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A Jewish leader in France has been indicted for referring to French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala as a "professional anti-Semite."
Over the course of the last few years, Dieudonne has been convicted in his country 10 times for inciting anti-Semitism.
The comedian essentially created and glorified the "quenelle," a reverse Nazi salute which became popularized in 2013 as scores of fans mimicked the gesture, including at historical Israeli sites like Yad Vashem.
He also coined the term "shoananas," a mashup of the word Shoah (Hebrew for Holocaust) and the French word for pineapple, which many experts argue implies that the Holocaust never took place, without violating France's hate laws.
Throughout his shows, he's mocked the Holocaust, Jewish people, and most recently, Ilan Halimi, a young Parisian Jewish phone salesman who was tortured and murdered in 2006 by a group of kidnappers.
Though Dieudonne refers to himself as anti-establishment, his latest comedy show is reportedly called "The Anti-Semite."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4583513,00.html
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)How could anyone but an imbecile or an immature teenager find that crap funny?
If he has been convicted of inciting anti-Semitism, calling him an anti-Semite seems more than reasonable. Hopefully, the Jewish leader's indictment gets laughed out of court, as well it should.
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)The French government should rescind this and issue Msr. Cukierman an apology for this mistake. Shame on Dieudonne.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)But what was he indicted on? What specific charge?
cali
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Indictments are quasi-automatic in France when police receive complaints of defamation, according to the LExpress news website.
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http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.622162
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Thank God for the 1A because The System (or, rather, those who operate it's levers) cannot be trusted with the power to govern speech.