You may associate Scotland with funny, cool, laid back people, but Scotland has a serious problem with political correctness.
It may be due in part to the history of sectarian violence and tribalism, but Britain is cracking down on free speech, and Scotland is the worst affected area. The most recent high profile censorship case is the story of Markus Meechan, AKA YouTuber "Count Dankula".
Just over a year ago, provocateur Markus gained notoriety for posting a video of his girlfriends pug dog reacting to various verbal Nazi sentiments, such as "gas the jews", and so forth. Some found the video offensive. Some found it hilarious. Most took no notice because they had more important things to do. Not so the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities or the censorious Scotish police, who have him in some very deep water right now.
This is the video in question....
TRIGGER WARNING. DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY PUGS, SCOTTISH ACCENTS, DARK HUMOR, OR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
Markus was due in court this week but the case has been delayed amid mounting public support for the YouTuber. You can read more about this story here on HEAT STREET or follow Count Dankulas Twitter here.
hahahahah I am a jew and i found this funny, but maybe im not typical hahahaha
I'm glad you did. I'm Irish and I subscribe to Dank despite some of his trash talk about my fellow Paddys. He's just a quirky mischievous dude with a YouTube channel. I'd be really disappointed to see him do time for this.
me too, he should be free to talk as much shyt as he wants, hes fine by me hahaha
free speech!
I dont know what is the most stupid ,the video or the fact that the Scottish police wasted
their time on this
Isn't throwing someone in jail for telling a joke exactly what a Nazi would do?
good point
very funny!
Markus, Marko, Markos, troublesome people always! 😆
He's a very devoted Nazi Pug hahah
Free Speech doesn't stop when you get offended.