Angela Merkel says Germany must limit speech or “society will no longer be the free society it was”

In a speech on Wednesday, the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said that opposing what she deems to be “extreme speech” and speech “where the dignity of other people is violated” is necessary for maintaining a free society.

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Merkel doesn’t define extreme speech or speech that violates people’s dignity which means these terms could encompass any speech Merkel doesn’t want to hear and any speech that Merkel wants to censor.

Merkel also claimed “we have freedom of expression in our country” but added that, in her view, “freedom of expression has its limits.”

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