Germany has laws prohibiting hate speech.
60 Minutes did a segment on it this past Sunday.
They enforce it with fines.
Their stance is 'free speech has limits'. You can disagree with someone, but when it descends into hate speech, they attempt to enforce it (which must be extremely difficult with the internet).
Yes, an example included calling a politician a wangerknob, and also someone circulating a meme that depicted electrical wires and suggesting it could be a playground for immigrant children.
Not sure where those fit in to 'western values'.
"writes NR's Jeffrey Blehar, who points out that neither Europeans nor CBS seem to get free speech."
Germany does not = Europe.
Also, 60 Minutes didn't really take a stance on it, they just reported the story, and even brought up the American context of the 1st Amendment.
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