Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content
by UncleMeat on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:05PM
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But "violates criminal law" is a statement about the population's beliefs. We pick what is illegal. It isn't some fundamental thing. In Germany, for example, holocaust denial is literally illegal.
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Right, but the criminal law falls outside of purely speech. That's the line drawn at least in the US - you can say whatever you want, but if you start inciting crime, that's a problem.
In Germany, the line is drawn much further back. It doesn't matter if what you say incites crime, the speech in and of itself is illegal.