"Terror supporters, antisemites and extremists" could have their German citizenship revoked — if they hold a second nationality, according to planning documents. Critics of the move say it will lead to unequal treatment.
I wholly support deeming any form of racism or bigotry unacceptable in a civilized society. The issues comes with fairly enforcing measures like the one proposed here. Who decides whats antisemetic and what isn’t? Germany has been severly cracking down on any form of protest against the fascist regime of Israel and their genocide against Gaza. These protests are already being called antisemtic by the media and the government.
April fools? I can’t tell how many people support this genocide but wouldn’t that make “a lot” of world population antisemitic? It’s a convenient label for anyone in the way…I hate it here
Yes, it makes a lot of reasonable people antisemitic just because they can see what Israel is doing to Palestinians. Since the policy then can’t be enforced consistently, this kind of situation gives a government a pretext for punishing anyone they dislike for other reasons. It’s still useful to governments to have laws almost everyone breaks, and that are seldom enforced, because then they can choose when, and against whom, to enforce them.
If by ‘legal definition’ you mean the definition used in the recent letter signed in parlament: That’s not legally binding. It’s basically just a statement with no legal status. But yes it could signal the path the new government might take in the future.
I wholly support deeming any form of racism or bigotry unacceptable in a civilized society. The issues comes with fairly enforcing measures like the one proposed here. Who decides whats antisemetic and what isn’t? Germany has been severly cracking down on any form of protest against the fascist regime of Israel and their genocide against Gaza. These protests are already being called antisemtic by the media and the government.
Same thing in the US with college campus protestors. It’s not about defending the Jewish faith from hatred, it’s about silencing dissent.
Germanies legal definition of antisemitism includes criticism of Israel.
April fools? I can’t tell how many people support this genocide but wouldn’t that make “a lot” of world population antisemitic? It’s a convenient label for anyone in the way…I hate it here
Yes, it makes a lot of reasonable people antisemitic just because they can see what Israel is doing to Palestinians. Since the policy then can’t be enforced consistently, this kind of situation gives a government a pretext for punishing anyone they dislike for other reasons. It’s still useful to governments to have laws almost everyone breaks, and that are seldom enforced, because then they can choose when, and against whom, to enforce them.
If by ‘legal definition’ you mean the definition used in the recent letter signed in parlament: That’s not legally binding. It’s basically just a statement with no legal status. But yes it could signal the path the new government might take in the future.
it is not legally binding, but many government bodies treat it like a law, making it tiring to fight against it in the courts all the time.