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The U.S. conservative political commentor Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said Thursday.

News of the ruling came weeks after neighboring Australia also rejected her visa request, citing remarks in which she denied Nazi medical experimentation on Jews in concentration camps during World War II.

Owens is scheduled to speak at a series of events in several Australian cities and in Auckland, New Zealand, in February and March next year. Tickets remain on sale and there is no acknowledgement on the promoter’s website that she has been refused entry to both countries.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Banned from two countries for being a neonazi, yet spoke at my uni twice, and protected by cops.

Make it make sense.

[–] Kbobabob 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

America - home of the free to be any kind of piece of shit you can think of.

Australia - throws you in jail for doing Nazi things

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[–] ripcord 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. Anyone being called that is on my ignore list. Call me a Curmudgeon.

[–] WildPalmTree 5 points 2 days ago

Curmudgeon. I aim to please.

[–] [email protected] 134 points 3 days ago (28 children)

Can the US reject her trip home?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is a great way to penalize these far-right grifters. Not only are they prevented from making money on their speaking tour, but they are publicly lambasted and restricted in travel, and there's nothing they can do about it.

[–] irreticent 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's no way that that'll be used against the good guys once the bad guys are in office. It's just not possible!

/s just in case

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Appoint her to the cabinet, you say?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe... but wait, has she tried to rape anyone before?

[–] FlyingSquid 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Other than everyone's ears?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't know if that qualifies her

[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It seems to have qualified Vivek.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 61 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Lol, this is so absurd. They will ban the crazy lady but have harbored rupert murdoch as he dismantled democracy across the world. Insane.

[–] Pacattack57 53 points 3 days ago (8 children)

She is banned for being a holocaust denier. Nothing to do with democracy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Murdoch is an American citizen. Australians like me feel embarrased of his origins, but he's not our problem anymore.

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[–] FlyingSquid 61 points 3 days ago

New Zealand telling Candace Owens to fuck the fuck off:

[–] WhatYouNeed 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good to see the Kiwi's copying the Aussies when they told Candace to:

Get fucked cunt!

[–] meco03211 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've been led to believe that's a term of endearment to you people.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

¡¿¡¿ǝldoǝd no⅄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It can be, but context is important.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

Candace? — More like Can’tdace, amirite?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Black woman conservative why

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Makes her rich. She knows racism, as she's had to sue successfully in the past, but it's easier to get money this way. There's this podcast where atheists make fun of bad Religious movies (mostly Christian, with a few Jewish, Hindu, scientology, culty, and just plain weird Woo/conspiracy ones) and they are constantly surprised how bad they are yet still profitable.

They joke about just switching sides for the payout. Some people don't have enough standards to not do so.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Drop the podcast name, please!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Probably God Awful Movies, I would guess.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 2 points 2 days ago

“God Awful Movies”

[–] Acemod 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_ 7 points 2 days ago

“God Awful Movies”

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[–] feedum_sneedson 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's Future President Candace Owens to you.

[–] billiam0202 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So that's a fun question:

Can the right's motivational spite overcome its immense racism?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I don't think so, let alone overcome its misogyny.

[–] capital 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I made fun of Trump before he was elected.

I’ll never over estimate US voters again.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I won't underestimate US racism though. I don't think even a right-wing black woman could be elected president.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Nice let’s go! I was hoping for this!

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