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IT student has to pay fine of 1500€ for calling Germany "dirty state" on Twitter

by fossislife on 10/14/23, 3:17 PM with 28 comments

• by actionfromafar on 10/14/23, 4:14 PM

  If it is like the article says, it really is a shit state... of affairs, that is. I wouldn't want to be fined 1500€ by fine Germany!

• by arein2 on 10/14/23, 4:20 PM

  But why can't he express his opinion? Is it illegal to think a state is dirty?

• by fatih-erikli on 10/14/23, 4:28 PM

  Being "dirty" is so subjective to the person who claim somewhere/something is dirty. Public spaces in Germany probably much more cleaner than student households this is for sure.

• by flohofwoe on 10/14/23, 4:25 PM

  I never heard of this Nius newsportal, but browsing the front page it looks like a collection of right-wing populist click bait trash.

  Wikipedia seems to agree:

  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nius

  As well as TAZ:

  https://taz.de/Rechtes-Medienportal-Nius/!5945019/

  ...and digging deeper it probably gets dirtier. Make of that what you will.

• by fatih-erikli on 10/14/23, 8:23 PM

  I like what germans do. False accusations must have a price to be paid.