another sign of German fascism: media prefer to help censors & jailors.
One guy criticized Hitler, was against Nazism. Media reported him as pro-Nazi.
https://rmx.news/article/free-speech-travesty-german-pensioner-who-called-green-economic-minister-habeck-an-idiot-has-been-convicted/
The left routinely uses Nazi symbols to attack the right, but as soon as the right uses these symbols to attack the left, they end up in court
Niehoff suffered a house raid early in the morning at his home in Burgpreppach, while his disabled daughter was home, all because [Economy Minister] Habeck filed a complaint against him for Niehoff calling him an “idiot” in an internet post.
The case looked exceedingly bad, so the German establishment went into damage control.
Numerous news outlets started publishing articles that the main focus of the investigation against Niehoff — the “idiot” comment — had quietly been sidelined. Now, the courts were focusing on “unconstitutional” symbols that Niehoff shared. In other words, after the Niehoff case blew up in their faces, they needed to find an ad hoc justification after the fact to justify their witch hunt against him. ...
...these charges were related nearly entirely to retweets — specifically, five retweets and one actual tweet. Given what was actually in those tweets, it is clear that the German media lied through omission...
In one case, he retweeted Bavaria’s Green Group leader Katharina Schulze in a Nazi salute with her arm raised upwards. It contained the line: “The Green Empire.”
In another post, he retweeted a photo of Hitler shaking hands with a Church official, which he used to criticize the positions of the church — again, [also against] Nazism.
Double standard
Following the verdict, free speech advocates, lawyers, and organizations reacted with outrage. Many pointed out that the left routinely uses “unconstitutional symbols” to attack its critics....
....[for example,] Alice Weidel was graphically portrayed with a swastika at a Carnival event. The image of Weidel was circulated across the entire country, all the way from newspapers to the main public news television stations. The organizers behind the float were never charged with “unconstitutional symbols.”
German media - famously CIA-run - "spreads unconstitutional symbols" nonstop, but it's ok when they do it 🙄
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