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'This is punishment for dissent'—C.J. Hopkins: tried for satire in Germany
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C.J. Hopkins is a Berlin-based playwright, novelist, and satirist. His most-recent essay collection is The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III.
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about being charged by a German court for a satirical tweet, his thoughts on the Gaza/Israel conflict, the fight against online censorship, what the new totalitarianism looks like, and how he plans to fight back.
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