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Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' by ben_w on Saturday December 04, 2021 @05:43AM (#29440032)
Given how freely some people use “nazi” as an insult, I am not surprised that visitors to Germany may be unaware quite how strong an insult it is here.

I’m still a mere Ausländer here myself, so I only have a rough sense of it, but can say that every few hundred meters along the streets you can find a gold-coloured paving stone memorialising separate victims, either an individual or a family.

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Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' by anjbe on Saturday December 04, 2021 @06:51AM (#29440287)
Even weaker insults on the level of “dick” are subject to Germany’s honor laws:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/09/pimmelgate-g...

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Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' by oytis on Saturday December 04, 2021 @06:35AM (#29440234)
I've also heard from Germans that they have been called Nazis in the U.S. just for being German. So the police officers could also perceive it as an ethnic slur.
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