Belgian Nationalist Sentenced to a Year in Prison Over 'Hateful Memes' Shared in Private Group ChatChris MenahanInformationLiberation Mar. 12, 2024 |
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![]() ![]() "Belgian nationalist activist and former member of parliament Dries Van Langenhove has just been sentenced to a year in prison, a 16,000 euro fine, and ten years of 'deprived civil rights' which will mean he is barred from politics," Keith Woods reported on Twitter. "His crime? He was in a private groupchat where offensive memes were posted," he added. "This is an absolute disgrace. Western regimes are reaching new levels of tyranny to suppress nationalism."
X owner Elon Musk highlighted the insane case to his 176 million followers: — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2024 ![]() From the AP: The chats on the Shield and Friends site included the most macabre jokes and memes on anything from famine in Africa to Holocaust concentration camps.In a similar case a week ago, British nationalist Sam Melia was sentenced to two years in prison in the UK for "intending to stir up racial hatred" by sharing various anti-immigration stickers. ![]() American nationalist Douglass Mackey in October 2023 was sentenced to 7 months in prison for sharing joke memes on Twitter claiming Democrats could vote for Hillary Clinton by phone in the 2016 election. ![]() Two weeks ago, the Israeli paper the Jerusalem Post ran a column calling for "antisemitism" to be "criminalized" worldwide in order to stop criticism of Israel amid their genocidal ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza. ![]() South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem heeded the call and without any care for the First Amendment signed the "strongest" hate crime bill in America into law to "stop antisemitism" and "ensure the security of God's chosen people." ![]() Noem said the bill "will serve as model legislation for states across America." Follow InformationLiberation on Twitter, Facebook, Gab, Minds and Telegram. |