Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens
Source: The Guardian
Sat 26 Oct 2024 23.38 EDT
Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2024 00.01 EDT
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. Australias national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.
Owens had scheduled a five-date speaking tour of Australia in November, with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Tickets ranged from $95 for general admission to $295 for a VIP meet and greet and $1,500 for a private dinner with the conservative media personality.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/australia-rejects-visa-application-by-rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens
LOL
calimary
(84,332 posts)Id call that just desserts.
displacedvermoter
(3,033 posts)Orrex
(64,109 posts)displacedvermoter
(3,033 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)..."I'd rather suck cold shit out of a dead bear."
gab13by13
(25,267 posts)but not in the US of A. We allow people to make threats, to lie, to intimidate as long as the threats aren't specific and actionable.
padah513
(2,674 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)...Canada denied members of the Westboro Baptist "Church" entry.
Rocknation
(44,883 posts)they refused to file a report. However, the rapper agreed to pay the accuser to NOT file civil charges -- and that was enough to get him barred from performing at a show in Canada!
Rocknation
BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)...what goes on in the rap and hip hop world. Still an old rocker, still listening to "classics."
Thanks for the update, though.
sinkingfeeling
(52,999 posts)Mysterian
(5,193 posts)LMAO!
k55f5r
(420 posts)Seinan Sensei
(699 posts)masmdu
(2,574 posts)Tanuki
(15,316 posts)BOSSHOG
(39,859 posts)wolfie001
(3,646 posts)Australia likes to culture-wash its image.
BumRushDaShow
(142,392 posts)And threatened to do the same to Kanye (Ye) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ye-kanye-west-australia-entry-visa-antisemitic-comments/
Collimator
(1,874 posts). . . chose to emigrate because he feels more accepted in Australia. His exact words, (which I can't use myself), " In America, I'm a n****r. Down there, I'm just an American."
Elessar Zappa
(15,913 posts)Theres still a ton of racism against indigenous Australians. Im talking really bad in some cases.
wolfie001
(3,646 posts)It's just Canada down south. Every country has its issues and histories.
How many millennia is it going to take to get the bigotry & hate out of this world?
ybbor
(1,605 posts)Icanthinkformyself
(293 posts)if she and the other right wing dingbats were denied entry into America for the same reasons.
Hotler
(12,175 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,294 posts)Candace Gets Cancelled?
Im sure Owens could provide plenty of fake drama and boohooing over the fact that the Aussies wont let her in to deceive and grift.
republianmushroom
(17,652 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(6,285 posts)to enter.
Our own DOS says a visa is just an invitation to enter.
IzzaNuDay
(603 posts)the popcorn 🍿 is ready.
She is usually a dramatic complainer, so it should be fun!
greatbaldeagle
(160 posts)Imagine if this country had done similar things with Rupert Murdock and Elon Musk either before or after entry. How this country let those 2 men come into this country and dismantle its political discourse and lay the groundwork for authoritarian fascism is one of the greatest national security failures of all time.
tonekat
(1,989 posts)Like Feral swine and European Starlings.
Envirogal
(169 posts)sarchasm
(1,228 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)A WOC endorsing...praising...a misogynist, racist ideology seems badly amiss?
BumRushDaShow
(142,392 posts)Diamond and Silk?
COVID got one of them.
Of course there was also Omarosa, although she got her rude awakening early on and then wrote a book about it!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)brush
(57,554 posts)underpants
(186,671 posts)Gee, as RW influencers out outrage each other (often in the same nonstory) daily for some reason Candace has been cast aside
.🤔
.must be something
who knows.
mdbl
(5,488 posts)LiberalFighter
(53,473 posts)I'm glad Australia knows?
BumRushDaShow
(142,392 posts)and is currently a Communications director for the RW loon group Turning Point USA.
Here's a segment when she was on Ari's show back in 2018 -
mamajudi
(48 posts)I just returned from OZ. While visiting my son, I watched their news quite a bit. They actually sentenced a guy to jail for making an obscene gesture...that gesture was a nazi salute!!! Heck ya!!! Wish we could do that here!!! But alas, we have our first amendment. Which lets those scums do what they want. Btw, the Aussies are very keen to report on our politics. Between their news and keeping up with DU, don't think I missed out on anything.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,589 posts)Gregory1230
(70 posts)Hey to all,
For my opinion, Australian leaders are Labor political party similar to US Dems, but more like centre. In fact, 2 years ago, I saw Australian TV ch 7 during their election night when Labor won. I am an international news watcher for many years for UK, Canada, RSA, India, France, Germany, NZ, etc. So far I was on my historical 20th international election night when UK Labour won from 4th of July (interesting to see same day as US Fourth of July day).
Anyway, I am glad Australia are blocking her visa request. 👍
4catsmom
(227 posts)They'd probably not let Miurdoch back in either.
struggle4progress
(120,266 posts)She's an anti-semitic whackjob
drmeow
(5,283 posts)she'll scream about how her First Amendment rights are being violated!
moose65
(3,313 posts)I hate it for you (not).
Shes another one that makes me say, Who?
Shes found her meal ticket as a conservative black woman, but what qualifies her to be a pundit or influencer about anything? Sheesh.
iluvtennis
(20,864 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(4,523 posts)Turns out the rest of the democratic world doesnt like fascist fuckwipes.