European elites had a collective fit of the vapors over Vice President J.D. Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Conference last week, where he lambasted them for their war on free speech and authoritarian censorship tactics.
Vance warned that the greatest danger Europe faces today is from within and amidst the censorship of free speech and silencing of their political opponents.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Vance’s hard truth left Christoph Heusgen, the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, crying on stage.
On Sunday night, CBS’ 60 Minutes accidentally underscored Vance’s warning during a segment on the crackdown on free speech in Germany, though the segment seemed to elicit smiles and approval from the network.
German state prosecutors Dr. Matthäus Fink, Svenja Meininghaus, and Frank-Michael Laue joined Sharyn Alfonsi to discuss their chilling role in silencing free speech in Germany, where it is a “crime” to “insult someone in public” or “spread malicious gossip.”
Sharyn Alfonsi: What’s the typical reaction when the police show up at somebody’s door and they say, “Hey, we believe you wrote this on the internet,”?
Dr. Matthäus Fink: They say– in Germany we say, “Das wird man ja wohl noch sagen dürfen.” So we are here with crimes of talking, posting on internet, and the people are surprised that this is really illegal to post these kind of words.
Alfonsi: They don’t think it was illegal?
Fink: No. They don’t think it was illegal. And they say, “No, that’s my free speech.” And we say, “No, you have free speech as well, but it is also has its limits.”
Alfonsi: It’s illegal to display Nazi symbolism, a Swastika or deny the Holocaust. That’s clear. Is it a crime to insult somebody in public?
Svenja Meininghaus: Yes.
Frank-Michael Laue: Yes, it is.
Alfonsi: And it’s a crime to insult them online as well?
Meininghaus: Yes.
Fink: The fine could be even higher if you insult someone in the internet.
Alfonsi: Why?
Fink: Because in internet, it stays there. If we are talking face to face, you insult me, I insult you, okay. Finish. But if you’re in the internet, if I insult you or a politician.
Watch:
CBS: “Is posting an insult a crime?”
German prosectors: “Yes”
CBS: “Is it a crime to repost a lie?”
German prosecutors: “Yes” pic.twitter.com/UABb2ch90v— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 17, 2025
In Germany, posting hate speech online is illegal. The law is enforced with pre-dawn police raids. https://t.co/DNAJyNxILt pic.twitter.com/OHvWTVaRjQ
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 17, 2025
A film crew then joined a ride-along as police stormed a home for the crime of a distasteful meme.
German state police raid a home, seizing the suspect’s laptop and phone. The crime? Posting a racist cartoon online. https://t.co/4LHUP1ZWrB pic.twitter.com/tEC1N1Nm1L
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 17, 2025
Vance added his thoughts on the segment:
Insulting someone is not a crime, and criminalizing speech is going to put real strain on European-US relationships.
This is Orwellian, and everyone in Europe and the US must reject this lunacy. https://t.co/WZSifyDWMr
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 17, 2025
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