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| German Journalist Given Seven Month Sentence for Meme | |
| 2025-04-10 | |
| [Breitbart] Germany has been accused of violating basic Western values yet again, as a news editor in Germany faces a hefty fine and a seven month prison sentence for posting a meme mocking the government’s "hatred" of free speech. The Bamberg district court in Bavaria sentenced Deutschland-Kurier editor David Bendels this week to seven months in prison on probation and a fine of nearly sixty per cent of his annual income, or 210 ’daily rates’, for posting an image on social media of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser holding an altered sign. The common meme tactic of changing the words on signs held by politicians for satirical purposes was used to make Faeser’s sign read: "I hate freedom of speech". Bendels was initially convicted in November, and the ruling was confirmed on Monday, finding that he had committed "defamation directed against people in political life," Die Welt reported on Tuesday.
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| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #13 I wonder what the new uniforms and arm band symbol will look like? Considering that Sturm magazine or whatever was calling for conscription in order to help promote diversity...gay. The unis will be disney marvel gay, complete with pizza medal with diddy lube device. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-04-10 12:58 |
| #12 He put up something particularly spicy, or simply point out that Van Der Leyen fellow was also busted for illegally using EU funds and was not stripped of office and banned from politics? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-04-10 12:51 |
| #11 How is that any worse than the FBI telling social media bosses to spike stories about Hunter Biden's laptop? Sounds like kinda the same thing to me. But, hey, at least we corrected it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-04-10 12:42 |
| #10 Golly day, that Turd Reich law is designed to proscribe mocking politicians. Aren’t they deservingly the first to be mocked? |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2025-04-10 11:25 |
| #9 Texas man who allegedly threatened to kill ICE agents, harm DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered to stay in jail King was upset by the ruling and was seen crying as he left the courtroom. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-10 09:54 |
| #8 re: #6: The post might be funnier if I spoke German |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-04-10 09:33 |
| #7 She's the one who wore a rainbow armband in Qatar to promote "gay rights". The Qataris chose to ignore her. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2025-04-10 07:55 |
| #6 The fact that the meme has that fat pig Faeser is revolting enough. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-04-10 07:51 |
| #5 Probably a good thing. Many Germans believe that this law (and its interpretation) has gone way to far. The ruling will of course be appealed and I doubt it will stand. The whole law will probably be challenged at the Federal Constitutional Court. The meme is clearly satire. The court held that Bendels published a “factual claim about the Minister of the Interior, Ms. Faeser, that is not recognizable by the unbiased reader as deliberately untrue and disparaging, and which is likely to significantly impair her public image”. If you believe that a Minister of the Interior would hold up a sign saying "I hate freedom of speech" you're an idiot, not an "unbiased reader". Funny enough, the post is still up. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2025-04-10 07:43 |
| #4 I would spend the 7 months coming up with ideas for more memes. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-04-10 04:58 |
| #3 It appears Germany is reverting to the practices of it's past. I wonder what the new uniforms and arm band symbol will look like? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-04-10 04:29 |
| #2 Honestly, why is anyone surprised at this point? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-04-10 03:35 |
| #1 Trump should simply *halt* all aid to countries that don't embrace free speech. We don't need Europe. We don't need the UK. We don't need Canada, but will defend them (sans cash) because of their proximity. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-04-10 00:14 |