Uncategorized

Angela Merkel Says Freedom Of Speech Must Be Curtailed To Keep Society Free

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that freedom of expression must be curtailed in order to keep society free.

Yes, really.



Newsom’s ‘Golden State Start’ promises 400 free diapers per baby as California grapples with budget woes
U.S. military kills two alleged narco-terrorists in lethal strike on drug vessel in Eastern Pacific
Reckoning: Islamic Group with Terror Ties Set to Be Investigated by GOP
Trump Preparing to Fire FDA Commissioner Amid Nicotine Dispute and Pro-Life Outcry: Report
Video shows ICE officers arrest alleged MS-13 gang member described as ‘known suspected terrorist’ in Florida
Green Politician Wants to Limit Nursing Home Residents to 2.8 Oz of Meat per Week Due to Climate Change – That’s Less Than 1 Big Mac … Per Week
Obama Slammed for ‘Disgusting’ Decision to Speak at Event Organized by Man with Troubling Past
Utah Supreme Court justice resigns amid probe into alleged relationship with redistricting attorney
Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Men admitted to all-women’s school, bizarre campus confrontation
James Comey criminal trial over ’86 47′ post set for July 15
Georgia mayor fires entire police department after officers complain about his wife in dispute
Virginia Democrat who helped lead state’s redistricting push also played part in killing it
Declassified Apollo mission UFO files challenge long-running Moon landing conspiracy theories
Human Remains Found Near Guthrie Home Create New Mystery, Fail to Solve Current One
Can’t Make It Up: Islamic Activist Behind ‘Muslims Only’ Waterpark Day Also Runs ‘Learing’ Center of Her Very Own

“For all those who claim that they can no longer express their opinion, I say this to them; If you express a pronounced opinion, you must live with the fact that you will be contradicted,” said Merkel during a speech to the German Parliament.

“Expressing an opinion does not come at zero cost, but freedom of expression has limits,” she added, as some in the Bundestag could be heard voicing their disagreement.

“Those limits begin where hatred is spread, they begin where the dignity of other people is violated. This house will and must oppose extreme speech otherwise our society will no longer be the free society that it was,” said Merkel.

Of course, what “violates” the “dignity” of other people is completely subjective and could include all manner of speech that most people would find perfectly acceptable.

See also  Pritzker calls for criminal investigations into ICE agents over ‘Midway Blitz’ conduct


Newsom’s ‘Golden State Start’ promises 400 free diapers per baby as California grapples with budget woes
U.S. military kills two alleged narco-terrorists in lethal strike on drug vessel in Eastern Pacific
Reckoning: Islamic Group with Terror Ties Set to Be Investigated by GOP
Trump Preparing to Fire FDA Commissioner Amid Nicotine Dispute and Pro-Life Outcry: Report
Video shows ICE officers arrest alleged MS-13 gang member described as ‘known suspected terrorist’ in Florida
Green Politician Wants to Limit Nursing Home Residents to 2.8 Oz of Meat per Week Due to Climate Change – That’s Less Than 1 Big Mac … Per Week
Obama Slammed for ‘Disgusting’ Decision to Speak at Event Organized by Man with Troubling Past
Utah Supreme Court justice resigns amid probe into alleged relationship with redistricting attorney
Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: Men admitted to all-women’s school, bizarre campus confrontation
James Comey criminal trial over ’86 47′ post set for July 15
Georgia mayor fires entire police department after officers complain about his wife in dispute
Virginia Democrat who helped lead state’s redistricting push also played part in killing it
Declassified Apollo mission UFO files challenge long-running Moon landing conspiracy theories
Human Remains Found Near Guthrie Home Create New Mystery, Fail to Solve Current One
Can’t Make It Up: Islamic Activist Behind ‘Muslims Only’ Waterpark Day Also Runs ‘Learing’ Center of Her Very Own

See also  ActBlue sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging political retaliation over Democrats' fundraising

The debate over free speech in Germany has intensified since the country accepted over a million migrants from the Middle East and North Africa from 2015 onwards.

Many Germans have found themselves hit with charges of hate speech for pointing out ‘hate facts’ like migrants being responsible for crimes and sexual assaults

This happened despite the German government’s own numbers showing violent crime in Germany rose by 10 per cent between 2015 and 2016 and that more than 90 per cent of the rise was attributable to young male “refugees.”

Lawmakers in one area of Germany even attempted to pass a law that would have jailed people for insulting the EU anthem or burning the EU flag.

As we document in the video below, Germans were subjected to a re-education campaign to encourage them to accept their new reality rather than the government actually addressing their concerns about mass migration.

Story cited here.

Share this article:
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter