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Musk calls for jailed UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be released (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Robinson, a one-time football hooligan with a string of UK criminal convictions, is serving an 18-month jail term after he admitted contempt of court in a long-running libel case involving a Syrian refugee.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago

A South African defending a white supremacist!? I'm shocked!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

go back to Africa!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

South Africa.

The rest of the continent has standards.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

No.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

How about they make a trade? Robinson for Musk

[–] MacStache 14 points 2 months ago

Why the fuck do they give this guy so much visibility on foreign affairs?

Yes, I know it's because of money and power, but this guy shouldn't have any power over UK, German or, truth be told, any matter whatsoever outside the US. Or even inside the USimho.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I'm so glad we have 4+ years until the next election. Hopefully he'll get bored of UK politics and focus on ruining something else before then

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm calling for Musky to be arrested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

He's that self-help guru, right?

[+] [email protected] -31 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The article doesn't even say what that dude was imprisoned for.

Being right wing isn't a crime on it's own. It's like bunch of stupids are writing a sensationalist piece for other stupids to be angry about.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

Contempt of court (this time). He was found to have libelled a 15 year old refugee a few years back, and having already had an injunction placed against him to stop repeating the libel he did so a third time anyway and the courts got fed up with his shit

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Read it again. It literally says why he's serving 18 months. Hell, even the OP shared that paragraph.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Yes it does, contempt of court during a long running libel case

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Are the stupids in the room with us now?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Stupid is as stupid comments.