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Excellent - kick the shit outta him! This salute should be banned in the US too IMO!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/13/an-american-tourist-gave-the-nazi-salute-in-germany-so-a-stranger-beat-him-up-police-say/
The incident occurred about 8:15 a.m. Saturday as the man left a cafe called Europe in the Neustadt district of Dresden, police said in a statement. The district is known to be a liberal part of the town and a popular meeting spot for students.
The tourist was identified only as a 41-year-old American man who was severely drunk, according to police. He suffered minor injuries, while the stranger who assailed him fled the scene, police said.
Police said the U.S. national is under investigation for violating German laws prohibiting Nazi symbols and that they are still seeking the passer-by for causing personal injury, according to the Associated Press.
The Nazi salute the right arm straight and angled slightly up, palm down was used as a greeting and a way of expressing devotion to Adolf Hitler under the Third Reich. Germany outlawed the salute after World War II, along with Holocaust denial and other symbols and signals associated with the Nazis. A conviction can carry a prison sentence of up to three years, although courts often impose fines instead.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)and punished appropriately....
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)As are hateful guestures.
Thank god for the 1st amendment.
american_ideals
(613 posts)Dr. King's great insight: Embracing peace, and disavowing violence, wins in the long run
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029455909
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)It's not a good idea to bring back any memories of WW-II.
Calculating
(2,955 posts)How the hell can you get years in jail or fines over simply lifting your arm in a certain way or saying saying certain political beliefs? I'm not saying that it's right to be a Nazi or racist, but making that speech/expression illegal doesn't seem very just either. They should be free to say their vile thoughts, and us normal people should be free to ridicule them and have nothing to do with them.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)They do not want to have any part of their society taking part in what was very painful for the country as a whole.
JI7
(89,248 posts)and sent to death camps.
Vermijelli
(76 posts)In the other threads. It's quite a deep, dark rabbit hole to go down.
He broke another nation's laws, so I have no sympathy in that respect. But let their law enforcement deal with it.
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)I think all symbols of the confederacy should have been banned after the Civil War, certainly anything on public property involving any use of taxpayer money.