Markus Meechan is not accepting his hate speech conviction without a fight. The Scottish YouTuber, known online as Count Dankula, needed just two days to raise £118,366 via GoFundMe. That total, which comes out to about $164,925, will be used to fund Meechan's appeal of a March court decision that found him guilty of a hate crime after he taught his dog how to perform a Nazi salute.
In a 2016 clip, which was viewed more than three million times before it was taken down from Meechan's channel, the Scotsman taught his dog (a pug named Buddha) to perform the "heil" salute associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. Meechan also conditioned Buddha to react positively when he said the words "gas the Jews."
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In a 2016 clip, which was viewed more than three million times before it was taken down from Meechan's channel, the Scotsman taught his dog (a pug named Buddha) to perform the "heil" salute associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. Meechan also conditioned Buddha to react positively when he said the words "gas the Jews."
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- 4/25/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
A Scottish YouTube creator named Markus Meechan, who goes by the moniker Count Dankula on his YouTube channel, has been convicted of a hate crime for a video he posted featuring anti-Semitic content.
Specifically, Meechan taught his girlfriend’s pug to use the Nazi Sieg Heil salute in a video he posted in 2016. The 30-year-old YouTube creator also taught the dog, ironically [?] named Buddha, to respond to hate speech like “gas the Jews.” His video begins, “My girlfriend is always ranting and raving about how cute and adorable her wee dog is so I thought I would turn him into the least cute thing I could think of, which is a Nazi.”
Due for sentencing in April, Meechan has since apologized for the content. “I don’t actually Jewish people,” he said, according to The Jewish Chronicle, describing the video as “an insight into the darker side of my humor...
Specifically, Meechan taught his girlfriend’s pug to use the Nazi Sieg Heil salute in a video he posted in 2016. The 30-year-old YouTube creator also taught the dog, ironically [?] named Buddha, to respond to hate speech like “gas the Jews.” His video begins, “My girlfriend is always ranting and raving about how cute and adorable her wee dog is so I thought I would turn him into the least cute thing I could think of, which is a Nazi.”
Due for sentencing in April, Meechan has since apologized for the content. “I don’t actually Jewish people,” he said, according to The Jewish Chronicle, describing the video as “an insight into the darker side of my humor...
- 3/21/2018
- by Jessica Klein
- Tubefilter.com
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