Comedian going to jail over a joke.
47 2018-03-20 by hypertrophicmasseter
Idk why I'm posting this in this sub but I wonder what Jim Norton would say about this. Count Dankula, the youtuber was on trial for 2 years and today found guilty of hate crime over what everyone knows was a joke. He trained his dog to do a nazi salute on command. In context it actually is hilarious. It turns out the complaint about the video wasn't made by a Jewish person, it was made by the police themselves. If I was gay enough for Twitter I would tweet the story to Jimmy. I can't tell you how outraged I am over the current state of the UK. Any of you guys been following this? Free speech is beyond dead in the UK. You will actually go to prison for making a joke on YouTube now.
59 comments
1 Barbx 2018-03-20
Yea, Europe is fucked. For all the enlightened bullshit being communicated, they are more backwards than Canada.
1 TheGhostOfAbeVigoda 2018-03-20
Canada is pretty bad. There's a law that if you don't agree with your child's "gender identity" it's a form of child abuse and the government can take your kids and give them to a gay couple and have you executed by firing squad.
Also, our Minister of National Defense looks like a terrorrist.
1 Cumia_Box 2018-03-20
What lol? He's ex Canadian military.
1 TheGhostOfAbeVigoda 2018-03-20
It was a joke. We make jokes here.
1 FanOfBenjamin72 2018-03-20
Wasn't funny though. And enough with the "we" hivemind bullshit.
1 KangolVos 2018-03-20
Canada has very strict "hate crime" laws, correct?
1 Nulltor 2018-03-20
I heard if you use a gendered pronoun the government will chemically castrate you and sentence you to hug therapy with an elderly black woman.
1 Barbx 2018-03-20
Supposedly now, facts/evidence are no excuse for making statements others may find offensive.
As bad as the standard American shithead is, they still aren't as bad as the soyboy passive aggressives you get up here.
1 Anarox 2018-03-20
Clearly a Canadian military uniform stupid. Alt right news strikes again
1 AyeThatsAGoodNagger 2018-03-20
Canada is gayer than Europe IMO. At least the UK, Germany, Sweden, etc. have cool histories. Canada has always been cucked.
1 boring_oneliner 2018-03-20
fuck limeys
1 iWhoreSchortSchorts 2018-03-20
It's a place by faggots for faggots.
1 [deleted] 2018-03-20
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1 throwawaymanthrows 2018-03-20
Fucking legend
1 Narthex666 2018-03-20
he sure is, tamt. he sure is.
1 doodoopeepees 2018-03-20
It is a shame, but I don't know why you expect Jim to care, or to give any thing resembling a nuanced opinion. Best thing is that he could have a made a video of training his dog to lick his asshole and gotten in much less trouble.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
Well because he's a comedian and he tours in the UK. And you can go to jail for being offensive even when no one actually complained they were offended. In other words you can go to jail for any reason if accused by anyone of being offensive. Comedians should care.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
And really British comedians can't speak up about it because they don't have free speech. They need Americans of they have any hope.
1 CowsAreCurious 2018-03-20
yeah, but Jim is just gonna breathe heavily into the mic and say, "you know that's a tough one, man." He can't even be honest about shit that directly affects his career.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
You're probably right. He is an actual cuckold after all.
1 JasonKelcesBreard 2018-03-20
The problem with Scotland is that it's full of Scots
1 Anarox 2018-03-20
On that topic: Sam should be thrown out of a tower the little twink.
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1 goo-gobbler 2018-03-20
I guess he couldn't get a decent jew lawyer
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
That's ironically very funny and if you're in the UK you can go to jail for it.
1 Phkna1 2018-03-20
That's why the best Jew lawyers are in New York and Hollywood. Here, they make money off anti-Semitism.
1 Anarox 2018-03-20
There was a documentary where an Israeli guy was following ADL around and how to they tried to turn everything into antisemitism. They even went to a meeting with some minority group who were using the word Holocaust for what happened to them and that fat fuck Abe Foxman (representative of the ADL) told them to knock it off. If I find it Ile link it.
1 Misterbrownstone 2018-03-20
Say what?
1 BUF_Mosley 2018-03-20
You get a Jew when it involves money and an Italian when you're in real shit.
1 Prosbora 2018-03-20
Italian lawyers only accept payment in thinly sliced deli meats.
1 3stepsbackward 2018-03-20
He should be going to jail for calling himself "Count Dankula".
1 CreatedOutOfSpite 2018-03-20
You mean you don't like when people say "dank meme bro XD"?
1 throwawaymanthrows 2018-03-20
Lit
1 Chippahjim 2018-03-20
What I don't get is doesn't the judge like comedy or watch movies? Does he think his family should go to jail for telling a joke?
Was arguing with a guy on reddit who thinks comics have a right to satire. How?
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
I think they didn't care that it's a joke. The crime he was charged with is being offensive. It's literally a crime to be offensive. Can you imagine how many life sentences Patrice would be serving if he got arrested every time he offended someone? That's why I chose this subreddit I guess. O and a are tired in with all the best comedians. This is not acceptable for a first world western country to sentence people for being offensive.
1 Chippahjim 2018-03-20
There's no actual defenetion as to what is offensive so it's really just 'what ever I say you're going to jail for'
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
Yes. Exactly.
1 HappensHappen 2018-03-20
Audio of British members of this sub responding to this incident
1 TakesTheWrongSideGuy 2018-03-20
Could someone please send Anthony to jail for his comedy? He still thinks he's funny.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
I think he funny.
1 1475315963 2018-03-20
Saying something this obscene leads to convictions. You're on thin ice
1 pool-is-closed 2018-03-20
I'm still hilarious
1 aprosbro 2018-03-20
Being found guilty is not the same as going to jail.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
We're waiting sentencing.
1 CONCHOPETEghostcock 2018-03-20
Dont even talk to that guy
1 BoardroomBimmy 2018-03-20
Good. I hope he gets a right rodgering or whatever you gays call it when he's in jail.
1 Sharpfeaturedman 2018-03-20
Countries that were bombed by the Nazis, who were faced with an actual threat of invasion and subjugation from the Nazis, who watched them do it to every single other country across the channel, take their anti-Nazi laws more seriously than countries where it's just fodder for fun dress-up time. Who knew?
But please - just how outraged does that make you?
1 Chrowawayface 2018-03-20
People who experienced real nazis throw citizens in jail for puppy tricks.
Yeah makes sense. What a wizened, pragmatic nation.
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
There is always one retard in every thread. Always one dumb motherfucker who will support state censorship of subjective language. I know we should definitely throw edgelords in jail if their pugs become a threat. Don't worry. Dankula is guilty now so his racist pug can't get you. You're finally safe from the hate-filled beast.
1 Pale_Pen15 2018-03-20
It's a good thing the Nazis are defunct then. Really dodged a bullet there.
1 Anarox 2018-03-20
He trained his fucking dog to do a facist salute. His dog. The police themselves took offence like a bunch of faggots.
He is going to actual jail for this. You should be outraged. YouTube is a ceasepool of hate towards everyone and everything but this horseshit lands you in jail. This is what conspiracies are based upon.
1 Sharpfeaturedman 2018-03-20
1 pool-is-closed 2018-03-20
BE MORE FUNNY
1 greggmargera 2018-03-20
Faggot
1 Sharpfeaturedman 2018-03-20
Try harder, champ.
You hold this aggro'ed boob up as some sort of moral exemplar and/or martyr for a single innocent, puckish online prank. Only a quick google search shows that (1) he's been a big fan of his groups' typical camo and facemask-clad public field trips to hawk their nativist wares for a good long while now and (2) he sadly had to give up leadership of just such an organization a few years ago to serve a stint in prison for mortage fraud.
I suppose that wasn't his fault, either?
https://www.theguardian.com/.../former-edl-leader-tommy...
Skip to :12. or don't - what do i know?
1 Zombied77 2018-03-20
That's why I call it the U-Gay.
1 deathbirdstories 2018-03-20
Dats why UK! She cain yell!
1 CellularPeptideCake 2018-03-20
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I can't quite wrap my head around the Western world ceding all moral authority. It's giving up the thing that made it different and the thing that makes life worth living.
As of today, there is no way to be sure that you are not violating the law in the UK aside from keeping your mouth shut. There is no objective standard of offensiveness, and a precedent has been set for conviction by subjective standards that completely disregard context. Don't forget that the video in question contains a literal explanation of the nature of the joke - an explanation that characterizes the prank as fundamentally anti-nazi.
1 StraightOuttaContra 2018-03-20
I dunno man...I heard much about it but I don't think the dog was trying to motherfuck the jews...maybe it was in bad taste...it's a tough one
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
damn antisemitic pugs. i say we eradicate this world of pugs! oh wait... thats genocide. nvm
1 lechocco 2018-03-20
If I was a comedian in the UK. I'd leave.
1 sickfuckinpuppies 2018-03-20
how do you get beyond dead? is free speech a zombie?
1 throwawaymanthrows 2018-03-20
"Uuuh, That's a tough one man. One the one hand you have to allowed to push the envelope and express yourself but on the other hand I' lonely 50 year old faggot who eats egg white omelettes and mustard every day. Tough call, man."
1 armedtetrapod1 2018-03-20
1 hypertrophicmasseter 2018-03-20
That's ironically very funny and if you're in the UK you can go to jail for it.
1 BUF_Mosley 2018-03-20
You get a Jew when it involves money and an Italian when you're in real shit.