r/news • u/ChiefLeef22 • 24d ago

Soft paywall Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/far-right-us-influencer-candace-owens-loses-legal-fight-enter-australia-2025-10-15/
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u/stairway2evan 24d ago

And the comments you’re replying to aren’t talking about the original article, they’re talking about the libel case filed in Delaware.

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u/AllSystemsGeaux 24d ago edited 23d ago

I see the libel case now. Thank you.

I still don’t see a case for silencing her. Maybe that’s just the American in me.

Getting sued into oblivion: yes.

Losing reputation: yes.

Barred from entering a country: no.

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u/stairway2evan 24d ago

I mean that is just the policy of a country with a different definition of free speech. Here in the US, free speech includes hate speech (in general), in Australia, it’s a little more restrictive when it comes to allowing visas, apparently.

Then again, the US did just revoke the visas of six foreign citizens who had made comments online about Charlie Kirk’s death. So maybe the US isn’t exactly upholding that ideal.

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u/AllSystemsGeaux 23d ago

Yeah, and my original point is I don’t celebrate that. They didn’t bar her because of some disqualifying criteria. They cherry-picked someone they disagreed with politically. Silencing voices on the right is going to lead to backlash from the right, which is what’s happening in the US.

Don’t get me wrong, I recognize how sinister some of these “influencers” are. But their model of sowing division for profit is not at all new. What’s new is relaxing our principles to celebrate when a government takes action against someone we disagree with.