Living in Germany and having done a lot of travelling as well as working in multi-national teams for years, this sounds very strange. Compared to especially the US, in Germany "even" politics and religion are debated in the public but also at BBQs with friends and family.
As somebody else noted, this seems to be a "poll" that was trying to push a certain agenda.
There is indeed a growing number of people that understand right to "free speech" as the right to utter anything without anybody being allowed to question their statement. If you question their statement, they claim you are violation their right on "free speech".
And an even more concerning group are people that utter "opinions" that are relevant due to legal reasons. E.g. claiming the holocaust did not happen, glorifying murder and prosecution of minorities, calling to murder certain people ...
These people also cry out loud about how their "free speech" is limited by the evil green leftwing (which it isn't) government ...
As somebody else noted, this seems to be a "poll" that was trying to push a certain agenda.
There is indeed a growing number of people that understand right to "free speech" as the right to utter anything without anybody being allowed to question their statement. If you question their statement, they claim you are violation their right on "free speech".
And an even more concerning group are people that utter "opinions" that are relevant due to legal reasons. E.g. claiming the holocaust did not happen, glorifying murder and prosecution of minorities, calling to murder certain people ... These people also cry out loud about how their "free speech" is limited by the evil green leftwing (which it isn't) government ...