Czech President Petr Pavel on Thursday signed an amendment to the country’s criminal code that criminalises the promotion of communist ideology, placing it on the same footing as Nazi propaganda.
The revised legislation introduces prison sentences of up to five years for anyone who “establishes, supports or promotes Nazi, communist, or other movements which demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious or class-based hatred.”
The change follows calls from Czech historical institutions, including the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, to correct what they viewed as a legal imbalance.
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There’s no Ying-Yang situation going on here. Don’t mistakenly equate “ostracising an objectively incorrect thing” with “not agreeing with a narrow position” 😜
Right-wing extremism is an actual problem, left-wing extremism is an imaginary one. Nobody likes to see resources wasted on imaginary problems.
Ironical since left wing terrorism is a real issue in Europe that is more prevalent than right wing one ( if u consider Islamic one isn’t right wing which funny enough is supported by leftist and fight by righty)
um, no. Maybe in the 1970s/80s. I think what you mean today are Kreml-backed attacks. Nothing left-wing about those.
um, double no.
There is some kind of misunderstanding here at some point, because I cannot follow you.
Here’s a good rule of thumb: If, anwhere, members of minorities can expect to experience day-to-day disadvantages and violence, then there’s a right-wing extremism problem. If, anwhere, members of the dominant socio-economic group can expect to experience day-to-day disadvantages and violence, well, that’s a left-wing extremism problem.
Now… which of these problems exists and which one doesn’t?