I'm referring to Germany because it is the perfect example to use here. People want to claim that if a society were to enact laws banning Nazi speech then we would go on a slippery slope toward authoritarianism or otherwise become a dystopia. Well Germany has banned Nazi speech for decades and it hasn't happened. They are doing quite well and indeed are often cited as a pillar of merit and responsibility by American Conservatives. So it is a great example to demonstrate how there is no real world problem resulting from banning Nazi speech.
If you want to complain about Austria's blasphemy laws that is your right. I don't see Austrian society falling apart either. Your article listed five instances of the law being used to prosecute people of ill will, i.e., trolls who get their rocks off by disparaging figures who existed 1500 years ago just to provoke hatred or violence. Well, if the Austrian people desire to outlaw that kind of provocation, that's up to them. They don't need white knights coming in and educating them about how allowing provocation of hatred and violence is actually a good thing, because otherwise they will transform into an evil empire. Well it's been 70 years since they actually were part of an evil empire, and that evil empire was created due to hate speech. Since they have banned hate speech, they haven't become evil again. Yay?
I'm referring to Germany because it is the perfect example to use here. People want to claim that if a society were to enact laws banning Nazi speech then we would go on a slippery slope toward authoritarianism or otherwise become a dystopia. Well Germany has banned Nazi speech for decades and it hasn't happened. They are doing quite well and indeed are often cited as a pillar of merit and responsibility by American Conservatives. So it is a great example to demonstrate how there is no real world problem resulting from banning Nazi speech.
If you want to complain about Austria's blasphemy laws that is your right. I don't see Austrian society falling apart either. Your article listed five instances of the law being used to prosecute people of ill will, i.e., trolls who get their rocks off by disparaging figures who existed 1500 years ago just to provoke hatred or violence. Well, if the Austrian people desire to outlaw that kind of provocation, that's up to them. They don't need white knights coming in and educating them about how allowing provocation of hatred and violence is actually a good thing, because otherwise they will transform into an evil empire. Well it's been 70 years since they actually were part of an evil empire, and that evil empire was created due to hate speech. Since they have banned hate speech, they haven't become evil again. Yay?