DarkObsidian 
Smiling Panzerfuchs 2.0
@CaptainXtra
Then let me tell you something about the practical application of this law. First of all, this law is not directed against any displeasure or justified complaints, but against people who threaten other people with death online or on the street, or defame them with provable false accusations, for example to be child molesters.
I don’t think you want me to print pamphlets depicting you as a child molester or worse and distribute them all over your neighborhood. Or that I openly call for your assassination. Of course, “simple” insults are also punished, but usually with fines based on your earnings and your age. Or community service. And of course you have to be over 18 years old to be able to commit such a crime at all.
But this law is primarily directed against people who call for the murder of Jews and members of other religions, and against those who want to murder politicians, as in the case of the murdered Social Democrat Walter Lübcke, for example. I am not aware of any cases where people have been arrested or fined simply for taking part in protests.
So unless you can give me a case that proves otherwise, I would say that this law has worked quite well so far. You should also be aware that Germany has a very social legal system that is tailored to the accused. Unless there is clear evidence of a person’s guilt, or they do not take a prior warning seriously, one is very safe here as far as freedom of speech is concerned.
But of course, if you are one of the extremists, corona deniers and QAnon conspiracy theorists, who massively call for violence on the streets and online, then you have indeed gotten the shit end of the stick here. Nevertheless, such people are not immediately arrested and locked away, or dispersed at demonstrations with massive police violence. At the demonstration last weekend, the water cannons just let it rain a little (literally). And this only after the crowd refused to calm down after being asked to do so several times for hours, and to follow the Corona measures, or rather to show willingness to comply with the policemen’s request.
There is a beautiful saying: Everyone is the architect of his/her own happiness/fortune. And in Germany, this does not include behaving like a complete madman, knowingly endangering others and publicly calling for violence. But I guess it’s just a German thing - that we tend to follow rules instead of constantly using our own freedom as an excuse for each and everything. Just my personal opinion. No offense. ;-)
Then let me tell you something about the practical application of this law. First of all, this law is not directed against any displeasure or justified complaints, but against people who threaten other people with death online or on the street, or defame them with provable false accusations, for example to be child molesters.
I don’t think you want me to print pamphlets depicting you as a child molester or worse and distribute them all over your neighborhood. Or that I openly call for your assassination. Of course, “simple” insults are also punished, but usually with fines based on your earnings and your age. Or community service. And of course you have to be over 18 years old to be able to commit such a crime at all.
But this law is primarily directed against people who call for the murder of Jews and members of other religions, and against those who want to murder politicians, as in the case of the murdered Social Democrat Walter Lübcke, for example. I am not aware of any cases where people have been arrested or fined simply for taking part in protests.
So unless you can give me a case that proves otherwise, I would say that this law has worked quite well so far. You should also be aware that Germany has a very social legal system that is tailored to the accused. Unless there is clear evidence of a person’s guilt, or they do not take a prior warning seriously, one is very safe here as far as freedom of speech is concerned.
But of course, if you are one of the extremists, corona deniers and QAnon conspiracy theorists, who massively call for violence on the streets and online, then you have indeed gotten the shit end of the stick here. Nevertheless, such people are not immediately arrested and locked away, or dispersed at demonstrations with massive police violence. At the demonstration last weekend, the water cannons just let it rain a little (literally). And this only after the crowd refused to calm down after being asked to do so several times for hours, and to follow the Corona measures, or rather to show willingness to comply with the policemen’s request.
There is a beautiful saying: Everyone is the architect of his/her own happiness/fortune. And in Germany, this does not include behaving like a complete madman, knowingly endangering others and publicly calling for violence. But I guess it’s just a German thing - that we tend to follow rules instead of constantly using our own freedom as an excuse for each and everything. Just my personal opinion. No offense. ;-)
