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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.
ACHTUNG ! Welcome to Melbourne ........ #OperationFortitude #BorderForce #BorderFarce #auspol #SignOfTheTimes pic.twitter.com/eE9E5oT1DY— michael halliday777 (@michaelhallida4)
August 28, 2015
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.
Expired 2008. Pls don't tell Border Force. pic.twitter.com/ibICH4VWYT— Genevieve Gannon (@Gen_Gannon)
August 28, 2015
"Your documents please." #BorderForce #BoarderForce pic.twitter.com/tW8vFpqlR6— James Jeffrey (@James_Jeffrey)
August 28, 2015
Apparently, the Prime Minister has a lot in common with Homer Simpson
BREAKING: New footage has emerged of @TonyAbbottMHR's planning session for his #BorderForce initiative: pic.twitter.com/KcrDR7uZ3P— I H Laking (@IHLaking)
August 28, 2015
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".
Calm down decent Australians, #BorderForce is only targeting the ethnic looking ones in Melbourne today.— BorderForce Man (@bofo_man)
August 28, 2015