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theangryseal, to upliftingnews in Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass returned after more than 50 years

This makes me very happy.

yamanii, to world in Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Surprised they weren’t banned.

throwwyacc,

Probably because it hadn’t been an issue until recently Strange times indeed

platypus_plumba,

I wonder if those chants are actually anti-semitic or if they are just trying to trigger the people from Israel.

I feel if people are pro-Palestine, they are against discrimination and abuse of power, which would make it pretty strange if they actually want to do the same to jews.

Syntha,

You’re so right! Chanting “Gas the Jews” is just a bit of trolling. No antisemitism to be found here!

metaStatic, to world in Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes

other hate symbols

such as? am I going to prison for owning a black flag?

The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense.

I will not stop praising or glorifying climate protestors laying across lanes of traffic. you being a little bit late to your soul sucking 9 to 5 isn't an act of terrorism.
The word Terrorist is already used as a truncheon against dissidents. Convicted Terrorist is about to become the 3rd gender in Australia.

SpaceCowboy,
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca avatar

On the internet words like terrorist, fascist, and genocide seemingly has lost all meaning. It’s just an expression of dumb emotions.

But in a court of law these words do have defined meanings. The internet != real life.

And yeah a law in which the intent is to reduce antisemitism by banning symbols carried by antisemitic people may result in it being illegal for you to display your black flag in public if that same flag as carried by people who promote violence against Jews.

This might trigger some introspection in some people about why they’re in possession of symbols that are also carried by people that promote racist violence. Is there is significant difference between your black flag and a swastika in terms of how those symbols affect people?

sagrotan, to world in Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden after Muslim holy book desecrated at one-man protest
@sagrotan@lemmy.world avatar

I wish there’s a similar reaction if one woman is raped or degraded, one gay person beaten or oppressed, one child molested, one dictator suppresses a population or one politician decides against environment, reason and humanity and for greed. But no, a fkn book was burnt. What would Mohammed say about that if he’d live today, hm?

rikudou,

He’d say “don’t care, I have 9 year olds to rape”.

LexiconBexicon, to world in Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden after Muslim holy book desecrated at one-man protest
@LexiconBexicon@lemmynsfw.com avatar

The man who burned the quran literally had his family tortured to death by muslims in Iraq

He’s free to burn the garbage as many times as he wises

Weird how all you people don’t even care about that part of this story

soviettaters,

If I had relatives killed by extremist Jews (yeah, yeah, just hear me out), would it be okay for me to promote Nazi ideology and idolize the Holocaust? Hate is wrong in every circumstance.

Marsupial,
@Marsupial@quokk.au avatar

Would it be okay for an angry Palestinian who had their family killed by Israel to burn a Torah?

Or should that Palestinian respect the feelings of the people who follow the ideology responsible for their families death?

Tuss,

It’s a book. Why does it matter?

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