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Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws (www.theguardian.com)
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Laws to be introduced this week include up to two years in prison for distributing, displaying or reciting prohibited phrases to harass or offend

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[–] 0 points 8 months ago

I understand why.

It's reasonable to interpret it as a call to abolish the state of Israel, which while based is also unrealistic and threatening to certain members of the community. Frankly the slogan is unnecessary and does more harm than good. It's not as bad as "globalize the intifada" but it's still not like they're banning you from saying "free Palestine".

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