From b3024bdaa569beb70dd6d494aecafc75e2c011c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Imhoff Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:17:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] chore: improve text --- .../journal/2025/modern-atlas-shrugged-2-looters-in-action.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/content/journal/2025/modern-atlas-shrugged-2-looters-in-action.mdx b/src/content/journal/2025/modern-atlas-shrugged-2-looters-in-action.mdx index 55292d9..331d843 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2025/modern-atlas-shrugged-2-looters-in-action.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2025/modern-atlas-shrugged-2-looters-in-action.mdx @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Germany has several sections in its criminal code that are frequently used again A report on the American TV show “[60 Minutes,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMzFDpfDwc)” which aired in February 2025, highlighted Germany’s approach to combating online hate speech. The report features interviews with German prosecutors from the “Central Office for Combating Hate Crime on the Internet” in Lower Saxony, who share their views on the limits of free speech. The prosecutors explain how they conduct early-morning raids to seize individuals’ phones and laptops over allegedly illegal social media posts, even if the posts were merely shared and not authored by the individual. The lawyers joked that the main punishment is confiscating devices rather than fines, suggesting that this practice serves as a tool of oppression against dissent. Typically, all electronic devices—computers and mobile devices—are confiscated, and in numerous instances, individuals never get them back. This results in significant harm to individuals, who must replace all their devices and may struggle to perform everyday tasks without them. -The worst paragraph is incitement to hatred ([§ 130 Volksverhetzung](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__130.html)), a vague provision that can be applied to anyone for any reason. Originally intended to combat anti-Semitism and to prevent calls for violence against specific groups, it is now used for a wide range of issues. If you mention the overrepresentation of a particular ethnic group in crime or express dislike for LGBT propaganda, your words can be interpreted as hate against groups or subsets of groups. This law is consistently enforced against the political right, but rarely against the left. Additionally, courts regularly rejected all reports of discrimination against the unvaccinated or any right-wing group, as such discrimination is deemed acceptable. A court ruled, for example, that the party leader of the AfD, Alice Weidel, had to live with being called “Nazi-Schlampe” (Nazi slut). +The worst paragraph is incitement to hatred ([§ 130 Volksverhetzung](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__130.html)), a vague provision that can be applied to anyone for any reason. Originally intended to combat anti-Semitism and to prevent calls for violence against specific groups, it is now used for a wide range of issues. If you mention the overrepresentation of a particular ethnic group in crime or express dislike for LGBT propaganda, your words can be interpreted as hate against groups or subsets of groups. This law is consistently enforced against the political right, but rarely against the left. At the same time, courts regularly rejected all reports of discrimination against the unvaccinated or any right-wing group, as such discrimination is deemed acceptable. A court ruled, for example, that the party leader of the AfD, Alice Weidel, had to live with being called “Nazi-Schlampe” (Nazi slut).