You cannot. The rough justification for the law being as it is, is that an insult is attacking/damaging their dignity, which every human is entitled to.
To be clear, you will not serve time in a cell for it, you’ll at most pay a fine.
Unless you insult a chancellor or the state senator of the interior of Hamburg, then the police will also illegally search your home and wreck it in the process to send a message.
Just for clarity, I can’t legally call someone an idiot in Germany?
You cannot. The rough justification for the law being as it is, is that an insult is attacking/damaging their dignity, which every human is entitled to.
Fascinating. Thanks.
To be clear, you will not serve time in a cell for it, you’ll at most pay a fine.
Unless you insult a chancellor or the state senator of the interior of Hamburg, then the police will also illegally search your home and wreck it in the process to send a message.
But that’s Majestätsbeleidigung, not Beamtenbeleidigunt ;)