A German court decided that it is not hate speech to call Germans "a race of mutts/dogs" and a "dog clan" because Germans are not an identifiable group of people in the population. They had declared it is not possible to insult Germans as a group and so the hate speech charges had been dropped.
"The group has to be distinguishable by some external or internal feature", it said in the verdict.
In order for hate speech charges to be considered, speech has to target a "relatively small subset of people", the verdict continued. "All people with German citizenship are Germans and therefore they are not a subset".
The charges had been made against a leader of the Turkish council of parents in Hamburg. He had been angered by a German court's decision recognizing the Armenian genocide and went on a tirade against the German nation and Germans on social media. Previously, he had been a candidate for the Green party.
This verdict is interesting because it sets a precedent that hate speech legislation only applies to minorities. There is no restriction on free speech when insulting Germans because German courts do not recognize that an ethnic group "German people" exists.
One group denies the humanity of the other group. Members of it are equated with animals, vermin, insects or diseases. Dehumanization overcomes the normal human revulsion against murder. At this stage, hate propaganda in print and on hate radios is used to vilify the victim group. The majority group is taught to regard the other group as less than human, and even alien to their society.
Colton Rodriguez
>Right wing death squads when?
never, Germans are not even Köter - mutts- they are worms ready to be stomped upon.
Angel Parker
> Germans are not even Köter - mutts- they are worms ready to be stomped upon.
Maybe you, Ali
Henry Lewis
German-turks are the most disgusting thing on the planet desu. If we'd just kill all of them our country would look a lot better.
Elijah Peterson
>Maybe you, Ali
lame, the Alis train every day and fight, they laugh at pathetic Bio-hipster Germans. Just show me where Germans resist and fight back against this tyranny.