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.

  • @Oyster_Lust
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    91 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

      Amendment XXVIII:

      Section 1. The first article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

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