Maher: J.D. Vance Made a Good Point About Europe’s Free Speech Problems

MAHER You re experts ░░░░░░░░ international affairs And J ░░░░░░░░ Vance while we were ░░░░░░░░ made a speech in ░░░░░░░░ Lot of people were ░░░░░░░░ by it I thought ░░░░░░░░ of it was pretty ░░░░░░░░ because it was about ░░░░░░░░ election that they just ░░░░░░░░ in Germany where there ░░░░░░░░ a party on the ░░░░░░░░ that is very Nazi ░░░░░░░░ But the first part ░░░░░░░░ the speech was about ░░░░░░░░ speech That I didn ░░░░░░░░ think he was so ░░░░░░░░ about especially since I ░░░░░░░░ just seen the 60 ░░░░░░░░ report did you see ░░░░░░░░ the week before about ░░░░░░░░ they handle free speech ░░░░░░░░ Germany Wow This is ░░░░░░░░ the only country where ░░░░░░░░ pendulum doesn t land ░░░░░░░░ the middle Apparently Germany ░░░░░░░░ so afraid to look ░░░░░░░░ their Nazi past that ░░░░░░░░ re literally knocking on ░░░░░░░░ s doors and taking ░░░░░░░░ phones and their computers ░░░░░░░░ you just insult people ░░░░░░░░ They brought up this ░░░░░░░░ of Pimmel means cock ░░░░░░░░ German You can t ░░░░░░░░ people a dick I ░░░░░░░░ be in jail 10 ░░░░░░░░ a week Laughter Applause ░░░░░░░░ You would have a ░░░░░░░░ sentence MAHER That s ░░░░░░░░ ZAKARIA So I agree ░░░░░░░░ you on the that ░░░░░░░░ of Vance s speech ░░░░░░░░ s basically right It ░░░░░░░░ important to remember European ░░░░░░░░ have never had the ░░░░░░░░ Amendment type protections that ░░░░░░░░ have MAHER No ZAKARIA ░░░░░░░░ has always had a ░░░░░░░░ regulated speech I mean ░░░░░░░░ a journalist you know ░░░░░░░░ know it s always ░░░░░░░░ to get sued in ░░░░░░░░ because then you know ░░░░░░░░ we have an amazing ░░░░░░░░ of protections with the ░░░░░░░░ Amendment And the Germans ░░░░░░░░ a particular history you ░░░░░░░░ right For example Holocaust ░░░░░░░░ which is allowed in ░░░░░░░░ U S anyone can ░░░░░░░░ whatever they want it ░░░░░░░░ illegal in Germany because ░░░░░░░░ are sensitive to the ░░░░░░░░ past MAHER All of ░░░░░░░░ ZAKARIA And much of ░░░░░░░░ but mostly Germany But ░░░░░░░░ I really thought was ░░░░░░░░ about that speech was ░░░░░░░░ premise of the speech ░░░░░░░░ that this is the ░░░░░░░░ danger facing Europe today ░░░░░░░░ Russian aggression not MAHER ░░░░░░░░ a lack of speech ░░░░░░░░ Russia ZAKARIA I mena ░░░░░░░░ you have a continent ░░░░░░░░ is dealing with the ░░░░░░░░ land war since World ░░░░░░░░ II the biggest aggression ░░░░░░░░ tearing up of international ░░░░░░░░ And you re saying ░░░░░░░░ you guys don t ░░░░░░░░ speech exactly the way ░░░░░░░░ do that is your ░░░░░░░░ danger I just think ░░░░░░░░ J D Vance is ░░░░░░░░ polemical he s using ░░░░░░░░ to play to an ░░░░░░░░ at home You know ░░░░░░░░ is not the greatest ░░░░░░░░ facing Europe.”