Here comes Germany’s new era of fascism. Germany has a death wish. It is destroying itself yet again.
Freedom of speech is the foundation of a free society. Without it, a tyrant can wreak havoc unopposed, while his opponents are silenced. Putting up with being offended is essential in a pluralistic society in which people differ on basic truths. If a group will not bear being offended without resorting to violence, that group will rule unopposed while everyone else lives in fear, while other groups curtail their activities to appease the violent group. This results in the violent group being able to tyrannize the others.Germany’s justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory “fake news.”
Among Germany’s political establishment, there is concern that fake news and racist content on social media could influence public opinion in this year’s election campaign. The government, however, would have to move very quickly if it wants to get the law passed before campaigning for the September election begins.
In a bid to further move to enforce sharia restriction on speech in Germany, German politicians seek to impose enormous fines on social media companies where we exchange our ideas and opinions. Thought crimes. Who will decide what’s good and what’s forbidden? Adolf Hitler took similar actions against the freedom of speech when he came to power.
Merkel and her increasingly fascist party will lose in the upcoming election. In order to turn the tide, she must silence her critics and the truth about the catastrophic consequences of her disastrous migration policies.
“Fake news” is any news stories the left does not want you to hear. And “racist content” is anything critical of Islam (even though Islam is not a race). Islamo-fascism on the march in Germany…
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pamelageller
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