Posted on 08/25/2024 6:17:45 AM PDT by hardspunned
It’s crazy watching all that is happening these days
Luke 21:34-36
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When we wrote the Grundgesetz for West Germany in 1948-49, we modeled their civil liberties after ours - with one exception. That exception was that the Basic Law could not be changed by people voting or by lawmakers. And a special court was created with the unilateral power to ban speech, writing, singing, images, constitutional amendments, political figures and political parties, or anything that could return the NSDAP to power.
That was then. In 1948 there were millions of adult Germans who had voted the NSDAP into power, and who (plausibly) would do it again if allowed unrestricted civil liberties.
When East Germany was absorbed into West Germany, länder were required to subscribe to the Basic Law.
So far, so good.
Except now is now. The last person who could have legally joined the NSDAP on May 7, 1945 is now 97 years old.
But, like any government function, the special court has expanded its powers to attack "misinformation" and "hate speech", and as the supply of actual Nazis falls to zero, the demand for Nazis to repress has never been stronger.
Virtually all European states have adopted the powers conferred on the West German state in 1948-49, and don't doubt for a second that this poor Telegram guy is a target for that reason - and if they get him, Elon Musk, RFK jr, and our next President will all be attacked this way.
And many American liberals including high-achieving legal scholars are pushing "hate speech" and "misinformation" exceptions to our First Amendment. And if things break the wrong way, you can bet they will get those exceptions.
They were never that.
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