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German police raid homes of 17 people accused of posting antisemitic hate speech on social media (apnews.com)

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[-] Therealgoodjanet@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago

Good, arrest them all. It’s absolutely horrendous that people use the tragedy of the Palestinian people to be antisemitic.

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[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 23 points 7 months ago

This made me think because raiding peoples homes doesn't seem right, but saying things like this definitely isn't right.

In the end I think a inclusive society should exclude it's exclusive elements.

[-] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I feel we just can't agree on this argument online, and it's likely because the line for tolerance differs on so many factors, history being a huge one.

I'm aware German laws exist to ban fascist symbols, likely as an ounce of prevention along the lines, "we won't repeat another Hitler".

It might take the US falling into a fascist state and being liberated to make us adopt such "drastic" measures as raids. Until then 1A has been routinely held up to protect hate speech so for now it's up to us as a society to make a conscious decision what we'll tolerate. We just have to be as vocal about it as the racists/fascists.

[-] Pirasp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

The raids were probably because of the threats and not because of antisemitic remarks. The first might get you arrested if you scream it in the streets, but threatening people should get you raided imho

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[-] Obonga@feddit.de 11 points 7 months ago

Imagine your dumb fuck of a child sending antisemitic hate shit through his phone and a few days later the police raids your home and takes all your devices. Absolute nightmare.

[-] tory@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

All of the suspects were apparently over 18.

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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

read the goddamn article before posting hyperbolic and false statements like the one you posted here. None of these people are minors, but they are all advocating for the extermination of an entire race.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 7 months ago

There's some pretty questionable comment removals here. What exactly triggered Rule 4 in that comment by /u/Marsupial@quokk.au, anonymous mod?

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Tuesday raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online.

According to the Bavarian criminal police, the suspects were 15 men and two women aged between 18 and 62, German news agency dpa reported.

The suspects were said to have celebrated the attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, and were accused of spreading hate speech against Jewish people on social media, using symbols of banned terrorist organizations, dpa reported.

Further searches were carried out in the Bavarian towns of Fuessen and Kaufbeuren as well as in the counties of Passau, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Berchtesgadener Land, Coburg, Aschaffenburg and Hassberge.

“Unfortunately, antisemitism has an impact on the daily life of many Jews in Germany,” Michael Weinzierl, the Bavarian police commissioner against hate crime, told dpa.

For too long, we have allowed a ntisemitism to penetrate into the heart of our society via extreme right-wing circles, radical left-wing demonization of Israel or Islamist fanatics.”

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[-] avater@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

jawoll!

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