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“The entire nation of France has a ban on the burka – I mean, is the entire nation of France a nation of racists?”

And other countries, other municipalities, around the world, are banning the woman-annihilating burqa.

In Australia, growing numbers of people and politicians – like Liberal MP George Christiansen, from whom I’ve taken this post’s headline – are calling for a burqa ban.

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UPDATE: And, as is usually the case, polls suggest a comfortable majority of Australians favor a ban.

Margaret Soltan, September 23, 2014 10:00AM
Posted in: democracy

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3 Responses to ““The entire nation of France has a ban on the burka – I mean, is the entire nation of France a nation of racists?””

  1. dmf Says:

    well that’s an interesting question…
    http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/sep/08/le-pen-tops-presidential-poll-for-first-time-ever

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    dmf: As the Guardian article points out, comparing LePen and Holland is rather absurd, and “a Le Pen presidency is unthinkable.” Still, I take your point. The Front National is doing very well there.

  3. dmf Says:

    odd and unfortunate all-too-human things in the works over there:
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27446261

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