Scottish politician Julie McKenzie wants comedian Jimmy Carr prosecuted for Netflix special

On Christmas Day, Netflix released comedian Jimmy Carr’s special “His Dark Materials,” where the comedian made a controversial joke. You can read about that here.

A Scottish Nationalist Party councilor has now weighed in, suggesting Carr and anyone in the audience that applauded him during the Netflix special should be prosecuted.

Julie McKenzie, the councilor for Oban North & Lorn said the Netflix special contained “hate speech” because of a joke about the holocaust.

"Jimmy Carr and his Netflix hate speech, and his applauding audience should be prosecuted,” she wrote.

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