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An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44131480

More info on the Queensland laws: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-pro-palestinian-phrase-ban-river-to-sea-laws-ntwnfb

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[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 8 points 1 hour ago

What if I have a shirt that says "From the river" and my friend has a shirt that says "To the sea?"

Would we be arrested for standing too close to each other?

What if we stood the wrong way round, and our shirts read "To the sea from the river?" Would that be an offense?

What if the shirt was in the form of a rebus, with pictures and/or wordplay as stand-ins for words like "river" and "sea?"

What if it were a remix that nevertheless put the original slogan in your head: "River. Sea. Some assembly required?"

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Banning words. Next will be books. Fuck the fash.

[–] Actionschnils@feddit.org 1 points 38 minutes ago

Depends on.

For example: I hold up a Sign, where I demand the Death of (insert minority here). Should this be legal?

[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They already banning books in USA...

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 0 points 58 minutes ago (3 children)

The US doesn't have any banned books. People who think this tend to be the type who uncritically consume misinformation. There are no banned books on a federal or state level. The discourse around book banning stems from a few individual schools, school districts, or libraries in heavily conservative areas removing books because the locals don't like their content.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 3 points 22 minutes ago

You just said there's no banned books and then said there's banned books.

[–] argarath@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

That's the thing tho, they are doing these bannings at low level places like those to get those books already out of as many places as they can while maintaining a veil of legitimacy as they haven't done in a national level, therefore they aren't "banning bonds" just like you're argumentive, but the effect is not too dissimilar from banning them at a federal level, less people are getting access to critical information that allows them to learn of how evil the government has been and currently is

[–] Magnum 1 points 17 minutes ago

What is this? https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB900/2023

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

She walks like a total badass.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, that's not the face or body language of someone who's anywhere near cowed ✊🏼

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