• Victor Villas
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    28 days ago

    This slope is not slippery at all. Denying holocaust has been a crime since 2002 1994 in Germany and yet Germany had no issues with upkeeping free speech in the two three decades since.

    edit: oops it’s actually older than I thought

    • @[email protected]
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      TIL it’s that recent. I know there was at least some anti-Nazi laws from the start.

      The slope gets slippery at some point, though, right? I don’t think it’s a stupid thing to worry about, even if ultimately this is the right choice.

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          27 days ago

          Well, any group in power has incentive to abuse it, and I think history shows they always will given the chance (at least in the long run).

      • Victor Villas
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        The slope gets slippery at some point, though, right? I don’t think it’s a stupid thing to worry about

        Sure. I wouldn’t like to see climate change denialism criminalized in this century and I’d be pretty worried if any government pushed for it - but we’re so so far away from something like that happening. We’re way closer to going backwards in reconciliation.

        • OneMeaningManyNames
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          Um… the trend is to criminalize research on climate change if conservatives win in November.

          • Victor Villas
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            227 days ago

            That’s my point. The far-right of this country is already working to destroy opposition and we’re closer to implementing climate change denialism policies and going backward on reconciliation than we’re close to having free speech at danger. And in any case, it’s not like the precedent doesn’t exist already or that the far-right needs the precedent to grow fascist.

            • OneMeaningManyNames
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              227 days ago

              There is basically one thing that people should prevent fascists from doing, and that is getting hold of the state apparatus. Once the army, police, health, education and social services are under far right control there is no horror we can put past them.