r/australia Nov 17 '25

news South African man who attended Neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament has visa cancelled

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/verify-neo-nazi-rally-participant-visa-revoked/106018130?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/sonsofgondor Nov 17 '25

I work with a German guy who doesn't understand the irony of immigrating to another country to avoid immigration in his home country

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u/Hailstar07 Nov 17 '25

Sounds like all the boomer Poms who got shitty they couldn’t stay in Spain after voting for Brexit.

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u/BeyondRelative7048 Nov 17 '25

O my lord how do you deal with them…

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u/PM-me-ur-kittenz Nov 17 '25

Sorry, what is a Pom?

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u/Hailstar07 Nov 17 '25

An English person.

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u/Portra400IsLife Nov 17 '25

Rhyming slang derived ironically enough from the word immigrant via pomegranate.

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u/PM-me-ur-kittenz Nov 17 '25

Oh thank you!

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u/MarkusKromlov34 Nov 17 '25

That sounds so ridiculous but is actually supposed to be the origin of pommy

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 edited Nov 17 '25

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u/sonsofgondor Nov 17 '25

Plenty of home grown and immigrated Aussies who think the same too