Anti-feminist blogger Jean-Claude Rochefort is found guilty of fomenting hatred against women.
Posted at 4:03 p.m.
Updated at 4:09 p.m.
In 2019, the 73-year-old man praised the killer Marc Lépine in publications published before the commemorations of the Polytechnique mass feminicide. In one of his blogs, he invited women to celebrate “the feast of Saint-Marc-Lépine”, then encouraged the “disciples” of Marc Lépine “to polish their rifles”. According to the accused, Marc Lépine had “restored dignity to men”.
Judge Pierre Labrie of the Superior Court did not believe the testimony of the accused, who claimed that these publications represented satire and derision.
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