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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the truth
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 23:24:23 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>5/23/2024 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>On 5/22/2024 12:57 PM, Rhino wrote:

>>>>>>>Once again, Leo Kearse hits it out of the park:
 
>>>>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uW1Htq7XU [10 minutes]

>>>>>>I listened to enough to hear the claim that truth is a defense
>>>>>>against a charge of "incitement to hatred" ...which, obviously,
>>>>>>it isn't.

>>>>>As I said, the truth is now illegal.

>>>>>But neither should citing the government's own crime statistics in a
>>>>>discussion about public policy be considered "incitement to hatred"
>>>>>merely because it undermines the government's immigration agenda.

>>>>As I said, an "incitement to hatred" needn't carry any lie.

>>>And expanding on what I said, if you make truth illegal because you've 
>>>created circumstances that allow you to claim it leads to some nebulous 
>>>concept of 'hatred', then you've successfully muzzled all political 
>>>opposition and have created a dictatorial society where anyone who 
>>>speaks against you is criminalized.

>>>And this all comes from the people who are constantly bleating about the 
>>>need to "protect muh democracy!"

>>Political opposition? It's far worse than what you've stated.

>>The justice researchers and analysts who compiled the statistics then
>>reported their finding are every bit as guilty of "incitement to hatred"
>>as the politician.

>>What about the police who made arrests who are required by law to report
>>ethnic and national characteristics of the perpetrator and victim? By
>>complying with their duty to observe and report, they too have run afoul
>>of the law.

>>How about a witness who desribed the perpetrator? Guilty.

>>How about the victim or complaining witness? Guilty.

>>How about the newspaper that discussed justice statistics? Guilty.

>And this is a moviePig approved society.

It's so odd that moviePig lives in a society in which everyone enjoys
liberty that moviePig does not approve of but refuses to live in any
society with severe restrictions on speech and lacking freedom of the
press. I have no explanation for moviePig's contradictory nature.