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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:21 PM Jun 2019

Neo-Nazi must pay $4.1 million to Muslim comedian after calling him a 'terrorist'

Comedian and political columnist Dean Obeidallah, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, won a $4.1 million lawsuit against a neo-Nazi website that labeled him a terrorist and doctored tweets to make it appear like he had admitted guilt in a terrorist bombing.

The Daily Stormer sought to “confront” Obeidallah, he said, after he had written an article critical of Trump for refusing to call out white supremacists engaging in terrorist acts. Obeidallah penned his opinion piece in May of 2017, months before the Charlottesville, Virginia, violence involving white nationalists even occurred.

“This is all tied to Donald Trump, and I’m not being hyperbolic,” Obeidallah said during an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC.

The comedian’s article, entitled “Will Donald Trump Ever Say the Words ‘White Supremacist Terrorism’?” sought to ask whether Trump would confront white supremacist violence. The next day, The Daily Stormer posted content from its founder, Andrew Anglin, which called Obeidallah the “mastermind” behind the Manchester Arena bombing in the United Kingdom that killed 22 individuals.

Anglin and The Daily Stormer didn’t stop with those errant accusations, either — they also doctored tweets to make them appear like Obeidallah had admitted to the attack, and said he was a Muslim terrorist.


[link:https://deadstate.org/neo-nazi-must-pay-4-1-million-to-muslim-comedian-after-calling-him-a-terrorist/|

Hit the nazi where it hurts! hehehe
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Neo-Nazi must pay $4.1 million to Muslim comedian after calling him a 'terrorist' (Original Post) Soph0571 Jun 2019 OP
That comedian will never see any of the money. Archae Jun 2019 #1
I imagine whoever is serving the site will have to give him a cut ck4829 Jun 2019 #3
For a cut of a $4.1 million judgment gratuitous Jun 2019 #4
You know it ck4829 Jun 2019 #5
Best comedian in the world safeinOhio Jun 2019 #2

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
3. I imagine whoever is serving the site will have to give him a cut
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:43 PM
Jun 2019

"In February 2018, The Daily Stormer registered a new domain under the .name TLD with the Chinese-based internet company Eranet International Limited"... that's seems to be where it's at now.

The site runs on donations as well, I can't see any host not being able to fork some of that revenue up.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. For a cut of a $4.1 million judgment
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:45 PM
Jun 2019

There are any number of folks who will skiptrace Anglin. Some might even do it just for the fun of it.

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