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Re: OT: Two men jailed over WAY MORE THAN JUST "White Lives Matter"

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On 1/17/25 5:29 PM, Nick Charles wrote:
> On 1/17/2025 5:16 PM, DFS wrote:
>> On 1/17/2025 12:12 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>> <https://www.rt.com/news/611045-rotterdam-bridge-white-slogans-display/>
>>>
>>>   The duo was sentenced to six months in prison two years after 
>>> wishing Rotterdam residents a ‘Happy White 2023’
>>> Two men jailed over White Lives Matter & other ‘racist’ slogans
>>> FIULE PHOTO: New Year's Eve fireworks display illuminates the sky 
>>> over the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam ©  Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
>>>
>>> Two men have been sentenced to six months in prison in the 
>>> Netherlands for projecting “discriminatory” and otherwise “publicly 
>>> offensive” statements, including “White Lives Matter,” onto the 
>>> Erasmus Bridge in the city of Rotterdam during the 2022-23 New Year’s 
>>> celebrations.
>>>
>>> The Rotterdam court found John A., 26, from Zwijndrecht, and Daniil 
>>> S., 36, from Landgraaf, guilty of group insult and incitement to 
>>> discrimination. The verdict, delivered on Wednesday, sentenced them 
>>> to six months in jail.
>>>
>>> “I’m John. Just a few hours ago I was sentenced to six months in 
>>> prison for projecting ‘White lives matter’ on the Erasmus Bridge,” 
>>> one of the activists said in a brief video shared on X. “Whether you 
>>> agree with this message or not, this shows that the system is 
>>> fundamentally anti white, and free speech is a lie.”
>>>
>>> The duo staged the display that appeared on the Erasmus Bridge just 
>>> after the start of 2023 to a large crowd of revelers at the site and 
>>> and those who watched the celebrations broadcast live on RTL 4. The 
>>> projected slogans included the notorious Fourteen Words coined by the 
>>> late US white supremacist David Lane, as well as more mundane 
>>> messages such as “White Lives Matter” and “Happy White 2023.”
>>>
>>> Other phrases were in Dutch and referenced local issues, such as 
>>> “Zwarte Piet did nothing wrong,” referring to a cancel-culture 
>>> campaign against a local traditional Christmas character and St. 
>>> Nicolas sidekick, Black Pete, deemed by the critics to be an 
>>> offensive blackface tradition.
>>> New Year festivities marred by racist illumination READ MORE: New 
>>> Year festivities marred by racist illumination
>>>
>>> In addition to the Erasmus Bridge incident, the men were accused of 
>>> projecting similar messages onto the city halls of Alkmaar and 
>>> Eindhoven in early 2023. During Carnival in Eindhoven, slogans like 
>>> ‘Keep Lampegat white’ and ‘Hello on behalf of white Netherlands’ were 
>>> displayed.
>>>
>>> Both defendants had prior convictions for similar offenses, including 
>>> distributing racist stickers and verbally assaulting individuals, 
>>> which resulted in community service and suspended prison sentences in 
>>> 2023. This time, the prosecution argued for real jail time, citing 
>>> the high public exposure of the bridge display.
>>>
>>> The court considered the prosecution’s arguments, the defendants’ 
>>> prior convictions, and their absence from a December hearing when 
>>> determining the six-month sentences.
> 
> Racists are just stupid.   These assholes deserve to be in jail.   They 
> are lucky they only got 6 months.

You, sir, are a fucking moron. *plonk*

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OT: Two men jailed over "White Lives Matter" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-17 12:12 -0500
  Re: OT: Two men jailed over "White Lives Matter" DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-17 17:16 -0500
    Re: OT: Two men jailed over WAY MORE THAN JUST "White Lives Matter" Nick Charles - 2025-01-17 17:29 -0500
      Re: OT: Two men jailed over WAY MORE THAN JUST "White Lives Matter" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-17 18:18 -0500
    Re: OT: Two men jailed over "White Lives Matter" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-17 18:10 -0500

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