Some German state law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors have interpreted part of the law banning hate speech to include “Z”, especially in the context of Russian flags but not exclusively. People have gotten notices of criminal charges for “displaying support for wars of aggression and/or genocide” or something like that, basically just by showing a Z in public or even on social media.
Aside from general Russophobia/anti-anti-fascism and the ramping up of pro-war US/NATO propaganda I can’t find an explanation. I guess it’s expedient for the state to outlaw any dissenting speech when public opinion backs them, just as Germany already banned RT in November or December 2021 for totally legitimate legal reasons.
People have gotten notices of criminal charges for “displaying support for wars of aggression and/or genocide”
Damn, they must charge a lot of Americans under that law for displaying the Stars and Stripes. All those American soldiers stationed in Germany must worry about it constantly.
Hopefully they aren’t in Germany, wearing that specific letter of the alphabet is a hate speech crime in some states.
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Some German state law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors have interpreted part of the law banning hate speech to include “Z”, especially in the context of Russian flags but not exclusively. People have gotten notices of criminal charges for “displaying support for wars of aggression and/or genocide” or something like that, basically just by showing a Z in public or even on social media.
Aside from general Russophobia/anti-anti-fascism and the ramping up of pro-war US/NATO propaganda I can’t find an explanation. I guess it’s expedient for the state to outlaw any dissenting speech when public opinion backs them, just as Germany already banned RT in November or December 2021 for totally legitimate legal reasons.
Damn, they must charge a lot of Americans under that law for displaying the Stars and Stripes. All those American soldiers stationed in Germany must worry about it constantly.
I get a little excited thinking about that