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Germany is not some dictatorship that bends rules. Hate speech legislation is in part determined by seasoned jurists specialized in hate speech cases and there are clear outlines. You are just mad because it doesn't make exceptions.
To your question: If people glorify the war crimes of the IDF, are racist against Palestinians or are islamophobic of course they face consequences. But we don't ban people just on the basis of being for or against Israel. It depends on the specifics.
I am mad because this type of legislation is inherently authoritarian and borderline fascist, it actually does benefit the modern Nazi party of Germany to stifle criticism and prevent historical comparisons. I'm not a neoliberal german nationalist like yourself so I'm not ever going to see that as okay, and the fact that you try to make anyone who disagrees with you out to be "just a bigot" continues to show what a sad pathetic neoliberal you are. I'm not scared or intimated by you. Maybe you're used to people groveling before you because of your admin status and you think continuing to argue with me will intimidate me into apologizing or yeilding, but you have no points, no intelligent discussion of any kind. All you've offered is the same neoliberal Zionist apologia, and dismissal of anyone against you or feddit as ""bigots"".
Which comparisons exactly are prevented?
I can say the AfD is a nazi party. I can say I believe they are very similar to the NSDAP 100 years ago. I can say they oppose the German constitution, especially the human rights provisions.
Same with Israel: I can say Israel is fascist. I can compare it to apartheid. I can say Israel has since its founding enageged in ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The only comparisons banned are those considered hyperbolic. I cannot say the AfD plans to commit genocide because they simply don't. I cannot say Israel is repeating the Holocaust because it's obviously not. Anything off an order of magnitude or more is iffy at best and illegal at worst.
Really though, it's a mild annoyance at worst to comply with hate speech laws. Slightly adjust what you want to say and you're fine. There are far, far more restrictive German laws that actually stifle free speech - such as the ban on "protective weapons" during protests combined with police violence not being prosecuted.