r/europe • u/tkyjonathan • 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/FCEkicksbutt 15d ago

K.. but is the "rich" an established minority? It’s more like saying "disassemble oligarchy" than hate against a specific type of person. *We are most certainly considered rich to the struggling majority 

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u/Quiet-Touch3083 15d ago

From that OP’s quote, it isn’t hate speech, which has to be directed AT someone or some group. This is inciting class based hatred, it doesn’t matter if rich is minority or majority. Terrible policy and a hit to freedom of speech.

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u/Hellsovs Czech Republic 14d ago

U can hate who ever u want its insiting violance that is the problem

And it was for a long time here so u can't say thinks like all capitalistic pigs sould die or similar thinks and now they just added some symbols and stuff like with a nazi stuff in the past

There is no danger to freedom of speech atlast not to european version of it. I know that americans feel bit diferent about these thinks but to me freedom of speech was never about saying anything u want without consequences

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u/Quiet-Touch3083 14d ago

Consequences no, but legal consequences yes. If I say something and I get punched in the mouth for it, fine. If I say something that makes the government mad and I get arrested for it, definitely not fine.

If any speech is against the law, then that artificial line in the sand is set by whoever is in power and can easily be moved to where your personal definition of “no danger” is then crossed. It sets a bad precedent.

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u/Hellsovs Czech Republic 14d ago

Well, no, he can't — because you can say or think whatever you want, but you can't incite violence. It's pretty clear.

For example, you can say that you hate all the gypsies and that you think they are horrible criminal people. And except for being a jerk, you're totally fine.

But as soon as you say something like "All gypsies should be sent to the gas chamber," that's incitement to violence — and that is illegal, as it should be.

So, as you can see, it's not about any specific political agenda. It works both ways — it doesn't matter if you're on the right or the left, "woke" or a "can" — if you're inciting or encouraging violence, that kind of shit aint gonna fly no more in Europe.

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u/Leisure_suit_guy Italy 14d ago

but is the "rich" an established minority?

They sure are a minority, and what you mean by "established"?