Originally posted by Scribble
So he got a suspended sentence, so no jail time, but it's a clear warning against anyone daring to criticise Islam in Germany
Yeah I should have given a source:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11205/germany-official-censorship
But yeah, that is dangerously close to some shit the nazis would do lol. I wonder if they get that.
Totalitarianism has no political allegiance, so people on the Left see the Right as totalitarian, whilst those on the Right see the Left as totalitarian. The truth is that we should oppose totalitarian extremism in all of its forms. Both sides of the political spectrum can end up there, so we have to be careful.
Originally posted by Scribble
Totalitarianism has no political allegiance, so people on the Left see the Right as totalitarian, whilst those on the Right see the Left as totalitarian. The truth is that we should oppose totalitarian extremism in all of its forms. Both sides of the political spectrum can end up there, so we have to be careful.
You guys seriously do need to be careful though lol. As much as people in the USA cry about fascist type of shit going down here...it's mostly in their heads. Whereas some parts of Europe are not necessarily flirting with it, but they are making eye contact.
Originally posted by SurturOn both sides, as well. You've got left-wing governments playing with thought policing, as well as literal fascist parties gaining public traction. My country is trying to dive into extreme surveillance. It's spreading as a broad concept, and both sides enact it just as scarily. Hence why I have such issue with siding with either left or right these days, even though my overall beliefs clearly fall on the left of the spectrum most of the time.
You guys seriously do need to be careful though lol. As much as people in the USA cry about fascist type of shit going down here...it's mostly in their heads. Whereas some parts of Europe are not necessarily flirting with it, but they are making eye contact.