The government has cancelled the visa of a Jewish influencer who has previously called for the ban of Islam and was booked to speak at several events in Australia.
The right-leaning Australian Jewish Association (AJA) said Sammy Yahood’s visa was cancelled three hours before his flight was due to depart.
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed he had cancelled the visa on Monday evening, and said “spreading hatred is not a good reason to come”.
“If someone wants to come to Australia they should apply for the right visa and come for the right reason,” Burke told Guardian Australia in a statement.
In response to the decision, Yahood took to social media overnight to accuse Labor of “tyranny”, insisting his spirits remained high despite the block.
Good. Racist assholes shouldn’t be allowed to speak publically anywhere on the planet. Ever.
This asshole shouldn’t be allowed to enter the country I agree but prohibiting speech you disagree with everywhere on the planet is tyranical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
Paradoxically, the paradox of tolerance is often used as an argument for intolerance.
You just have to brand someone you don’t like as “intolerant” and then the paradox of tolerance gives you an ethical fig leaf for refusing to tolerate them.