Development on the Candace Owens Situation
As some of you may be aware, immigration minister Chris Penk recently intervened to approve a visa for a planned speaking tour here, despite her refusal of a visa to Australia triggering a refusal here, and despite Candace being named as a direct inspiration for the Christchurch mosque shootings.
I had thought it was because our local right wing agitators thought she was a useful tool to advance their agenda - after all Jordan Williams' Freedom of Hate Speech Union had been the ones to petition Penk for the exception.
But now I know the truth: she doesn't believe in dinosaurs. (time code: 6:50)
Now, obviously, Candace is entitled to be profoundly ignorant, and/or to pretend to do so for money. Indeed, there is a lucrative niche for right wing influencers as their black best friend who they can cite as the reason they can't be racist. If you have the inclination for 1 hour YouTube videos, here you go.
And while it is, apparently, controversial in 2025 to be against racism and anti-fascist, I'm hoping that we can as a subreddit, if not as a nation, come together united on one fundamental, transcendental truth:
Dinosaurs are real, and also, are awesome.
There can be no place in New Zealand for anti-Dinosaur prejudice. Candace cannot be permitted to spread her harmful, anti-Apatosaurus nonsense.
#StandWithTuatara #JusticeForAnkylosaurus