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So, this has been up for 40 minutes and I'm getting flooded with emails expressing support. I'm going to have to pin a blanket THANK YOU up here at the top of the comments, because I'm not going to be able to write back to everyone. Please know that I am reading your emails, and your replies here, and they are making cry. Please don't tell anyone about that. I have an image as a cynical political satirist to maintain. Seriously, though, my heartfelt thanks to all of you! (Also, if you send me an email, please do not include attachments. I delete such emails with extreme prejudice.)

7:45 CET - I'm really overwhelmed by everyone's generosity and support ... thank you! Also, I know some people are having trouble with international bank transfers because their banks want my home address, which I can't share publicly. I'm working on a solution to that. I'll keep you posted here, and update the original post when I get something worked out.

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As I wrote in my Note (https://substack.com/@margaretannaalice/note/c-38899653) about this travesty:

“The @CJ Hopkins case is the equivalent of the Assange case for satirists. If Germany succeeds in imposing this Sophie’s choice of a 60-day incarceration or 3,600 euros fine for TWO BLOODY TWEETS, that is the end of satire as we know it—at least in Germany and other countries that have weaponized ‘hate’ speech laws against those courageous enough to expose the authoritarian practices of their governments. For daring to draw valid historical comparisons with present-day policies and trying to STOP the advance of fascism, CJ is being charged with furthering ‘the aims of a former National Socialist Organization.’

“Anyone who has read even a single column by CJ knows the opposite is emphatically the case, as is made crystal-clear in my Dissident Dialogues interview (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/dissident-dialogues-cj-hopkins) with him from last year.

“I have written repeatedly about the weaponization of the ‘anti-semite’ label to silence dissidents because it is such a danger to those seeking to expose totalitarianism and has been used to crush innocents like poor Clemens Arvay (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-smear-victim-clemens) and threaten credible scientific voices like Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/profiles-in-courage-prof-dr-sucharit).

“We must stand with CJ just as we must stand for Assange (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/ode-to-a-whistleblower) as their persecution is not only about the vilification of innocents for daring to speak out but threatens the future of satire, journalism, and free speech for all human beings on this increasingly tyrannical planet.”

#IStandWithCJ

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CJ, I know when I asked you about this when it first came up, you felt creating graphics for sharing on social media was a bit much for you :-) Are you okay with using the #IStandWithCJ hashtag?

Also, you may want to consider setting up a Ko-fi account (https://ko-fi.com) for donations. They don’t take any fees, although Stripe takes its usual cut. Since Substack already uses Stripe, it may be a better option than PayPal, where you risk unpersoning like happened to me last year (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/i/71065626/paypal-unpersoned-me).

P.S. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag :-)

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