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(LifeSiteNews) — American satirist and playwright C.J. Hopkins has been convicted of a crime for content in social media posts that a judge considered to be critical of the German government for its Covid policies.
Hopkins, who lives in Germany, was reportedly charged after posting a picture of his book that shows a face mask with a barely visible Swastika printed on it in response to a social media post featuring German health minister Karl Lauterbach, according to a report by Matt Taibbi.
A German judge sent Hopkins a “punishment order,” sentencing the writer to a fine of € 3,600 or 60 days in jail. The American author told Taibbi that he was convicted for “disseminating propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the aims of a former National Socialist organization.”
Hopkins reportedly responded to a social media post on X, formerly Twitter, by the German newspaper Die Welt, featuring a picture of Lauterbach and a quote from the German health minister: “The mask always sends out a signal.”
The American writer responded to the post by quoting Lauterbach’s
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