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
Being against genocide illegal in Australia. Actually, that tracks with my understanding of Australia
Banning words. Next will be books. Fuck the fash.
Depends on.
For example: I hold up a Sign, where I demand the Death of (insert minority here). Should this be legal?
Australia is quietly speed running censorship.
They already banning books in USA…
FROM THE RIVER
TO THE SEA
PALESTINE WILL BE FREE
FROM THE SEA
TO THE RIVER
PALESTINE WILL LIVE FOREVER
Free Palestine
That slogan is used by both Israelis and Palestinians.
Palestinians say “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which means free from occupation and free for all who live on it.
Zionists want you to believe that it’s an antiemetic slogan, their actually genocidal version is pushing for Jewish only occupation from the river to the sea.
It’s a slogan that is coopted by Israelis. It “belongs” to Palestinians.
So they stole that too.
“These warmongering murderers are using our music without our consent. This makes us both nauseous and furious. Kind of typical though, isn’t it? To strut up and take what isn’t theirs with a vile arrogance…” -Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand.
And it’s fucked up either way as it implies genocide.
my favorite part of WW2 is when they freed the concentration camps they also conducted a genocide and killed every white German…
that’s what you sound like
The second part is about freedom, not everyone who uses it (like i guess the girl in handcuffs) means to say this freedom equals getting rid of the other group entirely. Personally i wouldn’t use it because i feel it got tainted and you can’t predict how someone will interpret it. But it doesn’t have to imply genocide and can be used as a synonym to saying Free Palestine. Remember Israel banned the Palestine flag and symbols etc, there was a real need for these kinds of synonyms. That being said, it is definitely also being used to call for genocide.
