Australia may deny Kanye West entry in light of his anti-semitism
Australia's Minister for Education says individuals who have made statements similar to Kaney West's have been denied visas in the past
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As Kanye West—now known as Ye—continues to face repercussions for his highly publicized descent into bigotry, an entire country has joined the conversation. On Wednesday, one of Australia’s government ministers said that Ye may not be eligible for an Australian visa given his string of anti-semitic comments.
Backlash to a potential Ye trip Down Under first arose after Australian outlet The Herald Sun reported that the rapper planned to visit to meet the family of his reported new partner, Melbourne native Bianca Censori. Speaking on Wednesday with CNN affiliate Nine News, Australian Minister for Education Jason Clare shared that Ye shouldn’t exactly count on a welcome brigade waiting on the tarmac.
“People like that who’ve applied for visas to get into Australia in the past have been rejected,” Clare states. “I expect that if [Ye] does apply he would have to go through the same process and answer the same questions that they did.”
Australia has a history of denying visas to individuals on the far right based on the “good character” test. In 2018, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes was denied a visa after a petition protesting his entry gained over 81,000 signatures. British conspiracy theorist David Icke also had his visa canceled in 2019.
Clare is not the first Australian figure to publicly denounce West. Both Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called for West to be blocked from the country after behavior Dutton called “appalling.”
“Australia should not put out the welcome mat and provide a platform to a hatemonger who spews threats against the Jewish community and peddles conspiracy myths about Jewish power, greed and control,” Abramovich told local Australian media on Tuesday. “Allowing Kanye into Australia would also send the wrong signal about our nation and violate our core values of tolerance, diversity and respect.”
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If that is the case I hope Ilhan Omar doesn’t plan on going to Australia anytime soon.
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Omar isn’t gonna fuck you son…unless you’re related to her. Then she might.
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Looks like those Anti-Semitic Statements really boomeranged on him. Oh come on, somebody was going to say it.
He’s about to eat a… uh… marmiteful of consequences? Wait, no, wrong gross spread.
Didgeridon’t.
Looks like he’s got a Yahoo Serious problem on his hands.
Jesus
Six white supremacists, snow white supremacists…
He’s an invasive species, keep him out!
He’s an invasive species, keep him out!
Nah, they can build a Kanye-proof fence, can’t they?
How many bootings is the punishment for saying “I love Hitler!”?
Australia lets bigots in all the time. They are treating Kanye differently because of the color of his skin. Look at how Australian government treats refuges and immigrants. Australians love denying human rights and putting kids in cages because of the color of their skin.
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Fuck you nazi.
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You are a dumb fucking racist. Fuck off nazi.
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Stupid little nazi. Why don’t you go sieg heil your israeli flag.
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lol Do you think you are bothering me dumb little nazi. I have no respect for dumb nazis like you.
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I can’t wait until Chappelle “thoughtfully” muses that this is really the Jews’ fault and that they’re keeping another black man down like Kyrie or some fucking nonsense, and then finishes it off with the amazing punchline “women with dicks ha ha ha”–great world we live in
Truly the “Wimmin’ be SHOPPINNNNNN!” of our time.
more the “women should be barefoot and pregnant ha ha ha why aren’t you laughing what a fucking bitch” of our time
The Anti-Defamation Commission denies Israel is an apartheid state and regularly defends the killings of Palestinians. They are a bigoted organization that justifies genocide. They have zero credibility.
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Fuck you nazi.
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lol Not very creative are you nazi? Fuck you.
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lol Triggered idiot.
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I’m always in favour of calling someone only by the name by which they want to be called, but I’m also in favour of every news site saying ‘Kanye West – now known as Ye’ because it seems so grudging, like ‘this is what the pouting prick is calling himself at the moment.’
Marilyn-Manson-who’s-legal-name-is-neither-Josh-Saviano-nor-Rob-Stone-but-is-actually-Brian-Warner . . .
just takes too long.
Australia already forced Nick Adams onto us. We need to respond in kind.
“Australia has a history of denying visas to individuals on the far right based on the “good character” test.”
All I can imagine is Ed Torian, the lie detector guy, working at Australian Immigration.
Ed Torian. Sick Reference.
No one country should have all that powa.
I notice that our resident cross-site troll is now smacking on Australians.
Isn’t that how one gets Drop-bears showing up in your bedroom?
Cool!
If only we could kick Scott Morrison and the rest of his crazy town fucks out too.
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