Now that their national bromance with Obama is over.....
Posted on 01/27/2017 8:10:21 AM PST by Trump20162020
Germany's government says it's getting out of the business of defending the honor of foreign leaders.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas on Wednesday said Germany was abolishing a law requiring the government's permission to allow the prosecution of anyone deemed to have insulted a foreign head of state, saying it was "outdated and unnecessary."
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The License to Thump Trump Act of 2017
Meh. But what about editors of newspapers calling for the assassination of foreign leaders? Will that now be allowed?Is Germany channeling its inner Reich again?
Exactly what I was thinking.
They would probably have to imprison half the German cabinet now.
Does Merkel have something to say to President Trump?
So in Germany you will have the free speech to say “Trump is an idiot”. Swell.
Whereas saying “Muslims are violent” will likely get you 5 to 10.
The License to Thump Trump Act of 2017
The editor of Die Zeit, Josef Joffe, advocated action against the Trump Catastrophe.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/26/german-newspaper-editor-assassination-easiest-way-to-end-trump-catastrophe-video/
There is a big difference between “insult” and calling for assassination. You know that.
Now that their national bromance with Obama is over.....
Trump bringing freedom to Germany now! lol
OK, so as of yesterday it was illegal. When are you guys going to arrest the editor of Die Zit that called for Trump’s assassination?
Outdated since Trump took office.
LOL, yeah, this will seem a good idea for the progressives now, but later it’ll come back to haunt them.
Bring it on, come toss dirt at us....
Your people will see you even better for the left wing tools that you are.
Apparently the German government has to determine its citizens’ spoken and written word. We have the First Amendment.
Angela, you ignorant slut!
This law was used to prosecute people who criticized Erdogan’s conduct in Turkey and the German leadership didn’t have a problem with that then...but now that Trump is in office, they suddenly need the policy to go away. Will German leadership apologize to the people they incarcerated and fined for protesting Erdogan’s purges?
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