rely on secondary sources here. I understand that there are laws in Germany banning the use of Nazi symbols [1], as well as very strong laws against hate speech.

Maybe I should have said "face criminal penalties" instead of "end up in prison".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a

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