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Nota Baloyi, a South African who spoke to The Intercept on Wednesday, had his visa revoked for tweeting that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!”

Nota Baloyi, a South African who spoke to The Intercept on Wednesday, had his visa revoked for tweeting that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!”

Last Friday he received a brief email notification from the U.S. consular office revoking his visa. The message made no reference to his social media activity.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Revoking this guy's visa doesn't change the fact that Kirk was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash. In fact, it rather of confirms it. If I were to, say, tweet that "Charlie Kirk was an endangered white rhinoceros wearing a bow tie," they would've ignored it. (Hint: People don't get angry about claims which are obviously false.)

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

whitewashing, normalizing far right movements.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

rather of

What does that mean?

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago

It means I didn't proofread my comment.