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Germany Raids Homes of 36 People Accused of Hateful Postings Over Social Media
The New York Times ^ | JUNE 20, 2017 | David Shimer

Posted on 06/25/2017 9:09:43 AM PDT by Salman

BERLIN — In a coordinated campaign across 14 states, the German police on Tuesday raided the homes of 36 people accused of hateful postings over social media, including threats, coercion and incitement to racism.

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The raids come as Germans are debating the draft of a new social media law aimed at cracking down on hate speech, a measure that an array of experts said was unconstitutional at a parliamentary hearing on Monday.

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According to Mr. Mihr, Germany’s current instruments for persecuting hate speech, as demonstrated by Tuesday’s raids, are working. “The raid shows that we don’t need this law because we have already instruments for persecuting such crimes,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Germany; Government
KEYWORDS: freedom; germany; germanyhatespeech; germanyjihad; hatespeech; islamicterrorism; moderngestapo; policestate; stasi; wrongtarget
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To: Salman

Yep. If Hillary had won the election, Freerepublic and Drudge would already be gone.


61 posted on 06/25/2017 10:56:35 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Salman
Threats? OK.Coersion? Detailed definition needed.”Incitement to racism?” Barbara Streisand!!!!
62 posted on 06/25/2017 11:03:13 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: Liz
Heil Merkel
63 posted on 06/25/2017 11:06:18 AM PDT by salmon76
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To: Salman

we have already instruments for persecuting


Someone accidentally blurts the truth.


64 posted on 06/25/2017 11:12:52 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: JayGalt

Well, the radical ideologies do need enemies and scapegoats.


65 posted on 06/25/2017 11:28:11 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: JBW1949

That and the fact they are apparently ok with German women, girls, and boys being raped by muslims. Nice to know who’s side the German government is on.


66 posted on 06/25/2017 11:38:59 AM PDT by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: Wuli
Allow me to sum that up for you.

"Since you violated us with your different opinions we are forced to attack you in self-defense and it's illegal for you to fight back."

That is absolutely the belief of the typical screeching proglib comrat.









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67 posted on 06/25/2017 11:41:42 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: EagleUSA

Check out @DrEstella’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/DrEstella/status/878691920481992705?s=09

I wonder if this video would rise to the level of crime since it illustrates just how disgusting muslims are. Warning...involves feces. Not for weak tummies.


68 posted on 06/25/2017 11:51:10 AM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: MissEdie

The German, Swedish, and Belgian governments are all for the Muslim invaders...


69 posted on 06/25/2017 11:51:33 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Salman
Xenophobia is a crime in the EU - making public statements that might cause others to be xenophobic is a further crime.

COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law

70 posted on 06/25/2017 12:05:44 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Salman

Looks like the Nazis are back.


71 posted on 06/25/2017 12:08:40 PM PDT by dsc
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To: Salman

Germany slides further and further back into totalitarianism.


72 posted on 06/25/2017 12:32:52 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Salman
Germany needs another White Rose group to oppose those totalitarian censors.
73 posted on 06/25/2017 12:35:16 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

74 posted on 06/25/2017 12:42:02 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: American in Israel
Germans have a history of liking Nazis, sand or otherwise. Is it any surprise their government prefers Muslims to modern peaceful citizens?

Well, sort of.

I thought it was seriously against the law there to express anything remotely pro-Nazi.

75 posted on 06/25/2017 12:44:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" month.)
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To: JayGalt

They called me crazy here (well, they’re right) for saying this for a while now.

NOTHING can be ruled out in W Europe.

When she was re elected. We all knew it was the end of Germany.

But first, millions will die and hell will come.


76 posted on 06/25/2017 12:46:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Salman

The new islamic fourth reich is shaping up rather nicely I see.

Frau merkel better watch her head now, considering that the muslims don’t take too much of a liking to women being in charge.

Oh, BTW, maybe the germans should ask the Swedes how all of this “refugee” migration and assimilation is working out for them.


77 posted on 06/25/2017 1:11:38 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: Salman

There are still a few that refuse to acknowledge that Germans are Nazis


78 posted on 06/25/2017 1:17:29 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: Sylvester McMonkey McBean

Your point about isolation is spot on. The end of isolation for conservatives in the USA was in large measure caused by Rush. Not so much what he said but by his callers, coming from all over the country. In those days you had the Big 3 networks and they controlled the news and opinion and a person would think ,gee I must really be nuts. No one else thinks like I do. Rush’s callers and the opportunity he gave for them to share their feelings with America revitalized conservatives. The Progs want to regain total control.


79 posted on 06/25/2017 2:02:35 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: JBW1949

“...yet they ignore Islamist’s homes with weapons....”

The natural, typical HYPOCRISY of the liberal left.


80 posted on 06/25/2017 2:53:33 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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