Anything related to nazism is considered illegal in germany, the place where nazisim originated yet here in america it’s considered freedom of speech? I’m just so confused. The actual place where it began, and the government that it controlled considers it terrorism and here in American white people are acting like it’s patriotism?
As a German I am absolutely disgusted with what happened in Charlottesville, but just allow me to add a few things:
1. Yes, selling and buying Nazi memorabilia and regalia (swastika flags, uniforms etc) is illegal. Performing the Nazi salute is illegal. If you are caught doing either of them you can get arrested and might face criminal charges.
2. However, neo-nazi groups and other fascist groups still have the right to ‘protest’ (I’m using the broadest sense of the word here) or march because it is a right all Germans have under the ‘freedom of assembly’ law. But since all protests have to be registered beforehand with the local city, it is possible that they may disallow the protest because it disrupts the public peace or because the message of the protest constitute as Volksverhetzung (incitement of the people); which it almost always does.
3. Volksverhetzung is a crime defined by the German criminal law as:
Whosoever, in a manner capable of disturbing the public peace:
1. incites hatred against a national, racial, religious group or a group defined by their ethnic origins, against segments of the population or individuals because of their belonging to one of the aforementioned groups or segments of the population or calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them; or
2. assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning an aforementioned group, segments of the population or individuals because of their belonging to one of the aforementioned groups or segments of the population, or defaming segments of the population,
shall be liable to imprisonment from three months to five years.
§ 130 section one of the criminal code
I don’t know if there is anything similar to this in the US but I’m sure most EU countries have a version of this law as well.
I recommend following @wasistdasfuer1demo and @antifainternational to keep up with where nazi’s are meeting in Germany and where the awesome antifa counter protest is.
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