On Mon, 29 May 2017 14:52:28 +0200, Axel Berger wrote:

> alister wrote:
>> it was a public statement
>
> Even so it was completely unrelated. There is a strong currrent tendency
> here in Germany for employers being pressurised and people losing their
> jobs for political activism in legal non-fringe parties exceeding the 5
> % limit in state elections. And these are not even state controlled
> industries as in Stalinist East Germany.
>
> I am far too young to have experienced the Nazis but I do know Stalinism
> and the current wave of thugs marching in the streets and intimidating
> dissenters smells far more of the former than the latter.
>
>> that people use insist on misusing for "private" conversations.
>
> Once I have been intimidated into whispering in back rooms - as so many
> already are - the thugs have won.

I am not advocating "whispering in back rooms" aimply advising people to
be aware of what they are saying. To ensure that things they consider
private to remain so. and pointing out the the OP that his "Private"
conversation was anything but.


If you want to publicly promote a particular opinion then don't be
surprised if people how find it offensive then treat you accordingly.

Free Speech Works both ways.



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