I rather like that in Germany it's a crime to deny the Holocaust. The problem is that our politicians are too cowardly to stand up towards Israel and to stupid to realize the problem with the Holocaust isn't that jews were the main target, but rather that it happened at all.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

exactly, free speech fundamentalism just allows freedom to abuse anyone and lie about anything

what's happening in germany is the same playbook as in the US. use wedge issues like immigration, palestine and economic hardship to split the left and support the far right in social media spam

at least in germany you can vote constructively for a variety of parties that can create a government that effectively excludes the far right

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

Free speech gave the USA Trump.

Not at all. The things that Trump says are acceptable to the ruling class of America. Even without free speech (which the US doesn't actually have), Trump would never be the victim of censorship laws.