Joey Barton wegen „beleidigender“ X-Posts schuldig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwykwlkewr7o
Von topotaul
Joey Barton wegen „beleidigender“ X-Posts schuldig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwykwlkewr7o
Von topotaul
24 Kommentare
Is this including the defamation and threats or is it a different set of charges?
As much as I think the guy is a tool, it does seem incredibly selective when it comes to who gets prosecuted and who doesn’t.
Calling someone a bike nonce online is a criminal offense? Wow ok.
Get stabbed in the face and have your case closed by text 48 hours later, call someone a bike nonce on social and get hauled before the crown court.
He’s a fucking dick but no chance he should be criminally punished for that.
That’s why defamation lawsuits exist, and why he’s already had to pay Vine £75k.
The police and the justice system have better things to do.
Just another example of why this country is a laughing stock to the rest of the world
Joey Barton may be a bit of a lunatic, and I’ve heard of other stuff he’s done which might well have warranted prosecution, but this seems like the criminalisation of banter. Am I the only one who finds the phrase „bike nonce“ quite amusing? I’d be tempted to use it myself on occasion, if it didn’t now carry the risk of a criminal conviction…
Cue the reactionary howling in rage and despair that you can’t publicy call people pedophiles and be immune to consequences for doing so…
Suppose they can make space for him in prison, for the grave offense if being a cunt online, by accidentally releasing a few peados
What a ridiculous country we are
> „They are disgusting Nazi fascists … We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all,“ he said, running a finger across his throat.
Labour councillor Ricky Jones
> A British councillor was on Friday acquitted
Compared to
> Barton, 43, compared Aluko and Ward to the serial killer couple Fred and Rose West, and called Vine a „bike nonce“
> Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending „grossly offensive“ social media posts
The law coming down on people who use, say, the N word against people is understandable. Straight incitement also can’t stand. Basically anything else should be allowed to slide if you are half serious about these traditions of freedom that we notionally hold to.
Wow, a lot of people here would be fine if someone was publishing material on a regular basis claiming they were a child abuser. Personally I would want that shit shut down ASAP, especially if I was a well known public figure.
Barton is an odious little twat, however this should not be a crime
It’s technically malicious communication in the eyes of the law. Consistently painting someone as a nonce, while having a following and platform to do so, is criminal in our country. Soft foul, but still a foul.
He’s a 40+ year old millionaire trying to troll people on Twitter like a 12 year old incel on 4Chan.
What a sad, pathetic excuse for a man.
Like, log off twitter and enjoy your millions rather than trying to seek the validation of middle-aged ex-EDL members, you great top hat.
Absolutely crazy this gets a guilty verdict when Ricky Jones was found innocent after calling for peoples throats to be cut, country has gone mad.
He didn’t just call him a ‚bike nonce‘, did he. He went further, talking about schools and so on. Claiming you’re just referring to cycling stops making sense in that context and sounds like a genuine accusation – why else would you say it if not to try to associate someone with sex offenders? Walking back from it once you’re caught out is a cowardly Motte and Bailey tactic. Schrodinger’s prick.
Second, I wonder how many who have a problem with this agree with the statement ‚false accusers of rape should serve the same sentence as the person they accused‘. I agree that false accusations ruin lives, and that’s exactly why he shouldn’t get away with it.
Defending free speech is like sewer repair.
Firstly it’s always disgusting and you have to defend a lot of pretty horrible things you don’t agree with.
Secondly you might want to ignore it, but things get shitty really fast when the sewers stop working.
I don’t care about people being offensive. Being offensive shouldn’t be against the law.
I do care about people endangering someone else’s safety and livelihood by baselessly accusing them of being a paedophile.
I’m so glad we live in a country where people are getting sent down for tweets but the policy can’t even be arsed to turn up for shopping, bike thefts, etc.
The guys a dickhead but what an absolute joke and waste of money that this stuff goes to court.
Calling people a ‚bike nonce‘ is now a criminal offence lmao. What is this world we live in?
Must be catching up with Tommy Ten names and Lozza Fox with all these cases
I might have missed the start of this story, why is it that Barton seemingly hates Vine? Did he just get up one day and think I’m going to throw unrelated accusations round because this guy rides a bike??