[mowenz]

It was not too long ago that in Germany a political artist was prosecuted for a poem insulting a politician.

In other words, governments have already repeatedly proven they should not have authority over what speech is acceptable, even in Germany currently.

[FabHK]

Not so fast. That was German satirist Jan Böhmermann reading a "poem" on TV about Turkish president Erdoğan (the content is not really important, but it was rather insulting, and purposefully so: calling him dumb, cowardly, and smelly; alleging he beat little girls, fucked goats, watched child porn, and subjugated minorities, and so on.)

Now, as it happens, Germany has a paragraph on its criminal code, § 103, that prohibits insulting foreign heads of state. Thus, prosecution was initiated. However:

1. The case was dropped.

2. In fact, legislative proceedings to drop § 103 are on their way.

So, I'm not too worried about the freedom of political speech in Germany. Holocaust denial and nazi propaganda are prohibited, for historical reasons, but apart from that political speech is free and vigorous.

[stale2002]

I don't see anything wrong with a person calling a head of state mean names.

That's like the definition of political speech.

[poikniok]

I see makes sense.