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The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now

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160 points cruzcampo | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 08:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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snehk ◴[11 Apr 25 08:42 UTC] No.43651672[source]▶
> Yet to many Europeans the idea that free expression is under threat seems odd. Europeans can say almost anything they want, both in theory and in practice.

A journalist in Germany was just sentenced to seven months for posting a meme of a politician where she holds up a sign saying "I hate free speech".

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nancy-faeser-afd-...

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seydor ◴[11 Apr 25 08:52 UTC] No.43651769[source]▶
Germany needs to amend their unfree speech laws , it's like a self-inflicted punishment now. The world is not asking for them to do that anymore
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1. watwut ◴[11 Apr 25 10:17 UTC] No.43652307[source]▶
In the sense that USA wants Germany to become far right nazi country again, yes. Otherwise, no.