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Re:36C3 Staff Assaulted Me for Political Reasons by wolfgke on Sunday December 29, 2019 @09:37AM (#21906047)
> Agreed. Seems like one of those "free speech advocates" that enjoys being as offensive as possible and then howls if anyone tries to take their content down.

In Germany, "free speech" is not so deeply culturally ingrained: in the German Grundgesetz, paragraph 5, there is a concept of "Meinungsfreiheit" (freedom of opinion) (https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_5.html) which, even though "sufficient for most practical purposes", does not go as far as "free speech" in the USA.

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Re:36C3 Staff Assaulted Me for Political Reasons by s9w on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:22AM (#21906303)
You can get convicted a very harsh sentence for using just a single word, and don't you citizen dare to use "hate speech!". There is no Meinungsfreiheit in Europe/Germany, it exists only on paper
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