"Germany has some good ideas."

'Yes, but also you lack free speech.'

"Why do you say that?"

'You don't let people deny the holocaust or support Nazis today.'

"...You think there's a reason why?"

Like for more than a decade now "Germany cracks down on Nazi speech" has been an example on why they're worse than the US, which is just ????

The reason why "free speech" is a strong rallying cry is because it has been infringed upon over and over by fascists who book burn, now it's considered a crime to book burn an Ann Coulter book on principle and a virtue to let the KKK and Nazis hold protected rallies.

Well, it's not really a crime to book burn, but it's taboo