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frumplestlatz | 9 days ago

Hitler was literally banned from public speaking for two years.

The Nazis came to power through widespread normalized political violence, not speech, and banning Hitler from speaking did nothing but further undermine the legitimacy of the government’s mandate to rule.

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RupertSalt|9 days ago

Joseph Goebbels would have been disappointed to learn that his office was superfluous and irrelevant!

mancerayder|9 days ago

Goebbels and his office represent the direct opposite of freedom of speech, just to counter your Reddit-inspired mic-drop hot take comment.