• NeuromancerOPM
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    -98 months ago

    I think I’d define it as inciting hate with the aim of persuading people to actions harmful or offensive to the target group…or something like that

    The first part is already illegal. That’s an action. Offensive ? That’s a vague term. People here love to call republicans fascist. That would hit your description of hate speech and would be criminal.

    If someone refused to use pronouns. That would be illegal.

    Calling me cisgender would be illegal since I find that offensive.

    See how quickly this spirals out of control ?

    German has laws against national socialism, ironically because we forced the laws on them after the war. We were trying to purge nazism.

    We don’t want speech to be criminalized as we are a country of ideas. You may not like the idea but somebody may not yours. Yet, you bough have the right to have your ideas.