UK: Woman Jailed for 18 Weeks for Being a 'Holocaust Denier'

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[–]Feldheld 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Gross violation of the principle of proportionality.

Also, the same judge would not object to sombody offending christians or straight white males.

UK police and justice have become the laughing stock of the world. Actual criminals get away, peaceful people with a foul mouth get jailed, FOR 18 FUCKING MONTHS! If somebody belongs in prison it's the judge!

[–]Canbot 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well the judge is probably jewish and would reward anyone attacking whites.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Absolutely ridiculous how the legal system works in the UK. You can try to kill someone with a knife and likely be out on parole in much less time. And it's 18 FUCKING WEEKS, btw (which is 18 weeks too long for 'free speech').

[–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

She was on a suspended sentence for the same thing, so that's why she went to jail now.

I wish the UK had similar free speech protections to the ones we enjoy in the USA, but either way it's because she was a repeat offender on a suspended sentence, not because it was holocaust denial specifically, that she went to jail for so long.

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Thanks - yes I appreciate the repeat offender problem, but forgot to mention it. Part of the problem is that she was prohibited from saying what she said. Jews have faced similar problems in the past with gag orders (going back hundreds of years), and it would seem that they would fight for this person's freedom of speech. But they're also ruining Palestinian lives in a manner that ghettoizes them just like Jewish ancestors were. I don't see her actions as inciting violence. This jail term sets a bad precedent, especially with the spread of authoritarianism.