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Police raid German pensioner's home, drag him to court for retweeting meme mocking Green minister as "idiot"

By ethanh // 2024-11-18

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. (Related: Did you know that the so-called "green revolution" is destroying Germany's economy, which is now in economic bloodbath territory?)

Green rival party AfD reposts same meme

To capture the world's attention about this act of blatant fascism by Germany's government, Alternative for Germany (AfD), the rival political party of the Greens, reposted the same "criminal" meme along with the following English-translated statement: "While Habeck presents himself as a 'people-friendly' candidate for chancellor, his critics are being relentlessly pursued. They do not shy away from conducting house searches on sleeping families just because the father of the family shared this Schwachkopf graphic. This is what would happen to Germany under a Chancellor Habeck: the complete restriction of freedom of expression by a children's book author who displayed maximum incompetence for three and a half years, but still feels called to greater things." In a statement to the Nius news outlet, the pensioner expressed that he never imagined "that it would come to this," adding that this has "definite GDR flavor," GDR flavor referring to communist East Germany and its Stasi police force of old. According to Nius, what happened to the pensioner was celebrated, in a sense, as part of a national "day of action against hate postings, warning social media users their homes would be searched and electronic devices confiscated" if they were caught sharing offensive memes. "In over 90 investigations, more than 50 homes were searched, and there were 127 police actions in total," Nius reported about the "criminal police officers" who were "deployed across Germany" to crack down on online free speech. "When the police are at the door, every perpetrator realizes that hate crimes have consequences," threatened Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on X/Twitter following the raid and arrest. This is hardly the first time that German citizens have been persecuted for criticizing the Green Party. Business man Michael Much had his house searched and personal property confiscated after he was identified as having put up posters around town mocking Habeck, Green Party leader Ricarda Lang and other members of Germany's federal government. In that case, Much was set free after the court system determined that his posters were a legitimate form of free speech. The question remains: what will happen to the pensioner? On X/Twitter, one German user mocked the situation by suggesting that if Habeck is doing this to his critics, he must be giving awards to his kiss-ups. "Anyone who publicly compliments Habeck will immediately receive 100 EUR VAT-free from the government!" this user joked. More related news can be found at Fascism.news. Sources for this article include: RMX.news NaturalNews.com

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