Allowing the musician into Germany could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population,” authorities warned.

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/15368324

The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.

German federal police justified deporting the band’s vocalist on June 15, referencing a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England in 2025 where Bob Vylan led a chant of “Death, death to the IDF,” or the Israel Defense Forces.

A police file on Robinson-Foster obtained by The Intercept alleges that he disseminated antisemitic narratives and Hamas propaganda that could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population” and serve as “ideological justification” for terrorist groups or individuals. It also says that Robinson-Foster poses a threat to Germany’s public security and public order. Allowing him into the country would cause “considerable reputational damage” by creating the impression that Germany was making “no effort to prevent the spread of the propagated antisemitism and the associated calls to violence.”

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
      312·
      5 days ago

      I like how you quoted something I didn’t say.

      I mean that Germany having a real tough time coming up with a good response is understandable: they’re between a rock and a hard place.

      • brachiosaurus@mander.xyz
        10·
        5 days ago

        I mean that Germany having a real tough time coming up with a good response is understandable: they’re between a rock and a hard place.

        It’s not easy for governments to call out others because they are all as much as guilty

      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
        22·
        5 days ago

        Yeah it’s called a paraphrase genius it’s when you accurately capture the meaning of what someone else said in fewer words

        • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
          32·
          4 days ago

          “yeah, it’s called I’m a fucking cunt”

          Oh wow, it really does work.

          Sorry, that was uncalled for.

          Your paraphrasing is wrong if you think that’s the essence of my statement. That’s on me for not being clear enough.

          Unless, that is, you are trying to construct a strawman argument. In which case you’re arguing disengeneously and can be ignored.