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So jokes aren't protected speech because he marketed it wrong? Sorry, that sounds crazy and draconian frankly.
by justtopost 8y ago
So jokes aren't protected speech because he marketed it wrong? Sorry, that sounds crazy and draconian frankly.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoIntended as a joke or not is irrelevant. Making an exception for anti-Semitic and racist material is crazy and draconian? I don't see how. Seems like a perfectly reasonable and common restriction of free expression.
- Torgo 8y agoteaching a dog to raise its paw on command isn't really racist nor anti-Semitic, even in context. People heiled on the comedy Hogan's Heroes.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoNor is that why he was found guilty. Read the judgement if you are interested, it's fully and reasonably addressed.
- DanBC 8y agoIf he wanted to use a free speech defence he could have done so at his trial, and he was specifically invited to do so by the judge. He chose not to.