Posted on 01/07/2016 7:42:52 AM PST by mandaladon
BERLIN — Donald Trump may be testing the boundaries of tolerance on the U.S. campaign trail. But here in Germany, the government is effectively enforcing civility, taking aim at a surge of hate speech against refugees and Muslims.
As Western Europe’s most populous nation grapples with a historic wave of mostly-Muslim migrants, politicians and activists are decrying a rash of incendiary speech bubbling to the surface of German society. In a country whose Nazi past led to some of the strictest laws in the West protecting minorities from people inciting hatred, prosecutors are launching investigations into inflammatory comments as judges dole out fines, even probation time, to the worst offenders.
German authorities, meanwhile, have reached a deal with Facebook, Google and Twitter to get tougher on offensive content, with the outlets agreeing to apply domestic laws, rather than their own corporate policies, to reviews of posts.
[Sexual assaults challenge Germany’s welcoming attitude toward refugees]
Critics call it the enforcement of political correctness, raising the question of what constitutes hate speech and sparking a national debate over free expression. Germans have been outraged, for instance, by reports of more than 100 sexual assaults and robberies in the city of Cologne allegedly committed by gangs of young Arab and North African men on New Year’s Eve. Some Germans are questioning whether their online comments could be taken down, or whether they could be charged with incitement, for publicly pondering whether refugees could have been among the assailants.
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Germany had it coming. Now try to get the camel out of the tent. Good luck citizens, you are “abgefushkt im Arsch”
Just for once be influenced by the French.
Storm the Bastille.
Roll the tumbril carts.
Unleash the guillotine.
“Germany springs to action...”
FINALLY!!!
“over hate speech against migrants”
oh...
Slowly the noose of political fascism is re-tightened around the necks of Europeans.
Get ready for the goosesteppers to kick in your doors!
It is hard to comprehend a government attacking its own citizens over their attitude regarding alien invaders who are raping and sacking the very citizens the government is obligated to protect.
Muslim conduct is the greatest contributor to Islamophobia.
Sweden has the highest occurrence of rape now. And it doesn’t appear to blonde haired guys named Sven doing the raping.
In my minds eye I see an irate citizenry armed with whips, clubs and pitchforks taking naked politicians out of their offices and throwing them into the Rhine, The Potomac and the Thames.
NOTICE
Fortunately no muslims were injured in the recent melee in Cologne.
However, there are reports of unwarranted Islamophobia and threats of violence against muslims.
Be aware that hate speech, discrimination, or violence against muslims is a serious crime.
German citizens are cautioned that any such conduct will result in serious punishment and/or fines.
“Germany springs to action over hate speech against migrants”
When is Germany going to “spring into action” and do something about the gangs of muslim rapist that are preying on the German girls?
The last time young marauding men overtook Germany and made the women fair raping game was with the Soviet soldiers at the end of WWII.
May it come to pass. There is very little wrong in the world today that is not the direct outcome of the doctrinal idiocy and malice of the Western elite. Even Islam and its effects would be cordoned off if not suppressed.
...by rioting, aiming fireworks at German citizens, and raping women.
I'm sure the Post had a long story on this yesterday.
It is sick irony, SkyDancer. Due to what happened to the Jews in WW II, German authorities are terrified to permit any semblance of that to happen again, this time to the Muzzie scum invaders. One wonders why Merkel permitted this to happen to Germany.
“The last time young marauding men overtook Germany and made the women fair raping game was with the Soviet soldiers at the end of WWII.”
Payback is a female canine. Europe’s apparatchiks will learn this in due course.
If you haven’t taken that dream trip to Europe yet, it is too late. Europe as we knew it is gone forever. And, it is just too dangerous now. Object lesson for the United States.
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