[thorvaldr]

But what if he could prove that Erdoğan is a “goat ****er” who “watches child porn while kicking Kurds.” … Then would it be slander?

[House Atreides]

Jeez, if a Trump supporter said the same thing about Ted Cruz, it would be up to Cruz to PROVE IT’S NOT TRUE.

[Olog-hai]

Maybe not slander, but they can define “insult” any way they please.

[Boogieman]

I doubt this is about slander, because that’s not a criminal offense. People don’t get locked up for slander.

This is about him violating political correctness.

[Olog-hai]

And JFTR, the Grundgesetz limits freedom of speech while claiming that it exists in the first place and that censorship will not exist. Article 5:

1. Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures, and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.
   
   
2. These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons, and in the right to personal honor.
   
   
3. Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.

The “right to personal honor” clause can be a tricky one.

[JimSEA]

If he’d just stuck to the facts, the results would be the same.