Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia
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LOL 😝
He's no more different from Idi Amin. And that fucking radio station which egged on the Rwandan genocide.
“Time to fell the tall trees.”
I still get chills when I hear that phrase in my head.
America must keep its garbage at home
Too bad Australia didn't and we got Rupert Murdoch.
I dunno if this analogy works because Rupert Murdoch is originally from Australia
Edit: turns out I can't read and it works perfectly because "we" is the US
Then can Australia go ahead and take its garbage back? Cuz it's kind of destroying the U.S.
Yep,every country should keep their trash at home
Thank god. Keep them the hell away from here
I think the battle has only just begun. There's a Turning Point division in South Australia ...
It's always fuckin' South Australia....
Can someone educate me on South Australia? Is that like your American South?
No that would be north Queensland.
South Australia is historically quite progressive, seems an odd place to launch a Christian nationalist movement.
Yeah South Australia has done some amazingly progressive things. They were the first jurisdiction in the world to give women the right to vote AND run for parliament in 1894 and when Australia voted No on creating a federal Indigenous Voice to Parliament, they were the first state to set up their own state-based Voice of elected Aboriginal peoples.
Some other progressive firsts:
They were the first Australian colony to accept legal testimony from Aboriginal peoples in 1844; the first part of the British Empire to cut links between church and state in 1851; the first Australian state to give Aboriginal men the right to vote in 1856; the first part of the British Empire to legalise trade unions in 1876; the first Australian state to decriminalise homosexuality in 1975; and the first Australian state to make age-based discrimination illegal in 1991.
I, too, find it really odd that Turning Point has found a hold there. They’ve typically been quite progressive - even their Liberal governments are usually far more progressive than the Libs around the rest of the country.
Downer dressed as a trans nazi for fancy dress and they ekected that xenophobic fuck
But then they had the first nude beach
its not like they could live in the OUTBACK
Nope. It's just a state that has a tendency to produce politicians that get a bit pants wadded and "think of the children!!"
Floria = qld
Deep south racist fucks = top end / NT
Props to Australians!🫡🥳
You prevented the infiltration of toxic lunacy that is Candace Owens💪
I saw a man at the local show today (Regional shows are like a county fair), he was wearing a MAGA hat with an Australian flag sewn into it. We are not doing doing a good job of preventing shit.
I feel like they’re pretty few and far in between here at least. More likely to get laughed at and heckled by the general population (because why would we give a fuck about MAGA). And at least they don’t shoot anyone
Imagine being such a huge piece of shit that you're actually banned from a continent.
Queue Maga imbecile outrage about her First Amendment rights.
I love that you guys have banned her explicitly due to her shitty ass views. My heart is so happy that she can't spread her hate there.
Huge W, honestly.
First Amendment only applies inside the disunited states. Americans always try to impose their shoddy system to other countries though.
I imagine that was part of why he was saying the outage would be from imbeciles.
Exactly. The Canadian versions of Maga imbeciles are regularly demanding their 1st Amendment rights.
That made me lol like a crazy person in a parking lot with the top down as I wait for someone.
Black AND a woman simping for the far right.
Having trouble thinking of something more gross.
I see you and raise:
Black lesbian republicans
I've met a POC transwoman who was a sex worker and receiving Medicaid that showed up to her medical appointment in a bedazzled MAGA tank top in 2019. She was.....interesting.
🤯
Dont forget she sued her school for racism at one point too.
I half remember her trying to push some app or something at one point that was just going to be a massive doxing tool. I think it was around the time of gamergate.
Oh, I got you! She used to be a left talking head. So it's purely for money. She is literally selling her soul.
She wasn't even. She tried to be but kinda flopped until her rightward pivot.
How about Bari Weiss?
she found out the grift is easier on the right than the left, she was originally trying to grift the left a long time ago, the left isnt keen on listening to influencers and giving them money unlike the right does, so she went full right with talking points.
I know you probably didn't mean that but your sentence here suggests that you find black people gross.
A guy I used to know, around 2016 started a weird descent in to conservative politics. It was understandable at the time, Clinton was genuinely an unlikable candidate and he was a morally dubious guy. So it at least made sense at the time. By 2017 he seemed to regret it and we all moved on.
Then in 2020, holy shit. It took literally nothing to bait him in to a political diatribe half a notch up from gibberish. He had invented so many straw men to argue with that the second you mentioned anything even conceivably political, he'd launch in to a bizarre assault on the left.
Thing is, he'd accuse me and others of loving Joe Biden even though x, y, z whatever nonsense he wanted to argue about. He'd even make up quotes. Things I'd supposedly said about Biden that proved I really liked the guy.
I'm so far to the left that Marx might think I go too far. I don't, and never have, liked Joe Biden. Joe Biden handed Clarence Thomas a seat on the supreme Court and openly defended him against his sexual assault allegations. He went to bat for that guy in a way that really makes no fucking sense, politically or personally, unless Joe Biden had done it too.
I can't name a Democrat I actually like.
So every time I see comments like this, I'm reminded that conservatives just have a forest of straw men they're arguing with, and any opportunity the bullshit that lives inside their head can find to spill out in to the real world they'll take. Regardless of how idiotic it makes them sound.
I'm in a similar boat, but I have a couple Democrats in my state that I think are good eggs. For one, Tim Walz has been an amazing governor and I really hate what the Harris campaign did to him and his reputation. Also, Ilhan Omar and Peggy Flanagan are pretty nifty all around. Outside Minnesota, AOC seems pretty decent to me and I have high hopes for Mamdani (although, he explicitly identifies as a Democratic Socialist)
...how do you even begin to unprogram half (or atleast 1/3) of an entire country, especially when the propaganda machine itself is live and well?
Read up on cult deprogramming, how to have conversations with those still in and freshly out of cults.
I don't even know how you'd deprogram just that one guy. They get to a point where thinking critically about the crazy bullshit they're screaming about just isn't possible anymore
Probably the same way we did last time.
With a war.
Pandemic broke peoples mind, being stuck inside, having to mask up, and the propaganda msm, and grifters had more time to expose people to the right. also the constant news about trump for 4 years have given too much exposure to people.
a bunch of asian ytubers i used to followed were almost to the far-right, but had enough sense to be more humble, but only up til the pandemic, it broke thier minds, they turned thier frustation inward, stagnation of thier channel, thier problems with employees, which culminated in them firing a female employee, and now desperately tries to shill for the right wing audiences to stay relevent; its mostly incel asians and muslim men, plus a smattering parasocial female fans, eventhough they were very mysogynistic towards thier former female employees that disagreed with them. they even had TULSI gabbard on thier channel as part of the shill, just right before the election, this bitch trying to get exposure for the campaign for trump through them.
Yep, we all have matching hats, flags, shirts, and a 24/7 hard on for 1
pedophilepolitician and his band of protectorsI love this for her.
Republicans in general should have the same treatment.
I would love for EU to do that, and declare the Republican party a fascist organization.
Trump and republicans in general are absolutely considered persona non grata by the vast majority here.
that is unless they stop the russian back far right governments from taking hold in the EU countries.
Lucky fuckers. Well done though
I just want to point out the irony of her case.
If a far-left influencer was denied a visa to enter the US, they wouldn't bother filing with the supreme court because they wouldn't get a fair hearing.
The legal facility she attempted to access is one that she would withhold from her own people.
Good. We have enough problems with our own home grown Nazis without inviting nutters from the United States.
I don’t know much about Candace aside from her embracing conspiracies like a cat to catnip. Like certain goose stepping groups who’d treat her like royalty if she were allowed in now.
The clowns running America are trying to revoke visas for criticizing charlie Kirk. They have literally no leg to stand on.
holy shit finally some actual legal responses to these people
I mean granted, they always lose in court. Because they’re all dumb, just look at Trump. The hard part is GETTING them in court.
It's actually quite impressive to lose a defamation suit as the defendant in America against a foreign president and his wife, and she's expected to lose really bad in hers.
It’s the modern day American right wing. These mfs just talk hateful nonsense and shill propaganda. That stuff isn’t gonna work in court. Despite the many flaws of western court systems. Even they realize how dumb these MAGA people are.
Trump found guilty, became a felon, would’ve gotten locked up if he lost the 2024 election.
Trump says the 2020 election was stolen, proceeds to lose every court case on that.
J6 rioters all found guilty, get locked up, Trump pardons them
Klandace most likely is gonna lose too.
A courtroom trial is literally a reality check for MAGA
The hard part is enforcement.
Trumps sentencing was right after the 2024 election, he’d literally be in jail if he hadn’t won. But racist America bailed him out
Do not let these Nazi scum into your country.
Don't let US export our garbage. We deserve our garbage at home.
Traitors don't deserve to simply "go home", they deserve this:
" Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death "
-18 U.S. Code § 2381
Honestly, I view this as a crimson lining to a civil war. MAGA is just not something that I want in my nation, and would like it to be gone. Unfortunately, a Carebear stare or MLP rainbow of absolution are not options. At this point, I think that death is the only jailcell that can reliably keep MAGA from causing further damage.
but australia exported thiers to the usa, MURDOCH, NICK adams.
Good, keep her out of everywhere.
When Australia won't take you, they probably aren't the problem.
Good. Fuck off. We don't want your hatred here.
No entry for white power bigots.
If only there were simple way to emphasize a certain sense of unwelcomeness.
A gift box of unholy large spiders?
venomous spiders. a couple black widow relatives, some taipans, ,,,etc.
I personally like: "GET FUCKED CUNT!"
It is a good day when Candace Owens takes a L.
Finally some anti foreigner shit I can get behind.
Keep that crap in the USA please
Aww I’m torn - that soulless piece of shit got what she deserved, but now we’re stuck with her.
The French had a way to deal with celebrities they weren't too keen on...
I support the suppression of right wing voices spreading to other countries. Idgaf
Yeah, I like the idea of keeping them here to live in the hellhole they're making. It's bullshit that they get to turn this country into a nightmare and bop off to tropical vacations while we try to keep people from dying from their shitty decisions. (I work in healthcare and get to try to convince people to get vaccines. It's a painful conversation to have multiple times a day.)
I'm fairly sure the amount of suffering is directly proportional to a) the amount of wealth one has if b) the messages perceived to be communicated align with the current agenda.
Fucc em, if you literally work in healthcare and they can’t be convinced after the first 3 minutes. Just let them be. Who gives a shit at this point. If they die, they die.
Yeah, but it's not the baby's fault their parents are kool aid swilling morons.
It’s not. But you’re also not the child’s parent or legal guardian. We live in an era of easily accessible medical information and with people like you, who are willing to share your knowledge to help them. If none of that can convince them, forget it. We can’t keep letting these people play in our faces with their willingly ignorance.
If you've never actually watched a child die from a preventable cause, I can see why you would be more willing to give up on fighting the parents on these things. I worked at a pediatric level 1 trauma emergency room before starting medical school. I have watched far too many children die because of some stupid mistake/decision their parent made to be willing to let it go.
Having to do chest compressions on a baby that went into respiratory arrest then cardiac arrest because of a vaccine preventable illness does something to you....and if it doesn't? Something is seriously wrong with you.
I really hope the rest of the world takes this as an example and follows suit. Yes I'm American. This disease needs to be quarantined here and not spread elsewhere.
Nelson says HA! HA!.
Ban the Nazi's. They don't deserve to go anywhere but the morgue.
Fuck this dumb bitch
We have enough dangerous snakes in Aus, don't need another one tyvm.
Hahahahahaa
She is still excited to know she will be one of the last brown people carted off to the work camps.
think, not know.
They thought they got a "nazi word pass"
I know the name Candace Owens only because I've heard several right-wing podcasters suggest that she's a crazy person and they're somehow embarrassed to be aligned with her in some sense.
She seems like the biggest uncle Tom of my lifetime
Ay that's fair. So she'd be aunt Tom.
Theres also Dave “I still promote Elon Musk before and after doing a Nazi salute” Chapelle
Her bank account doesn't care.
Can we still send her but it turns into a "The Terminal" situation and she can just be your local airport mascot?
No ! We don't want that cunt anywhere near our children. She supports pedo's.
Lmao NICE
australia already exported thier most extreme memebers, murdoch, nick adams?.
Ms. Owens I don't really think she's that conservative. She was hot on the trail of Charlie Kirk's real killer. There's a lot of evidence saying it was a coordinated act. The father's construction company apparently paved over the concrete and area where Mr. Kirk was fatally shot. Not a lot of time to gather evidence from a crime scene.
She timed the series of events and found the alleged gunman's timeline to be odd. I agree. Plus I still think members of the same secret service that faked trumps first "assassination attempt" were coordinating watches moments before his fatal shooting. The same agents. Something doesn't add up.
Poor Owens is actually intelligent versus the gaggle of yucks on Fox News.
She doesn't believe dinosaurs were real and misunderstands the methodology of science, thinking it's faith based when it's not. These are not the positions of intelligent people, they are conspiracies and lies.
People can say anything if the money is good.
Why the fuck would Charlie Kirk have government secret service agents as security?
just giving the benefit of the doubt, shes a grifter through and through, she was originally a left wing grifter, but couldnt make money, so she went to the right because it was easier to grift from. much like TIm poole was.
I don’t consider myself a defender of Owens, and I often see her name associated with conservative, right wing publications.
I have tried to watch her YouTube videos and from what I can make out, she comes to her own conclusions and simply is prepared to make arguments and defend her positions. I respect that even if I don’t necessarily agree with everything she says. She discusses current topics, and often walks audiences through her logic along the way.
Australia suggests to deny her entry for various reasons - including that she’s divisive. This is a bit of whataboutism, and I’ll point out Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA (and Turning Point Australia apparently) was ALSO intending to travel to Australia prior to his assassination.
I’m not fans of either, but I take note of the media focus, and lack of focus. I highlight that here for you too.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/charlie-kirk-was-set-to-visit-australia-before-his-assassination/RSQB2IOYJVCAZACRPAEOW2EO6E/
Plenty of people are denied entry to countries not sure why this weirdo is getting air time over it.
Just so everyone knows. You can thank Zoe Quinn for creating this monster. Candy ass had a terrible website idea. All they had to do was let it fail and not bring attention to it. They and their friend group harassed Candy Ass so much. It emboldened her into the right. You can thank Zoe Quinn for radicalizing an entire generation of boys into Gamergate. And Candyce. Like, they think they are cool. But honestly. They are just as toxic as the racists they fights against. They because they are non-binary now.
If one person can "radicalize" you into being a piece of shit, you were one already.
This is correct.
However. Giving them a pedestal to stand on because you and your friends were harassing someone. Isn’t a very big brain move. Just ignore people and move on.
How very privileged of you to be in a position to be able to "ignore people and move on".
If those people are just being dumb and coming up with good intentioned anti-troll websites. It’s not worth your time. Just let them fail. Don’t turn a psycho into an even bigger psycho.
You know there was another person who made up wacky names for his political rivals. So cringe.