Man in Scotland arrested over dog's 'Nazi salute'.

[ofcorsa]

rscott said:

Order66 said:

BlackLabel said:

La Liga said:

Sounds a perfect UKIP candidate: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...

So he’s not just a free speech advocate afterall he’s also a bit of a racist by the sounds of it. UKIP sure know how to pick him.

However I still think that prosecuting this guy like they did was wrong and a complete waste of resources.

Absolute hatchet job by the BBC. Yes, he used a server that had some suspect content, but not by him - the server worked on the basis of free speech - people could say stupid things and were rightly shut down for saying so, and one of the prominent people telling the idiots that they were idiots was Meechum.

By the same logic if you use reddit (or even PH) you are somewhere between a paedo, racist and white supremacist because other people typed stupid things.

He has made a big mistake here stepping into the political world for the same reason as he was convicted in the first place - the wider world doesn't consider context and intent, and he comes from a place with a more nuanced argument.

That piece is journalism on the level of the Sunday Sport....

Did you actually read the article? He was banned by Discord because of posts made with his user account, not because of posts others may have made. For example,

BBC said:

He also posted memes about black people, including one implying they were thieves.
It shows a picture of film character Indiana Jones about to steal a golden relic in a cave and is captioned: "Black people. Anything that doesn't belong to them."

Did you actually read the article? He wasn't banned from Discord

[Not-The-Messiah]

Ian974 said:

So far as my opinion goes, he shouldn't have been prosecuted for that joke and I can completely understand him going towards politics to campaign for free speech.
However I don't think he's the sort of person I'd give a vote to.

EU elections I definitely would, when it comes to actual political power they are meaningless anyway. But will give him a position in the main stream political culture. It's filled with far to many PC elitist idiots and could desperately do with a dose of the likes of count dankula in my opinion.

[rscott]

ofcorsa said:

rscott said:

Order66 said:

BlackLabel said:

La Liga said:

Sounds a perfect UKIP candidate: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-po...

So he’s not just a free speech advocate afterall he’s also a bit of a racist by the sounds of it. UKIP sure know how to pick him.

However I still think that prosecuting this guy like they did was wrong and a complete waste of resources.

Absolute hatchet job by the BBC. Yes, he used a server that had some suspect content, but not by him - the server worked on the basis of free speech - people could say stupid things and were rightly shut down for saying so, and one of the prominent people telling the idiots that they were idiots was Meechum.

By the same logic if you use reddit (or even PH) you are somewhere between a paedo, racist and white supremacist because other people typed stupid things.

He has made a big mistake here stepping into the political world for the same reason as he was convicted in the first place - the wider world doesn't consider context and intent, and he comes from a place with a more nuanced argument.

That piece is journalism on the level of the Sunday Sport....

Did you actually read the article? He was banned by Discord because of posts made with his user account, not because of posts others may have made. For example,

BBC said:

He also posted memes about black people, including one implying they were thieves.
It shows a picture of film character Indiana Jones about to steal a golden relic in a cave and is captioned: "Black people. Anything that doesn't belong to them."

Did you actually read the article? He wasn't banned from Discord

Yep, I read that article and also this one - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukip-candidate-... - which clearly states his Discord account was closed down for breaching their T&C.