Germany bans right-wing Compact magazine for hate speech

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Germany bans right-wing Compact magazine for hate speech
Miu Satake | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL
July 17, 2024 08:41:12 am

The German Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser announced Tuesday the ban of far right-wing online magazine Compact for their actions inciting hatred against Jewish people and ethnic minorities.

Faeser justified the prohibition by explaining the aim to oppose the people who “are inciting hatred, encouraging the use of violence against refugees and migrants and seeking to overthrow our democratic state.”

The ban raised three main problems with Compact. Firstly, it stated that the contents of its publications and products agitate racist and anti-minority conspiracy theories, which, according to the press release, encourage readers to adopt their nationalist ideas and exclude people who have other cultural and ethical backgrounds from Germany. As to the second issue, the ban stressed that the legacy of the magazine tries to spread the prejudiced idea that people in certain ethnic groups are violent. Finally, it claims that Compact campaigns to promote antisemitism. Therefore, the company’s businesses contradict the constitutional order of Germany based on the rule of law and the principle of non-discrimination.  ...
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PeterSweden
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Free speech is UNDER ATTACK in Europe.

🔺Germany just outright BANNED a right-wing magazine in the biggest attack on free press since WW2.

🔺German publisher just CANCELLED JD Vance book.

🔺The left colluded to keep the right-wing Patriots for Europe alliance out of key positions in the EU parliament despite representing over 20 million voters.

This is a very important topic that is not being discussed enough in the mainstream media.

Freedom and democracy is under attack in Europe.  ...

https://twitter.com/PeterSweden7/status/1816441285940552036

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JD Vance's Book Dropped by German Publisher
Published Jul 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM EDT
By Flynn Nicholls
Newsweek

The Berlin-based publisher Ullstein has dropped its German translation of Hillbilly Elegy—JD Vance's 2016 memoir—in response to him becoming Donald Trump's running mate.

On July 15, the former president announced the Ohio senator as his pick for the Republican vice presidential nominee in November's election.

Speaking to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, a spokesperson for the publishing house said it decided not to renew its licensing agreement or issue a reprint for the book because Vance represents a "demagogic, exclusionary policy."

"At the time of publication, the book made a valuable contribution to understanding the disintegration of U.S. society," the spokesperson said in translation, with the magazine adding that "Vance had offered an authentic portrayal of growing up in the impoverished white working class, and he also repeatedly distanced himself from Donald Trump at the time." ...

What's old is new again in Deutschland, meine damen und herren.

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When a country does not have a first amendment that guarantees  free speech, then it’s easier for government to determine what free speech it citizens are allowed to have

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Free speech is UNDER ATTACK in Europe.


🔺German publisher just CANCELLED JD Vance book.


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I didn't read the book but recently saw the Movie.  Maybe the readers can dispute this, but I saw ZERO political references or angles in it.

This isn't just about ideological content, it's about silencing opponents.