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Phβ’Άntom 2 weeks ago
UK is so cooked... this judge shall get what he deserves eventually... "I only followed orders" wonΒ΄t count.
As a reminder, Alex Jones got $1.5 billion in an US court. This dude got a suspended sentence: > Former foootballer Joey Barton has been given a suspended prison sentence for creating grossly offensive social media posts aimed at broadcaster Jeremy Vine and pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.
The UK would reply "Who cares if we are gay, you homophobe?". That's how far gone the country is.
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Stjepan 2 weeks ago
He was not sentenced for "offensive posts". He accused person of being pedophile. That's not simply offensive. He accused people of other racial stuff too. If you are tough online, you better be ready to back it up once you are faced with what you said in person. If he had any proof of what he said, he would not be sentenced. He lied, tried to destroy someones reputation by lying and got bitchslaped. He won't go to jail if he does not repeat his lies for some time.
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Keystroke 2 weeks ago
@hal you still there buddy? What were the posts in question?
It's "not the same", and that makes what difference to Jones exactly? He got fined $1.5 billion by an American court in America, went bankrupt, shut down his "free speech" hole.
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expat83 2 weeks ago
Where can I find more content about counts two and four on nostr?
You can't compare jail and fine, at all. Jail is always worse than fines. Plus you're acting like defamation ain't a crime everywhere. You can say basically anything in america and its not a crime. In the uk that's not even close to the case. A civil judgment requires someone to sue you, criminal is you vs the govt
So what you're saying is that $1'500'000'000 fine Jones got is better than suspended sentence this guy got, and because of that "in America you can say basically anything"? Makes perfect sense... By the way, suspended sentence means he did not go to jail. And yes, he was sued by "someone" - that was the public prosecutor.
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