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Merkel allows prosecution of German comedian who mocked Turkish president
washingtonpost.com ^ | April 15 at 9:30 AM | Rick Noack

Posted on 04/15/2016 7:41:37 AM PDT by Trumpinator

Merkel allows prosecution of German comedian who mocked Turkish president

By Rick Noack April 15 at 9:30 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cleared the way for the prosecution of German comedian Jan Böhmermann, whose poem mocking Turkey's president has become the centerpiece of a clash between Germany's free-speech traditions and the government's efforts to safeguard its important relations with Turkey.

In a news conference Friday, Merkel emphasized that it will now be up to German courts to decide whether Böhmermann is guilty of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But critics — including members of her own government — have described it as a betrayal of values protecting open expression.

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To: Trumpinator

Merkel is creating the conditions for war against Germany again.

If Germany becomes a country dominated by hostile Arab ethnic interests, it will be once again a threat to Europe and the United States.

She does this at extreme risk.


21 posted on 04/15/2016 7:53:44 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Truth29

Heil Merkel!

Gestapo Raids, why does she hate free speech?

Heil Merkel

Berlin Gestappo Raid Hate Speech Dissidents

Posted 12 November 2015 — Berlin police say they’ve raided 10 buildings in the German capital as part of a crackdown on far-right hate speech on social media networks.

Police said Thursday that the morning raids involved 60 officers, who confiscated smartphones and computers as evidence, which are now being evaluated. They didn’t have any immediate information on arrests.

They say the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into hate speech spread over social media meant to incite people against asylum-seekers and refugee housing.

Berlin’s top security official, Frank Henkel, says authorities “won’t turn away if racism or incitement is being spread on the Internet.”

He says that the authorities alone can’t police hate speech online and appealed for social networks themselves to combat it more effectively.


22 posted on 04/15/2016 7:54:22 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Trumpinator

Turk = muzzie = latest solid voting and contribution block, and to hell with Germans.


23 posted on 04/15/2016 7:58:27 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Trumpinator

This is what happens when you don’t have a Constitution with a first amendment.


24 posted on 04/15/2016 8:03:56 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: pgkdan
Insanity is right! Merkel needs to go. I can't believe that the German people are standing for this!

The German people have stood for this before.


25 posted on 04/15/2016 8:13:44 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Trumpinator

so... “free world”, huh?


26 posted on 04/15/2016 8:26:53 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Regulator

yes... if Germany gets hijacked, it stands to get punished twice. by the hijacking itself, and by the international reaction against the menace the hijacking created.


27 posted on 04/15/2016 8:27:29 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: PGR88

He went on to call the poem a “serious crime against humanity” that had “crossed all lines of indecency.”
...................................................

Erdogan and his murderous Turkey are a “serious crime against humanity.”


28 posted on 04/15/2016 8:34:57 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Trumpinator

How Nazi of her.


29 posted on 04/15/2016 8:35:29 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Trumpinator

Just as you couldn’t mock Erich Honecker back in the DDR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vDQaAYaQg


30 posted on 04/15/2016 8:36:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PGR88

This isn’t suicide. It’s genocide.


31 posted on 04/15/2016 8:37:02 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Trumpinator

The EU globalists are doing this to Germany and Europe, but also to all of us. Europe was once a beautiful place with lovely remnants of history. All that will be wiped out by the invaders. Destroyed. It’s a travesty over humanity.


32 posted on 04/15/2016 8:39:32 AM PDT by uncitizen (PST! Patriots Support Trump - Join Today!)
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To: Trumpinator

Germans can’t help it, apparently.


33 posted on 04/15/2016 8:40:15 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Trumpinator

34 posted on 04/15/2016 8:41:04 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: DesertRhino
Well, they didn’t allow Germans to insult Bush. Oh wait.

There actually some nitwits at the WaPo commentary saying the comedian crossed line. Know why? ....he made some comments about Erdogan THAT WEREN'T TRUE!!!

That's the way people i.e. liberals think. We're talking about a nasty politician, Erdogan. The comedian didn't threaten Erdogan...he said he might have performed some sexual acts involving animals. And for that he should be arrested.

If that goes through, no politician can ever be satirized again. Of course, this is simply erstwhile spineless libs giving in to fascist dictators. Libs are licking their chops hoping to prosecute conservatives for saying bad things about King Barck.

35 posted on 04/15/2016 8:43:28 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Trumpinator

Better a Crusade than a ransom.


36 posted on 04/15/2016 9:03:04 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Trumpinator

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a cross-dressing lesbian pretending to be a man.

So up yours, Merkel!


37 posted on 04/15/2016 9:16:00 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: PGR88
NATO now is just security cover for progressive-left massive social-engineer and to protect the rise of proto-fascist statism in the EU. The USA is complicit in the slow suicide of Europe

Ahh, ...yes.

38 posted on 04/15/2016 9:29:55 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: driftless2; Trumpinator
Luckily these satirists are Israeli so cannot be charged under this law protecting emperors from insults by commoners:

The Three Terrors : Erdogan, Assad, and Ahmadinejad

:-)

39 posted on 04/15/2016 12:53:19 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

40 posted on 04/15/2016 2:19:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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