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Kraidette
12/13/19 5:42:49 PM
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https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/1205085464056737792



https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/youtuber-who-trained-girlfriends-pet-21081321

A YouTuber who trained his girlfriend's dog to give Nazi salutes and was convicted of hate crime has had his appeal rejected by the Supreme Court.

Markus Meechan, 32, who uses the nickname Count Dankula, was prosecuted after teaching the dog, a pug named Buddha, to perform the offensive gesture.

He was convicted of a hate crime in communicating a video which was "grossly offensive" after denying the charge at a trial at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

In April 2018 Meechan was given a fine of 800 and was told to pay it within six months, but he publicly stated he would refuse to do so.

Meechan, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, taught the pug to react to the words "gas the Jews" and filmed it for his YouTube channel in 2017, supposedly to annoy his girlfriend.

The dog was also seen raising a paw to fascist chant "Sieg Heil" during the footage called "M8 Yur Dug's a Nazi" which was viewed more than three million times.

The case created a debate around freedom of speech, with comedians such as Ricky Gervais speaking out on Meechan's behalf.

Far-right leader Tommy Robinson attended the trial in support.

About 195,657 was raised on a GoFundMe page to take the appeal to the Supreme Court, which rejected it saying it had "no merit", according to Meehan.

The man, who has since married his girlfriend, is now considering taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights.

He wrote: "As some of you may be aware, we petitioned to the UK Supreme Court to hear our case, a process that took very many months to hear back from and sadly we have received news back that they have refused to hear the case.

"The reason they cited is that my appeal "had no merit" but as of yet, they have provided no information as to specifically why this is.

"After this step we have one final option, the European Court Of Human Rights.

"One hundred per cent of the remaining funds that are left over after legal fees have been paid WILL be donated to charity, I refuse to shift on that stance.

"Ideally I would like to see the funds go to a children's hospital."

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Esrac
12/13/19 5:48:07 PM
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That's unfortunate.
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Doom_Art
12/13/19 5:49:34 PM
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes

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OctilIery
12/13/19 5:49:36 PM
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Esrac posted...
That's unfortunate.

No it isn't.
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MarqueeSeries
12/13/19 5:54:27 PM
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It may have been a joke in poor taste, but it being a criminal act is a massive overreach of government power
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Esrac
12/13/19 6:07:38 PM
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OctilIery posted...
No it isn't.

If you think a person should be legally prosecuted because of a joke, you're an asshole.
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Umbreon
12/13/19 6:08:14 PM
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Either he's getting exactly what he deserve, or he's someone who made a very, very, very stupid joke that failed to read the room(and honestly probably still deserves this if only so he learns not to do it again).

Either way, I don't feel sorry for him.

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dib153
12/13/19 6:08:14 PM
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Pics of Nazi dog

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ThePrinceFish
12/13/19 6:10:12 PM
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Thank God for the Revolutionary War and the Bill of Rights.

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Hexenherz
12/13/19 6:11:55 PM
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"I'd like to see the money go to a children's hospital"

Why not like... an organization dedicated to raising awareness about anti-semitism and the Holocaust or something relevant?

Don't get me wrong, at least the guy's promising to give the money to a worthwhile cause, but he doesn't really seem repentant about the idea that he's teaching dogs Nazi salutes and shit...

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An 800 GBP fine.

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Unsugarized_Foo
12/13/19 6:12:16 PM
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He shouldn't be responsible for what a dog does

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vigorm0rtis
12/13/19 6:12:48 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Play stupid games win stupid prizes

This.

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Zikten
12/13/19 6:13:22 PM
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ironic that he teaches nazi stuff to a dog and wants to appeal to court of human rights.
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Blue_Dream87
12/13/19 6:13:25 PM
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Dude is a straight up Nazi, and from what I know Britain cracks down on offensive content/hate speech.

Fuck him and his racist bullshit

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Tyranthraxus
12/13/19 6:13:57 PM
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...
He shouldn't be responsible for what a dog does

I mean he is responsible for what the dog did.

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Abiz_
12/13/19 6:14:17 PM
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Spooking posted...
Thank GOD we have Freedom of Expression here in the good ol' US of A.
For now. I don't think progressives will ever have any real power in this country because they believe in hate speech laws. I could be wrong though.
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Zikten
12/13/19 6:14:18 PM
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...
He shouldn't be responsible for what a dog does
the dog would never do that if he hadn't trained it to do it. that wasn't a natural actions of a dog

now, the dog doesn't know what it's doing or understand the meaning. so it better be ok still. I'd be mad if the UK government took the dog away and killed it
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Kazi1212
12/13/19 6:14:36 PM
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dib153 posted...
Pics of Nazi dog

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kingdrake2
12/13/19 6:15:17 PM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
Fuck him and his racist bullshit


this. though i thought the pug thing was funny but it's offensive :(.
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Prestoff
12/13/19 6:15:46 PM
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Its edgy, but totally not deserving of a crime charge. This is nonesense, what a timeline indeed.

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Hexenherz
12/13/19 6:16:33 PM
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Also didn't one of the Princes dress up in a Nazi uniform for a holiday party a few years back? Was he charged with any crimes for that?

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Unsugarized_Foo
12/13/19 6:16:40 PM
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Zikten posted...
the dog would never do that if he hadn't trained it to do it. that wasn't a natural actions of a dog

now, the dog doesn't know what it's doing or understand the meaning. so it better be ok still. I'd be mad if the UK government took the dog away and killed it

Dogs are people too

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WizardPowers
12/13/19 6:17:15 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Play stupid games win stupid prizes

You can't honestly be for this

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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:17:31 PM
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Listen to count dankula speak for himself and decide whether or not you think hes racist

He just soound like some funny drunk scottish dude, he seems hamrmless
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Rhylos
12/13/19 6:18:27 PM
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Honestly he should've just paid the fine and be done with it. I get he wants to make a statement but eh
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vigorm0rtis
12/13/19 6:19:17 PM
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WizardPowers posted...
You can't honestly be for this

For it? No. But if the guy was stupid enough to think there might not be some kind of blowback, I don't have a lot of sympathy.

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ThePrinceFish
12/13/19 6:19:27 PM
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Love all the people in this topic who cry fascism at the slightest provocation also in full favor of government policing YouTube.

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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:20:22 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Love all the people in this topic who cry fascism at the slightest provocation also in full favor of government policing YouTube.

How else can we fix these issues
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ThePrinceFish
12/13/19 6:20:51 PM
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GoodOlJr posted...
How else can we fix these issues
What issue exists here? That some guy made an unfunny joke? Oh shit someone call the constabulary.

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Esrac
12/13/19 6:20:54 PM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
Dude is a straight up Nazi, and from what I know Britain cracks down on offensive content/hate speech.

Fuck him and his racist bullshit

No.
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Umbreon
12/13/19 6:21:47 PM
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Honestly the people going "Omg, it's just a joke. This is too harsh."

Welcome to the chosen future. This is what happens when we apply "Just let them talk" to actual Nazis(Not saying this dude is one. He could just be a dumbass). This is what happens when you try to both sides people who want genocide and the people protesting them.

There's no more "jokes" since we've seen people who aren't joking do this and do much more. Too bad for the edgelords out there. Could have lived in a timeline where this didn't have to happen.

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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:23:08 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...

What issue exists here? That some guy made an unfunny joke? Oh shit someone call the constabulary.


Free speech existing as an idea
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Esrac
12/13/19 6:23:11 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
What issue exists here? That some guy made an unfunny joke? Oh shit someone call the constabulary.

Oi! You got a loicense for that youtube account, mate?
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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:24:23 PM
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Esrac posted...


Oi! You got a loicense for that youtube account, mate?


Yes guvna, noh loicense to wank tho im afraid
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Esrac
12/13/19 6:24:25 PM
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GoodOlJr posted...


Free speech existing as an idea

You think people being able to say harmless things without the government harassing them is an issue.
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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:25:42 PM
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Esrac posted...


You think people being able to say harmless things without the government harassing them is an issue.


Im being sarcastic
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Esrac
12/13/19 6:26:07 PM
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GoodOlJr posted...
Im being sarcastic

My mistake.
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Umbreon
12/13/19 6:26:48 PM
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Oh yes "Free Speech"

Go ahead and say you're going to assassinate the president on TV then, tell me what happens.

(Or don't, because that's a very foolish idea. But people use "just joking" for death threats as well...)

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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:28:50 PM
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Umbreon posted...
Oh yes "Free Speech"

Go ahead and say you're going to assassinate the president on TV then, tell me what happens.

(Or don't, because that's a very foolish idea. But people use "just joking" for death threats as well...)


Okay so?
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Esrac
12/13/19 6:30:30 PM
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Umbreon posted...
Oh yes "Free Speech"

Go ahead and say you're going to assassinate the president on TV then, tell me what happens.

(Or don't, because that's a very foolish idea. But people use "just joking" for death threats as well...)

I'm not going to say you're dumb, but what you're saying here is really dumb.
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ThePrinceFish
12/13/19 6:31:28 PM
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Umbreon posted...
Oh yes "Free Speech"

Go ahead and say you're going to assassinate the president on TV then, tell me what happens.

(Or don't, because that's a very foolish idea. But people use "just joking" for death threats as well...)
He taught a dog to lift its paw in response to a tasteless sentence. He didn't march. He didn't espouse Nazi idealogy. He didn't train the dog to be aggressive towards Jews or literally anyone else.

But yeah, let's compare that to pretending like you are a threat to the president.

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vigorm0rtis
12/13/19 6:31:57 PM
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GoodOlJr posted...
Okay so?

Point is, freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences. Should this be a crime? No. Was it stupid? Yeah. Does it bother me to see people get fucked up for doing stupid things? Nope.

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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:32:50 PM
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vigorm0rtis posted...


Point is, freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences. Should this be a crime? No. Was it stupid? Yeah. Does it bother me to see people get fucked up for doing stupid things? Nope.


Yes but when the consequences of free speech of censorship of speech, thats not necessarily ideal
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cmiller4642
12/13/19 6:33:47 PM
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He should be hanged
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vigorm0rtis
12/13/19 6:33:50 PM
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GoodOlJr posted...
Yes but when the consequences of free speech of censorship of speech, thats not necessarily ideal

It's not, but I'll pick up my torch for someone who isn't a moron.

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Esrac
12/13/19 6:34:21 PM
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vigorm0rtis posted...
Point is, freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences. Should this be a crime? No. Was it stupid? Yeah. Does it bother me to see people get fucked up for doing stupid things? Nope.

Free speech generally does mean the government can't fuck you up because they don't like the jokes you tell.
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GoodOlJr
12/13/19 6:36:02 PM
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vigorm0rtis posted...


It's not, but I'll pick up my torch for someone who isn't a moron.


At what point is it okay to cut off someone like alex jones

Are you okay if the hydro company says they dont like what he says so they wont power his servers?
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