Yeah the oppression of speech in Germany is depressing, you have to be careful of what you write online or you get one of the Meldestellen on your ass (government-funded NGOs) and they will want to destroy your life. There were a lot of high-profile cases in the last six years. Applauded by the media (because they "combat hate speech") and enabled by the EU (thanks to the DSA Trusted Flagger program).
German politicians know what they are doing, they deserve praise for standing their ground, especially in these times of nationalist propaganda coming from the two richest and most heavily armed countries in the world... which would love to see nationalism take hold in Germany and proceed to ruin it together with all of Europe all over again.
The meme in question will be seen as a praise of Putin by those who admire Hitler and love to see his mad face in the media.
Swastika not being allowed in Germany except in educational or historical context is not exactly a novel change. So, the article can stuff itself with that assumption.
And it can stuff mentioned free speech hero JD Vance who want Europe become fascist again too.
i don’t see it like that. he could have just crossed the swastika and it wouldn’t have been a problem. it is common knowledge in germany that you are not allowed to use any nazi symbols. wether some putin supporter reported him to a police Meldestellen website doesn’t matter because what he did is illegal in germany. and it’s illegal for a good reason. the symbols played their part in forming a volksgeist. just look at the maga hat. it’s straight up illegal because there was so much nazi symbolism left after the 2nd war that the us/uk/france had to radically clean it no questions asked and no exceptions made
also it’s not illegal if the image is for educational or informational purposes so maybe he just could have claimed that. no reason to should “censorship” when it’s literally just a swastica or nazi greeting you can’t do in public.
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The meme in question will be seen as a praise of Putin by those who admire Hitler and love to see his mad face in the media.
And it can stuff mentioned free speech hero JD Vance who want Europe become fascist again too.
also it’s not illegal if the image is for educational or informational purposes so maybe he just could have claimed that. no reason to should “censorship” when it’s literally just a swastica or nazi greeting you can’t do in public.