Irish rappers Kneecap barred from entering Canada: 'Dangerous endorsements of violence and hate'

https://torontosun.com/news/national/irish-rappers-kneecap-barred-from-entering-canada

“The group have amplified political violence and publicly displayed support for organizations designated as terrorist groups in Canada, such as Hezbollah and Hamas,” Gasparro said.

“These are not expressions of art or legitimate political critique, they are dangerous endorsements of violence and hate.”

The trio garnered controversy over their anti-Israel advocacy, which includes public support of banned terrorist groups and insistence that Israel’s self-defence against terrorism amounts to “genocide.”

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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 137 pts · 351d (1 reply)
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Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 45 pts · 351d

Kneecap are fucking awesome

fluxion@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 351d (2 replies)

"Israel's self-defense against terrorism" IS TERRORIZING/MURDERING CIVILIANS

Ragdoll_X@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 351d

"The newborn child I just shot in the head was Hamas"

SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 350d

Turning children into powder.

DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 45 pts · 351d (7 replies)

That’s some serious editorialising in that there blurb.

Tm12@lemmy.ca · 58 pts · 351d (4 replies)

NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 28 pts · 351d (2 replies)

It's pretty messed up that an American company owns canada.com

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 351d (1 reply)

the government of Canada owns Canada.ca, which is the better link here anyways

krunklom@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 351d

If Canada owns Canada then who is phone?

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 351d

How can you go wrong with a newspaper called The Narwhal?

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 351d

Sun is a right wing rag owned by Americans

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 351d

Canadian journal is going to have a Canadian spin.

mrdown@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 351d

You won't believe how many pro genocide is there on my neighbourhood facebook group alone. I should remind you that canada allowed the selling of land in occupied west bank in synagogues

Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 350d

Funny. Canada's supoort of genocide is a dangerous endorsement of violence and hate.

the_q@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 351d (4 replies)
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frongt@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 351d (2 replies)

The violence has been ongoing for years. Decades.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 351d

Well, depending how you mean it never stopped. States exist through their monopoly on violence.

valek879@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 351d

We didn't start the fire

WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 351d

World wide. We can only hope the sun explodes.

athairmor@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 351d (1 reply)

Have they banned Turning Point USA, too?

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 351d

No. I think they're going to build Charlie Kirk one of those big animatronic memorials.

yucandu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d (2 replies)

Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, faces terrorism charges after reportedly waving the flag of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah at a show in London last November.

A 2024 performance reportedly caught a group member cheering “Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah.”

Well that was stupid.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 351d

Folks will panic at the sight of the wrong flag, while wearing the Union Jack on a breast pocket without an ounce of self-awareness

athairmor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 351d

You’ll forgive the Irish in Northern Ireland for believing that some people won’t be treated as human beings without a bit of violence first.

MinorLaceration@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d

These headlines with a snippet of an unattributed quote mashed together with an actual headline are starting to rival "X person DESTROYS Y person by saying Z" for the most aggravating writing style.