Zagorath@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoPromoting and inciting racial hatred - the proposed new Australian offence | Constitutional Clarionwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkPromoting and inciting racial hatred - the proposed new Australian offence | Constitutional Clarionwww.youtube.comZagorath@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareeureka@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months ago Israelis are not a race though, they’re just citizens of a country. The new laws include nationality. (ethnicity is already there) [note: this point of national origin is first mentioned two minutes into the OP video]
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWhat happens when the Russian embassy claims that expressions of support for Ukraine are “Russophobia”, and thus hate speech under the law?
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoOK well then that’s completely fucked, I’ve edited my original comment to reflect. The legislation is now thankfully dead though, I dropped a comment at the top of the thread.
The new laws include nationality. (ethnicity is already there)
[note: this point of national origin is first mentioned two minutes into the OP video]
What happens when the Russian embassy claims that expressions of support for Ukraine are “Russophobia”, and thus hate speech under the law?
OK well then that’s completely fucked, I’ve edited my original comment to reflect.
The legislation is now thankfully dead though, I dropped a comment at the top of the thread.