Volksverhetzung

[Yavin4]

Volksverhetzung (German: "incitement of popular hatred&quot is a concept in German criminal law that bans the incitement of hatred against a segment of the population. It often applies in, though it is not limited to, trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany. The German penal code (Strafgesetzbuch) establishes that someone is guilty of Volksverhetzung if the person:[1]

in a manner that is capable of disturbing the public peace:

incites hatred against segments of the population or calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them; or
assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung

In the U.S., we have pols who pander to the racists amongst us and flies racist symbols atop of state capitols. And our media never says a damn thing.

Germany is more progressive than we are. Yet, we pat ourselves on the back for defeating them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They learned the hard way what can happen if

Volksverhetzung reaches the boiling point. I'm afraid we will have to learn the hard way, too. I just don't know what form that will take.

[Yavin4]

3. The Civil War didn't teach us. Jim Crow didn't teach us. The 60s didn't teach us.

What has to happen is that as a nation we have to condemn racist symbols and not make them a mainstream part of our country.

[CTyankee]

2. Unlike SC, the Germans cannot by law display the Nazi flag and have no cemeteries

specifically dedicated to their WW2 dead soldiers. Yet a U.S. state can have dedicated space to honor treason against the United States of America during a time of legally declared war and display their flag representing everything we went to war in the 19th century over.