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Swiss man who compared parliament member to Hitler gets suspended fine (www.swissinfo.ch)

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A 50-year-old Zurich man has been given a suspended fine for defamation and slander after he compared Social Democrat parliamentarian Tamara Funicello to Adolf Hitler on Facebook.

He was given a suspended fine of CHF3,750 ($4,370) and ordered to pay CHF800 in legal costs.

The offence occurred last September, the day after a popular vote in which Swiss citizens approved raising the legal retirement age for women from 64 to 65.

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[–] Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Imagine how much money the US government could make doing that. In the US, everyone compares everyone they don't like to Hitler.

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

"it's like printing money"

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Same in germany. A fine for this comment is absolutely asinine because comments like this are common.

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