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Re:Germany raided 83 homes in coordinated raids against onli... by s9w on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:17PM (#24982324)
Well it's one of the typical lawyer tricks. There is a paragraph in the constitution that explicitly grants you freedom of speech. There's also others that more or less say you get to jail for saying xyz. Unfortunately, law is not a program that has to compile.

Then put selective enforcement on top and you have a very powerful weapon that gets great PR ("against hate").

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Re:Germany raided 83 homes in coordinated raids against onli... by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @04:26PM (#24984193)
No, there is no such paragraph. The German constitution guarantees freedom of opinion - not speech.

So you can’t get prosecuted for disliking someone (and saying so) but you can for saying insulting or untrue (e.g. holocaust denial) things - those are not opinions.

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Re:Germany raided 83 homes in coordinated raids against onli... by s9w on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:48AM (#24987382)
Well you can get convicted for saying you like a joke. That did happen.
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