Posted on 11/23/2016 6:37:40 AM PST by HomerBohn
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday threw her support behind efforts to fight the use of hate speech posted on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google's YouTube.
Under a program that runs until March, German authorities are monitoring how many racist posts reported by users of social media sites are deleted within 24 hours. Justice Minister Heiko Maas has pledged to take legislative measures if the results are still unsatisfactory by then.
"I support efforts by Justice Minister Heiko Maas and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere to address hate speech, hate commentaries, devastating things that are incompatible with human dignity, and to do everything to prohibit it because it contradicts our values," Merkel said in a speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament.
What about a picture of Mohammed?
In other words, she wants to criminalize speaking out against the Muslims she is bringing into the country.
Trying to maintain control of the population’s thought process is a classic form of
Prussian neurosis.
Of course she does. Her East German Stasi impulses run deep.
Commie censorship better than free speech? Merkel’s East Germany roots are showing.
Ya beat me to it by a minute! lol
Plus, the German’s never did have the Constitution of The United States working for them.
And next, Ms. Merkel will decide which books are OK to read.
...and which books need to be burned.
Maybe instead of fighting hate speech, Frau Merkel should consider re-thinking that invasion of her own country?
Muslims are killing people, plotting to kill more, taking over areas, crime going up, rapes on women, and muslims saying they are taking over the west, and yet it is speech saying enough of this is now hate speech, and she wants to go after those.
And any criticism of her policy of unfettered mass immigration of muslims is only motivated by hate and racism, and thus: hate speech. So, open your mouth and we will come and arrest you, underling!
Absolutely fabulous movie that was a real sleeper.
It is not exciting, but it is one of those movies everyone should see.
Evil woman. Merkel and the left want to brand truthful political speech as hate speech because the Left cannot survive an honest, open discussion of the issues. At the same time, Liberals often use carefully crafted lies to savage their opponents. Honest and free speech often does offend, embarrass and even hurt some people . . . and it should. The aim of freedom of speech is to get the issues out into an open discussion where truth will prevail. A truthful, open discussion is the last thing that the left wants . . . because they always lose . . . because the truth is NOT on their side.
It's like she's Stasi or something.
Oh wait...
‘zackly.
She is the epitome of evil as she plunges ahead attempting to enforce Muslims on a German populace. It will not come to a very pretty end as the frustration of the German people builds up and explodes on the streets.
Sweden has told their citizenry that Islam is there to stay and that, among other things, the women should wear the hijab in public and they will begin to like it. Further, they should learn the language and customs of these new Islamic-Swedes as they're here to stay as an 'integral' part of Swedish society.
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