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by 9dev 98 days ago
> This is a strawman, we agree on this

I'm not sure we are, given that this specific thread is about some people claiming Holocaust remembrance (and German limits to free speech when it comes to that topic) is akin to a religion, which doubts it at best and mocks it at worst.

> someone being investigated in Germany for using Hitler's picture to attack and criticise another dictator.

That is not what happened though. The Swastika is a prohibited symbol in Germany for a reason. Also, this investigation is pretty much guaranteed to be dropped because it's obvious to any sane person that Mr. Zitelmann did nothing wrong.

But using this incident to drag down any and all nuance around the German way of remembering the Holocaust isn't appropriate either.