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naturalgradient

I am not predicting anything, this is how it has been implemented. You are aware this law is already in effect and thousands have been deleted/banned?

But this debate is pointless because you clearly neither speak German, understand German law, nor are interested in revising your opinion that this is anything other than a fight of the righteous against the bad. The law is likely unconstitutional, widely overreaching, and does in fact delete these things:

https://verfassungsblog.de/das-netzdg-und-die-vermutung-fuer...

https://netzpolitik.org/2018/die-meinungsfreiheit-und-das-ne...

https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2017-03/heiko-maas-gese...

There are countless examples, e.g. Facebook censoring satire accounts:

http://meedia.de/2018/01/03/netzdg-twitter-sperrt-account-de...

You are celebrating authoritarian censorship because you think it targets the right people. You are calling me out for something you have no firsthand knowledge or expertise on because of tribalism. Stop.

Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences.

I am a firm supporter of free speech. I am also a firm believer in consequences when that speech leads to violence and persecution.

Look. Posting on facebook "lets lynch some {ni..ers, Jews, Arabs, minority of your choice} also gets you into trouble with the law in the states. I doubt that anyone claims this is free speech.

But questioning the Open borders situation in Europe Germany in public (speak facebook) that is BLUNTLY violating German law and Dublin III regulation is what gets you blocked. It is a left wing junta in the final stages that is ruling Germany at the moment. And making law by chancellor decree has been out of fashion in Germany for over 70 years. Not a good idea to bring it back!

Oh, so all of those politicians and right wingers who are calling for hermetically closing the borders and imposing special laws on immigrants have all been fined and/or put in jail?

That's great news! Why hadn't I heard about this before? Perhaps because it's complete nonsense?

Left wing junta? With a Christian conservative chancellor and completely ineffectual so-called left wing parties? That's hilarious. Germany is drifting strongly to the right, and it must be stopped.

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