Jail for a racist tweet

[Pyro as Bill]

Scoobes said:
Sounds fair to me, the guy was an idiot. He got jailed for "inciting racial hatred" and considerring he made the comments in the most public forum you possibly can, the punishment fits imo. If someone stood in the middle of the street and shouted the comments he made, they most definately would be jailed. Just because it's Twitter/online does not excuse idiocy.

How does one go about inciting 'hate' exactly?

His twitter friends deleted/blocked/reprimanded him for what he said. So he actually dis-incited racial hatred by any quantifiable measure.

Hate laws have to be the most stupid legislation ever created. The amusing part is that the 'West' thinks it's morally superior for having them.

They actually incite more hatred for the people who are given special treatment before the law.