Poland criminalizes accusing the country of complicity during the holocaust

[hollodero]

(02-07-2018, 06:27 PM)Millhouse Wrote: I can agree overall, but I do completely understand why it is a crime in Germany to show acts of Nazism whether through clothing, flags, gestures and so-on. On that one issue I can go with because of not only what they Nazis did, but because of how many were never prosecuted for their crimes and went back into the population as everyday citizens. If there is one group of people that modern day people do not want history to repeat itself with so to speak, it is them.

- Nazi activities are also punishable by law in my country, and while I am torn on that issue regarding free speech and all, it was definitely a valuable law. It forced the former Nazis into hiding/shutting up, and thank god they weren't a factor, that was unvaluable for our democracy and still is. 
In the end I feel that unconstitutional speech does not necessarily fall into the protection granted by that very constitution. To oversimplify it, it might boil down to the question if promoting an end to free speech should be protected by free speech. And maybe yes, but drawing a line with Nazis had its merits and did not lead to a "slippery slope" situation.