Police have seized art posters from a Canberra music venue and bar that depict world leaders and others, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, wearing Nazi uniforms, and are investigating whether new federal hate symbol laws were broken.

David Howe, the owner of Dissent Cafe and Bar in Canberra’s CBD, said his venue was shut down for about two hours on Wednesday night as police investigated a complaint about hate imagery relating to five posters in the window.

“I think it’s ludicrous to be perfectly honest,” he told Guardian Australia, describing the works as an “anti-fascist statement” and noting the shut down had caused the cancellation of an interstate band’s performance.

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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

ART is ART

disagreeing with what is considered art is fascist

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago

disagreeing with what is considered art is fascist

Fascism certainly is a nebulous concept, but this is just diluting it. Censorship is not fascism, even if fascists support censorship.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

And what could be more fascist than police raiding your place to remove it?