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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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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 135 points 4 weeks ago

Can the US reject her trip home?

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 69 points 4 weeks ago

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@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

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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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 52 points 4 weeks ago

Appoint her to the cabinet, you say?

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 51 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago

Other than everyone's ears?

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 13 points 4 weeks ago

I don't know if that qualifies her

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

It seems to have qualified Vivek.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

You know... as a fan of the elder scrolls I am deeply saddened at the namespace clash.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

If it's a requirement, I'm sure she could manage something on the plane ride home.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

If she doesn't have a citizenship in another country it is just this side of not happening that the sates would leave her stateless as the rules currently stand.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 4 weeks ago

New Zealand telling Candace Owens to fuck the fuck off:

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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@lemmy.world 53 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

What?! Read the article?! Are you out of your damned mind?

[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

It’s there in black in white. If you can’t read then don’t talk to me.

She denied Jews were experimented on on concentration camps.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

If you can’t read then don’t talk to me.

To be fair they wouldn't be able to read this either.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

To be fair they wouldn't be able to read this either.

Or this

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[-] TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

I'm absolutely positive they dropped a /s that was supposed to be at the end of that comment. If you read it with an exaggerated tone it sounds very sarcastic

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[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 48 points 3 weeks ago

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

Make it make sense.

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 32 points 4 weeks ago

Candace? — More like Can’tdace, amirite?

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago

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

Get fucked cunt!

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] ellen_musk_0x@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

¡¿¡¿ǝldoǝd no⅄

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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago
[-] cantw8togo@midwest.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Curmudgeon. I aim to please.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago
[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 4 weeks ago

Black woman conservative why

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Drop the podcast name, please!

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[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

That's Future President Candace Owens to you.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

So that's a fun question:

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

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 7 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] capital@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I made fun of Trump before he was elected.

I’ll never over estimate US voters again.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 5 points 4 weeks ago

I did too. Thought it would be more of a clowns falling over administration. Not demons in the sewer murdering children.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 weeks ago

Nice let’s go! I was hoping for this!

[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 4 points 4 weeks ago

They will probably Stream the event.. Starting with "the liberal propaganda...." ending with "Sieg heil"

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Have there been any left leaning influencers or otherwise banned from major countries? Not that I'd expect the right to understand why there is a disparity there. Just for my own curiosity.

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