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Spanish comedian facing hate crime charge for blowing nose on national flag
A Spanish comedian has been hauled in front of a judge for blowing his nose on the national flag on TV. The provocative act sparked widespread outrage but defenders of the joker say the case raises freedom of expression concerns.
The comic and TV host Dani Mateo used the flag as a handkerchief as the punchline of a skit on the popular satirical news show El Intermedio last month. On the program he joked that he was going to read the only text that “genuinely creates consensus in Spain: the patient guidelines in a packet of Frenadol.”
As he read out the instructions for the cold remedy, Mateo pretended to sneeze and blew his nose on the Spanish emblem. “Christ, sorry!” he exclaimed. “I didn’t want to offend anyone. […] I didn’t want to offend Spaniards, nor the king, nor the Chinese who sell these rags. Not rags, I didn’t mean rags,” he quipped.
Sabíais que La Sexta borró el vídeo de Dani Mateo sonandose los mocos con la bandera de España por presiones??
Pues en vista de lo que les molestó a la caverna, os lo vuelvo a dejar por aquí...
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