[coldtea]

>As an American I can't imagine being arrested for speaking my mind about a race or religion whether it's considered hate speech or not.

Yeah, you might just get fired from your (unrelated) job over an internet mob storm.

[philovivero]

Admittedly, that's bad, and pretty devastating.

But I think compared to having the gestapo kick in your door, take you away in cuffs, and no-one sees you for 90 days is just a little more egregious.

[cr1895]

Gestapo? Really? That's being needlessly hyperbolic, and somewhat ridiculous considering the raids concerned support for National Socialism. In the instance you presented no one was arrested.

"The operation focused in particular on the German state of Bavaria, where according to police sources, a secret Facebook group had posted messages glamorizing National Socialism, which is illegal in Germany."

http://www.dw.com/en/german-police-launch-mass-raids-over-on...