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Border Force: Melburnians fight visa checks with memes
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- Border Force Operation Fortitude cancelled
- Border Force to patrol Melbourne
- Analysis: Border protection? On Bourke Street? What the?
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What do you do when something appears so ridiculous, so absurd, that a logical response just doesn't cut it?
You make a meme.
The Abbott Government's bizarre decision to send in the country's new paramilitary unit into the heart of Melbourne's CBD on Friday was met with shock. But ridicule seems to be the response from most people on social media to "Operation Fortitude".
Paramilitary along with transport officers and police were to begin the operation at 2pm, which inspired a snap protest in the city. For those who couldn't be there, they took to social media to poke fun at what has been compared to Nazi Germany.
Apparently, the Prime Minister has a lot in common with Homer Simpson
Many people are concerned the operation is a thinly disguised attempt to target minorities, however, an Australian Border Force spokesman denied this, saying "The ABF "does not target on the basis of race, religion, or ethnicity".