Brazilian comic sentenced to 8 years for bigoted jokes

I’m not so sure that pre-WWII Europe was more tyrannical than is much of today’s world. UK has a blasphemy law now.

 

Bigoted is a broadly used word that can apply to many circumstances.

 

Yeah, what kind of country would put somebody in prison for their words offending the government...such a country clearly doesn't believe in free speech, right?

Detention of Rümeysa Öztürk - Wikipedia

 

Same thing happening with the Europeans unfortunately.
If you insult someone in Germany you'll pay a fine.
If you insult them on the internet, the fine is 3X more.
JD Vance was absolutely right to call them out on this.

 

And if you write an op-ed, they have masked men pull you off the street, incarcerate you, and transfer you around the country quickly to make it hard to find you?

 

If you insult the POTUS they will sue you

 

Where is he in jail now? Did they put him in jail in El Salvador? Did they put him in jail before the trial? If not, why not?

 

Trump better make sure that he stays out of Germany.

 

And he didn’t even get a Netflix special

 

When you’re a guest in another country you should be aware of their rules and “read the room.” Right now it’s probably not a great time to support Hamas in the USA, particularly if you’re here on a student visa. You may be 100% right in your opinion and still be shown the door.

 

Didn’t seem to bother the person that gave the graduation speech at MIT

 

She didn't "support Hamas" (as even the State Dept. admits). She did follow the rules of her visa. Should the Brazilian comic have "read the room" and be sent to jail for things he said too? Or is it only when you don't like the speech that we incarcerate people for their speech?