Posted on 04/11/2025 3:02:51 PM PDT by DFG
Germany has been accused of violating basic Western values yet again, as a news editor in Germany faces a hefty fine and a seven month prison sentence for posting a meme mocking the government’s “hatred” of free speech.
The Bamberg district court in Bavaria sentenced Deutschland-Kurier editor David Bendels this week to seven months in prison on probation and a fine of nearly sixty per cent of his annual income, or 210 ‘daily rates’, for posting an image on social media of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser holding an altered sign.
The common meme tactic of changing the words on signs held by politicians for satirical purposes was used to make Faeser’s sign read: “I hate freedom of speech”.
Bendels was initially convicted in November, and the ruling was confirmed on Monday, finding that he had committed “defamation directed against people in political life,” Die Welt reported on Tuesday.
According to Bendels, it is the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany that a journalist has been threatened with prison for breaching the statute.
The Kurier editor also claimed that the prosecution was prompted after Interior Minister Faeser personally filed a complaint against him.
Bendels said on Monday that he plans to appeal the ruling, saying: “We will not accept this verdict and will defend ourselves against it using all legal means.
“The Deutschland-Kurier and I personally will continue the just struggle for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, which is indispensable for the continued existence of democracy in Germany, resolutely, stably and with all consistency.”
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I believe they and the whole world 🌍 will get Satan’s Antichrist for a season of 7 years of ‘Peace and Security’
Many will be persecuted but Eternity awaits and the Christian is forever victorious in Christ.
Though SATAN’S minions certainly do pop up all of the time.
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God bless
Somewhere in Hell, Hitler is smiling...
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