Re:European police in coordinated raids against online hate ...
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:21PM
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I don't get it. I don't speak French, and I'm not in that culture. Can anyone explain what the offensiveness is?
Re:European police in coordinated raids against online hate ...
by mmm_grayons on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:53PM
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I'm not French either, but it appears it was ruled to be Holocaust Denial. Apparently, that can warrant jail time in France.
Re:European police in coordinated raids against online hate ...
by mariusor on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:30AM
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> Cognitive dissonance.
It might be just a different definition for what free speech covers. Holocaust denial and inciting to violence are two examples of what is not protected in most European countries.
Since I didn't know what the cartoon was about I did a bit of research, and the article I found shows that its author was sentenced for "questioning crimes against humanity" and "racial insult"[1] of which the cartoon seems to be just one example.
[1] https://qz.com/1595792/holocaust-denial-in-france-alain-sora...
https://besttv232-ynet-images1-prod.cdn.it.best-tv.com/PicSe...
Then a few days ago Macron, referring to the killing of the teacher, said "I will always defend the freedom to speak, to write, to think and to draw". Cognitive dissonance.