{"id":353151,"date":"2018-03-21T05:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-youtuber-convicted-for-offensive-joke-video-faces-prison\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T05:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:36:58","slug":"prison-planet-com-youtuber-convicted-for-offensive-joke-video-faces-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-youtuber-convicted-for-offensive-joke-video-faces-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb YouTuber Convicted For \u201cOffensive\u201d Joke Video, Faces Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>UK barely recognizable as a free country anymore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong><br \/>PrisonPlanet.com<br \/>March 20, 2018 <!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.infowars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/200318meechan1.jpg\" alt=\"null\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A YouTuber has been convicted by a UK court of being \u201cgrossly offensive\u201d over a video in which he trained his pet dog to do a Nazi salute and now faces prison time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark Meechan created a satirical video to annoy his girlfriend in which he trained his pug called Buddha to raise its paw when he said the words \u201cSieg Heil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This led to a long drawn out \u201chate crime trial\u201d which came to a close today when Meechan was convicted of being \u201cgrossly offensive,\u201d creating the chilling precedent that offensive humor is against the law.<\/p>\n<p>Meechan was convicted despite the fact that not a single person complained about the video. He was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-fTnuqbxxW4\">defended<\/a> by David Baddiel, one of the UK\u2019s top Jewish comedians.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities evidently wanted to make an example of him from the very start.<\/p>\n<p>During the reading of the verdict, it was reportedly mentioned that the UK is a \u201cmulti-cultural\u201d society.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, you can\u2019t have multiculturalism and free speech at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Given that border authorities are now banning people from entering the country for the crime of little more than criticizing Islam, the UK is now barely recognizable as a free country anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Meechan faces up to 6 months in jail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvTbzQl9Bag\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE<\/strong> on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>Follow on Twitter: <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @PrisonPlanet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">*********************<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Paul Joseph Watson is the editor at large of <a href=\"http:\/\/infowars.com\/\">Infowars.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/prisonplanet.com\/\">Prison Planet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018  at  8:29 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/youtuber-convicted-for-offensive-joke-video-faces-prison.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/youtuber-convicted-for-offensive-joke-video-faces-prison.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK barely recognizable as a free country anymore Paul Joseph WatsonPrisonPlanet.comMarch 20, 2018 A YouTuber has been convicted by a UK court of being \u201cgrossly offensive\u201d over a video in which he trained his pet dog to do a Nazi salute and now faces prison time. 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