Disagreeing with government’s immigration policy to be declared a hate crime

The government confirmed during a press conference this afternoon that anyone who disagrees with their immigration policy from now on will be committing a hate crime and may face prosecution and possibly life in prison.

Tánaiste Simon Harris said the new law comes into effect immediately.

Just over a million people moved to Ireland this past decade meaning that around 20% of Ireland’s population is now not Irish. That’s already higher immigration numbers than the UK (15%) and the US (14%) and many Irish people are wondering if it might be time to maybe slow it down a bit.

However, Mr Harris said that thinking those sort of thoughts will no longer be tolerated.

“We’ve seen a huge increase in far-right activity in this country recently. Thinking thoughts. Questioning things. Disagreeing with stuff. Appalling behaviour. Well it ends now. Let’s see how brave you are when you’re up in court and all over your local newspapers. You big racists.”

The Tánaiste added that the government intends to create a new list of hate crimes which will be published in the coming days. Included on the list will be liking a social media post deemed unacceptable by the government and not displaying a Palestinian flag in your profile pic.

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