Satire on Trial: C.J. Hopkins and the Perils of Criticizing the 'New Normal'

In August 2022, U.S playwright and satirist C.J. Hopkins, while a resident of Berlin, tweeted cover art from his book on The Rise of the New Normal Reich, which included a satirical representation of the swastika overlaying a medical mask. For that, he has been found guilty in a German court of spreading pro-Nazi propaganda, and is now facing a hefty fi…