cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/news/p/1395876/streamer-troll-johnny-somali-found-guilty-on-all-counts-sentenced-to-south-korean-prison-l
Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.
Norwegian philosopher Arne Ness said it best:
“There is no freedom without responsibility - in fact, the two are intrinsically the same.”
I’ll be glad when everyone forgets about this guy in two days and I don’t have to see his dumb face in my feed anymore.
Until today, I knew nothing about Mr Somali, but a cursory glance at his medium of choice shows him to be…not well liked
Ray William Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhpcyBdt88&t=0
Legal mindset:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbto0N6PkIs&t=0
“What are you, like a professional asshole?”
“Yes”
Mr Somali now joins the ranks of Charlie Zelenoff in the FAFO game.
Perhaps the only shame is that he didn’t try his little stunt in Singapore, where public caning is still a thing.
Now all I want to see is the video of him getting punched.
Now I used to like RWJ, but it did become a bit cringe and corporate over the years, so I’m genuinely surprise how watchable that video was.
A South Korean prison labor camp seems a fitting destination for all influencers and YouTube trolls.
Get rekt.
Labour camp is exactly what he needs
This guy is like a reverse hostage. Countries will threaten to release him if they don’t get what they want.
It’s an SCP. The containment procedure is to livestream his location at all times and make it legal for everyone to beat him up.
Maybe outlawing people needs to come back as a penalty.
"I know for a fact that I’m not going to go to jail. Not one day in jail. I’m going to laugh my ass off when all these motherf***ers are saying I’m going for 30 years, 20 years, five years, 10 years. I’m not even going to do one day, bro. They’ll give me a fine and say, ‘Don’t come back to Korea.’ You’re the one that’s going to look so dumb when I don’t get any jailtime or anything. Bro, I’m going to laugh like a f**king villain.
amazing.
Serial killers in the same prison might say that it is against the Geneva convention to have a person like him in the same cell block.
The great tragedy is that S Korea commuted his 3 year potential sentence to just 6 months.
“Legal Mind” YouTube channel is apparently working within the 7 day appeal window to try to increase that to 2 years.
Appeal is still possible and likely. But yea I agree, it’s a crazy low sentence
Good, these are the types of guys that go “It’s just a prank bro” or “It’s a social experiment” except it isn’t. It’s just you being an inconsiderate jerk.
yeah, the kind that sets you on fire, shoots your wife and sells your children to Epstein, then goes “it’s just a prank bro”.
There’s tons of light-hearted, harmless pranks out there. A good laugh where everyone goes away a little bit happier.
This guy and his ilk on the other hand intentionally antagonise people to the point where they feel the need to defend themselves. Just because someone is out and about in public doesn’t mean they’re a free target for you to be shitty with them. Everyone has - or at least should have - the right to be unbothered in public by leeches like him.
People should also have the right to fight back with extreme prejudice if these morons lay hands on them first.
100% - but I meant the self defense part when they haven’t actually touched you, just gotten to the point where their actions can constitute harassment.
The defence would be that they felt their lives were being threatened by the persistent harrassment.
Mf was so annoying they sent him to the gulag
If they do a prisoner exchange with North Korea anytime in the near future, they should send this guy to them. Just because. Maybe it will teach the arrogant US citizens to behave better in other countries.
Note, I’m not saying that about the US citizens that are considerate human beings.
As a prank.
Exactly. It’s just the natural consequences of a social experiment.
Now that he’s convicted, an interesting question might be “is there enough evidence to convict him in other countries who have extradition treaties with South Korea?”…
I have limited sympathy for people who make their living by bothering people.
Japan probably won’t do anything more. I believe he has an entry ban for some time here (probably 5 years from whenever he was gone), but I don’t recall the exact details.
Probably, but that’s generally not done. He’s been convicted and after he serves his sentence he’ll be deported, which means he probably won’t be given a visa to enter any other country.
Just cut his balls off and send him up North.
I don’t think north Korea would keep him as prisoner. Unlike Otto Warmbier he has no fans or sympathy from anyone, so no Western politician would gain anything from negotiating his release with North Korea.
Dude’s like all you hate about social media craze and tourist’s exceptionalism in one person. Find out part may seem sweet at last, but he is a mere symptom waiting for reproduction unless there are enough barriers in place he won’t be able to fall through. Barriers in not taking him behind the bars alone or at all, but educating, demotivating, ostracizing and deplatforming.
