Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens
Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens
Immigration minister Tony Burke says Owens ‘has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction’ ahead of planned November speaking tour
Australia has rejected far-right provocateur Candace Owens’ visa application ahead of a planned national speaking tour, with the immigration minister, Tony Burke, saying she had the “capacity to incite discord”.
The US conservative influencer and podcast host, who has advanced conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric including minimising Nazi medical experiments in concentration camps, will be blocked from coming to Australia after the federal government voiced alarm about her record.
“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [notorious Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said on Sunday.
Great news. Fascists shouldnt get visas to travel anywhere.
Muslims started slavery
TIL: There was no slavery before the 7th century CE
Does this one pretend to be gung ho Christian? And missed the whole origin story of the Jews?
And I wonder how she feels about slavery in the US.
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Oh no, the consequences of her actions!
You love to see it.
The world needs a lot more of this.
What are the odds of this vapid asshole saying "Australia is violating the first amendment!"
Even money?
I live in NZ. At lockdown protests people had Trump flags and were saying we were violating their first amendment... So much stupidity
Sad that she'll being staying here, happy that at least in this instance we can't export our crazies.
we can’t export our crazies.
You don't have to. I have seen the craziest things being translated into Arabic and shared. Shame too many people in the Arab World still think the US is filled with educated and intelligent people, so your conspiracy theories get translated and spread as if some exclusive knowledge
Yep. Unfortunately, the US is currently doing a Cecil Kelly and the right is a vat of plutonium slurry just shy of a criticality.
Unrelated but did you know who has the longest unbroken record of chattel slavery?
Korea. Bet you didn't expect that.
1600 years.
The Arab world must be up there too no? Qatar was built by slaves
"The Arab world" is a very wide net to cast, so maybe
Good
Womp womp
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