Whatever demons Austria is seeking to exorcize, it should not do so by way of having laws that penalise freedom of speech.

It is mostly irritating but occasionally deeply offensive, when individuals hold views that fly in the face of the evidence.  It is even more disgusting when those unfounded views seek to deny for instance, genocide.  Such views though, are better expressed than allowed to fester in silence.  Once propagated, they can be countered forcefully and exposed for the nonsense they are.  Any people espousing or adopting such views identify themselves as fools or at the very least as lacking in any critical faculty and unworthy of any serious attention.

That there is a significant minority of people holding bizarre and unsubstantiated opinions or prejudices, should not disturb those who are possessed of the truth (or anything closely approximating to it.)  There will always be those who must believe in the most grotesque falsehoods and myths just because it suits them.  However, there are many, many more people of sound judgment who, once fully informed, will never be misled by lies.[1]