Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the truth

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

May 24, 2024 at 7:34:05 PM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

. . .

What people do or feel is irrelevant.  The crime that'd be alleged by
"incitement to hate" is what you *tried* to have them do or feel.

Well, that would be the only crime in legal history where the attempt is
punishable but actually completing the crime is not.

moviePig doesn't seem to understand that the "people" in question were
hypothetical. The state did not need to prove that the speaker tried to
incite anyone, just that the speech itself was criminal, nor did the
state need to prove that any actual person was incited.

The legal dystopia you'd create if you were in charge is stupefying.

moviePig is in charge!