Police Investigate German Historian for Hitler-Putin Meme (opens in new tab)

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).

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.

Just a tad biased https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Foundation

We're clearly in "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" territory here- where God is the Holocaust, which Hitler represents.

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 now have to spend the entire day talking about Hitler."

… ironic result

German police are just a tool of the totalitarian regime to oppress any dissenters.