> German government is just as draconian as the US

this is called "disinformation"

Will Germany be banning HN for not deleting it and sentencing nik282000 to a prison term then?

They are considering banning the largest opposition party, are using wiretaps and informants against it [1], have banned (ban since lifted) a magazine [2], and opened a criminal investigation into someone calling a fat politician fat online [3]. They are openly planning even worse [4] (if you dislike the author, keep in mind every claim is sourced, so take it up with the sources).

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/13/court-confirms-germ...

[2] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-compact-press-freedom-right-wi...

[3] https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-inves...

[4] Germany announces wide-ranging plans to restrict the speech, travel and economic activity of political dissidents, in order to better control the "thought and speech patterns" of its own people - https://www.eugyppius.com/p/germany-announces-wide-ranging-p...

Edit as reply to nosianu, because I am "posting too fast":

> Liar. Some demand it - but it is not considered by those with the power to actually do it, not even close.

On Monday, the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is currently serving as the junior coalition partner in Berlin’s conservative-led government, voted unanimously to begin efforts to outlaw [AfD]. - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/06/europe/germany-afd-ban-po...

The Jewish German intelligence chief trying to ban the AfD - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/09/jewish-ger...

I would not call the head of German intelligence and ruling coalition parties "not even close". Kindly save that liar label for yourself.

> The AfD happily participates in state and federal elections and is in the federal parliament (Bundestag).

"Considering" means they haven't done it yet. Some tried, but have not yet succeeded.

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I honestly cannot tell if this is serious, or irony, or even meta-irony.