I hope people understand how serious this is.
"Meme-maker Douglass Mackey was sentenced in New York criminal court on Wednesday after a March conviction for conspiracy against rights, ie election interference, over memes he created during the 2016 presidential election that disparaged Hillary Clinton. Mackey was sentenced to 7 months in prison for the crime of making memes the DOJ didn’t think were funny."
This is new legal precedent. Governments come and go but laws stay. So who's to say if Trump got in again he would not be directing his DoJ to target Trump meme makers? Will it make you think twice before posting a meme? Because that's the idea.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.He didn't get prosecuted for making memes. I remind you again that most of us here aren't stupid.
BitFlipper
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Nov 15, 2023
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puff:
The court obviously thinks you (public) are, feeling the need to prosecute because stupid Hillary supporters might have thought they could vote via text, denying their right (how?) to actually vote..
Scar until you actually find out the details of what he was doing. Not memes at all, carefully crafted voter suppression images. He got off easy. And boy, what a dumpster fire of a "news" article you linked. [justice.gov]
Druvius
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Oct 21, 2023
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puff:
I chose that article as it had a photo of the guilty meme. It was blatant and misleading but honestly, if anyone was stupid enough to fall for it they deserve to have an invalid vote cast. But there was no proof any took it seriously.
Meanwhile stories of presidential candidates being possibly compromised get suppressed and countered with falsehoods and no-one gets charged for that. Or political committees commissioning dossiers to smear political opponents, later proved to be false, and what happens to them? Nothing.
I agree this sort of misleading meme on how to vote should be discouraged, but justice must have an even hand. There are far worse examples of this the DoJ could have pursued imo, especially as no evidence it affected anything and was to any with a brain cell it was done with tongue firmly in cheek.
7 months.
puff:
@Druvius There were no victims, none were produced in court. This pushed boundaries of humour and free speech and I do agree with you, went a bit too far. That he face consequences is justified but prison time in a victimless crime?
Think of the legal precedent here, which will outlive administrations. Will Democrats be allowed to say "a vote for Trump is a vote for Putin" now? This is said in jest as well, not based in any fact and tongue in cheek also (only brain dead would believe also), but could also now be interpreted by a Trump DoJ as misleading voters so now, with this precedent set, could be pursued. Remember, this current case is from 2016.
I think it sets a very bad legal precedent.
The "memes" were Instructions on how to vote by texting.......AS IF it was legal and would work, which is total BS.
Equating this to "censorship" is ridiculous and just foolish!
AnneWimsey
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Oct 21, 2023
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@FvckY0u and you are implying they shouldn't???????
Sorry, you are being very waffle-y.
No censorship in any way, shape, or form. A criminal going to jail for his crimes.
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