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#1 Jan 22 2016 at 10:02 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, I know, LulBreitbart, but I'm following a couple of their reporters on Twitter for other things, so this was the first article I saw.

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A rare victory for free speech in Canada. Gregory Alan Elliott, the Toronto artist who was dragged through an extraordinary 3-year criminal harassment trial after he disagreed with feminists on the internet, has just been acquitted.

Both sides of the online culture wars had their eyes trained on a courtroom in Ontario today, where the long-awaited verdict was just handed down. The case became a major flashpoint between free speech defenders and feminists on the internet. At stake were two separate visions of the internet – one free, and one closely policed by progressive activists.
#2 Jan 22 2016 at 10:08 AM Rating: Good
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A great injustice perpetrated by the patriarchy.
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#3 Jan 22 2016 at 10:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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I wasn't aware that disagreeing with someone could be charged as a crime. What was he actually accused of doing?
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#4 Jan 22 2016 at 10:29 AM Rating: Good
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Sounds like a giant waste of court time.
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#5 Jan 22 2016 at 10:30 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
I wasn't aware that disagreeing with someone could be charged as a crime. What was he actually accused of doing?
I'll see if I can find some legal documents on it. Gimme a moment.

Edit: Here's the Wikipedia on it while I look further.

Edit2: Since he was banned from the internet during the duration, his Twitter account still has most of the stuff front and center.

Edited, Jan 22nd 2016 9:36am by Poldaran
#6 Jan 22 2016 at 10:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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So he never made threats, he was just a jerk (and there was enough of that to go around, looks like).

Well, being a jerk isn't illegal, even in Canada.

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#7 Jan 22 2016 at 10:44 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
So he never made threats, he was just a jerk (and there was enough of that to go around, looks like).

Well, being a jerk isn't illegal, even in Canada.
Yeah, pretty much. But you might be amazed at how many people seem to think it should be. Sadly, I wasn't able to find much in the way of legal documents, but the Wiki does have a number of decent cites worth checking out.
#8 Jan 22 2016 at 10:44 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
What was he actually accused of doing?
Take with grain of salt etc etc.
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#9 Jan 22 2016 at 10:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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Guthrie deserves to go to jail for those obnoxious hipster glasses.
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#10 Jan 22 2016 at 11:07 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
What was he actually accused of doing?
Take with grain of salt etc etc.


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It’s kind of scary, but it appears that the Crown is saying they have the right to override Twitter’s rules


LMAO, what universe does the cretin that wrote this live in? Ahahaha.
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#11 Jan 22 2016 at 11:24 AM Rating: Good
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But... but... hate speech! You can't yell "Fire" in a crowded Twitter!

SOCIAL JUSTICE!!!1!!1!1
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