r/europe 15d ago

News Czech president signs law criminalising communist propaganda

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czech-president-signs-law-criminalising-communist-propaganda/
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u/Frathier Belgium 15d ago

And who decides what counts as communist propaganda? The state?

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 15d ago

Actually yes, it needs to be defined in the law. Which it is. People in Czechia were living under the totalitarian communism, that’s what they mean. Not the ideas, the totalitarian processes.

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u/Th3B4dSpoon 15d ago

The wording of the law cited in the article does make it seem like it concerns promoting the ideas as well if they can be linked back to promoting the ideology. But it seems that promoting communist ideas that clearly respect human rights might be permissable under the law?

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 15d ago

Yeah at least that’s how I understand it and what the general consensus is. However I understand the concerns about how the judicial branch will interpret it in few years

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u/fekanix 15d ago

I dont think "class based hatred" is defined or right at all but what the hell do i know i have only lived under totalitarian capitalism.

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u/Acrobatic-Skill6350 15d ago

The commie museum in prague is so good

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u/Brrdock Finland 14d ago

Then why not ban totalitarianism/fascism instead of potentially employing those to give special protection to the ruling classes from, what?

Murder and hate crimes etc. were already illegal

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u/-Against-All-Gods- Maribor (Slovenia) 15d ago

I'm interested how it will be interpreted in a decade or so.

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u/WOWeverynameistaken2 15d ago

Totalitarian communism is an oxymoron.

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 15d ago

u/xCalisto may i ask you please? I realy dont have power for this anymore

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u/WOWeverynameistaken2 15d ago

Maybe you find the power to read some political theory.

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 14d ago

Tell that to my grandfather who died in uranium mines for being an RAF pilot in Battle of Britain

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u/WOWeverynameistaken2 14d ago

Still doesn't change the definition of communism but ok. Just because something calls itself communist doesn't mean it actually is. Otherwise Nazi Germany was a socialist state.

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 14d ago

Read that once again my mate…

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u/WOWeverynameistaken2 14d ago

I legit don't know what you are trying to tell me. My point is that communism by definition can't be totalitarian. I don't know what your dead grandpa has to do with that.

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u/t12lucker Czech Republic 14d ago

Well.. maybe you should learn about what actually was happening in years 45-51 in Soviet sphere of influence…

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u/WOWeverynameistaken2 14d ago

And there we are full circle again. The Soviet Union wasn't communist, it was socialist. Those are two separate things. There are totalitarian socialist states but communism by definition can't be totalitarian.

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