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Monday, 18 November 2024

Police raid German pensioner’s home, drag him to court for retweeting meme mocking Green minister as “idiot”

 Free speech is dead in Germany after police arrested a 64-year-old Bavarian pensioner for retweeting a meme of Green Economy Minister Robert Habeck in which Habeck is described as an "idiot."

For the "crime" of upsetting Habeck and his minions, the pensioner had his home raided by law enforcement, which arrested him for a "politically motivated right-wing crime."

According to the Bamberg prosecutor's office, what the pensioner did constitutes a federal criminal offense of "hatred."

"At a time that cannot currently be specified in more detail in the days or weeks before June 20, 2024, the accused published an image file using the account that shows a portrait of Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck with the title 'Schwachkopf PROFESSIONAL,' based on the advertising campaign of the Schwarzkopf company, in order to generally defame Robert Habeck and to make it more difficult for him to work as a member of the federal government," reads the official statement from the prosecutor's office about the "crime."

"Schwachkopf," by the way, is a German word that closely translates as "idiot" in English....<<<Read More>>>...