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by mc32 3239 days ago
Do you recall the German Boehmermann who was almost jailed because he made fun of a _foreign_ leader?

That limits free speech. It's not hateful but it's political.

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Someone being not jailed to me sounds like the laws actually did protect his speech as satire?

That fact aside, it's certainly problematic to have laws against insulting a foreign leader (Erdogan in this case). It must be noted of course that this particular type of insult (e.g calling someone a child molester) is probably enough for accusations of libel/slander in other countries as well, whether or not they have that odd "foreign leader" paragraph Germany has.

Okay, how about Germar Rudolf as an example?
Holocaust denier? I think its a bit of a thoughtcrime, but I do have some understanding where they are coming from - or, at least why it's now hard to make a popular argument that this law should be abandoned.

I think adults should be able to say/hear what they want.