Opinion of this ruling

[Associate Justice PiT]

In a country with strict laws protecting offensive speech including hate speech under a general barrier of free speech, it would be a freedom ruling.

In a country with hate speech laws, it's a horrible ruling and a rather ominous portent.

     Hate speech laws should be struck down in every country. While I don't approve of this way of doing it, I consider it to be a step in the right direction.

[Associate Justice PiT]

In a country with strict laws protecting offensive speech including hate speech under a general barrier of free speech, it would be a freedom ruling.

In a country with hate speech laws, it's a horrible ruling and a rather ominous portent.

     Hate speech laws should be struck down in every country. While I don't approve of this way of doing it, I consider it to be a step in the right direction.

Except that they're not trying to repeal their hate speech laws, they're just making clear that their protections no longer apply to Jews.

     That's why I don't approve of this way of doing it; the whims of a specific prosecutor or judge or jury creates numerous asymmetries in enforcement that arbitrarily privilege certain groups within the law. Maybe in a year's time, this fellow will be convicted for similar statements because another prosecutor/judge/jury will have different ideas.