I don't personally see anything wrong with people getting riled up. Obviously that changes if one moves past words and assaults someone, destroys property, etc but there's nothing wrong with discourse. Again, this is just my opinion having grown up in the US and I wouldn't begin to say other cultures should agree!
Living in Germany, do you find yourself being hesitant to speak out either online or publicly? Do you have a clear enough expectation of what would a judge would rule with regards to speech? And do you ever worry about how those existing laws could be misused in the future by people with more strict opinions of what speech is off limits?
I lived in a European country with similar laws to Germany for two years. As it turned out I was really only there for two years of pandemic response unfortunately, but I didn't feel particularly comfortable speaking in public about anything related to the pandemic response or leadership. Without having a clear line on what would be deemed offensive by a court I found myself censoring my own speech to avoid running afoul of laws I didn't even know I broke.
> Living in Germany, do you find yourself being hesitant to speak out either online or publicly?
No.
> Do you have a clear enough expectation of what would a judge would rule with regards to speech? And do you ever worry about how those existing laws could be misused in the future by people with more strict opinions of what speech is off limits?
You are quite safe both from the law and criticism if you stay factual and keep fact statements and your subjective judgements identifable as such.
Living in Germany, do you find yourself being hesitant to speak out either online or publicly? Do you have a clear enough expectation of what would a judge would rule with regards to speech? And do you ever worry about how those existing laws could be misused in the future by people with more strict opinions of what speech is off limits?
I lived in a European country with similar laws to Germany for two years. As it turned out I was really only there for two years of pandemic response unfortunately, but I didn't feel particularly comfortable speaking in public about anything related to the pandemic response or leadership. Without having a clear line on what would be deemed offensive by a court I found myself censoring my own speech to avoid running afoul of laws I didn't even know I broke.