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[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Holy shit, I'm amazed that didn't result in criminal charges. I guess Germany isn't as serious about that law as they claim.

[–] waldfee@feddit.org 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't say that, it seems more like that small amount of ambiguity saved their ass. Similarly Die Partei has/had an election poster saying "Nazis töten", meaning both "killing nazis", as well as "nazis kill", which also sufficed to avoid punishment

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Just to add, sometimes the ambiguity is too less: The slogan "Hängt die Grünen!" ("Hang the Greens!") of the nazi party "der III. Weg" (The Third Way) was forbidden by court. The interpretation "Hang the green ones!" referring to the green colour of their posters was too far off.

https://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/muenchen-haengt-die-gruenen-plakate-der-iii-weg-volksverhetzung-gericht-91873584.html

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And nobody was jailed abs blocked from ever holding a public office?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In the trial concerning posters by the far-right splinter party Der III. Weg bearing the slogan “Hang the Greens”, the Munich Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to six months’ imprisonment. A 65-year-old man was fined.

To loose the passive election right (for five years) one needs to be sentenced to at least one year imprisonment.

Loosing the right for lifetime requires a ruling of the federal constitutional court.