Minns flags further punishing of the community for failures of NSW Police, More news at 6.
cytae99 on
Pretty insane that the Israel lobby has more power in Australia than Indigenous people.
Minns hates Aboriginals.
Expensive-Horse5538 on
Minns seems to be doing his best to try and make Labor look like the Liberal party instead of the Labor party.
A-shot-at-life on
Good, we are sick and tired of the weekly Palestinian protests disrupting our city that have absolutely nothing to do with Australia
LordWalderFrey1 on
This will be popular. Reddit is not real life, most people will never go to a protest regardless of the cause. Most people think that blocking roads and forcing road closures is a selfish attention seeking thing to do and not some inalienable human right. I don’t like Minns, he’s Liberal in a red tie, but he’s savvy enough to pick the path of least resistance.
That being said it is very clear this is about the pro-Palestine protests and not protesting in general. Minns will be okay with Indigenous, climate or racist rallies, but Palestine is where he draws the line, and it has nothing to do with safety, but his loyalty to Israel. Remember this is the man who wrote a love letter to Israel.
>“People have got a right to protest, but other Australians have a right to enjoy the city, go to mass or go to church or go to synagogue through Hyde Park free from trying to navigate a protest every weekend.
>“And if you’re the subject of that protest, it’s particularly confronting and quite divisive,” he said.
Interesting that this the example he uses and it’s very telling. He could have used the racist “March for Australia” rallies, far more Sydneysiders, especially non-white ones or LGBT+ Sydneysiders avoided the city on the 31st of August, not wanting to run into the scumbags there. Businesses closed pre-emptively for the day, especially if they were staffed by immigrants. Barely anybody felt unsafe due to the pro-Palestine ones. I do appreciate that some Jewish folk genuinely did feel uncomfortable, but far more Sydneysiders were more concerned about the racists and neo-Nazis openly marching in the city.
It’s proof this is about Minns’ support for Israel than anything else. If it was about being the subject of the protest feeling confronted, the “March for Australia” is an infinitely better example.
All minority groups are equal but some are more equal than others in the eyes of Minns.
Top-Oil6722 on
Labor, both NSW State and Federally seem to have a vendetta against democracy and basic freedoms. I would go as far as saying it is what defines them.
Misinformation/Disinformation laws, Social Media Ban, Trying to police other countries Internet, Hate Speech Laws, Protest bans…
Protesting is a human right, literally. It appears as if Minns is saying he doesn’t believe in democratic rights. Now, frankly, that is scary. Especially when you look around at how other countries are going.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
cytae99 on
> “I think that if you’ve got a country, a multicultural country, people from around the world, races and religions, expecting them to live together, not just in tolerance, but with a shared mission, there’s got to be a recognition that you’ve got different rules for the road in a place like Australia than you do in the US,” he said
The US is more multicultural than Australia.
Absolute idiot.
Dawnshot_ on
>I do believe we’re going to have to confront this idea that the centre of Sydney can be dominated weekend after weekend after weekend by the same protests,” he said. “People have got a right to protest, but other Australians have a right to enjoy the city, go to mass or go to church or go to synagogue through Hyde Park free from trying to navigate a protest every weekend.
>“And if you’re the subject of that protest, it’s particularly confronting and quite divisive,” he said
I wasn’t aware of the subgroup of Aussies who support exterminating women and children in Gaza?
tecdaz on
Good. No one wants to see Assange, Faruqi and Carr parading around under portraits of Khameini and Hezbollah and Hamas flags, inciting psychopaths to atrocities in our cities.
Hayden247 on
At this point Minns will make me preference the Libs over Labor if the NSW Libs aren’t a complete shitshow worse than Minns just so i can see this blue coat pretending to be Labor kicked out.
But thanks Minns for just reinforcing my Greens first pick over you, I’ll be sure to keep voting for those parties just to spite you.
Shockanabi on
Unfortunately the pro-Pallies have ruined protesting for everyone by doing it every single weekend for 2 years about an issue we have very little to do with, and refusing any requests from the broader public to tone down their rhetoric.
I think there should be a rule that each cause gets 1 protest per quarter, or something like that. One big Sydney Harbour Bridge protest every few months honestly stands out more than a constant stream of annoyance in the city.
HotPersimessage62 on
The pro-Palestine group has overwhelmingly abused the current legal and moral environment when it comes to protesting. They’ve been doing it for two years, nonstop, every weekend and at times more than twice a week. At best it causes disruptions to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. At worst they unleash a deep sense of fear within Australia’s most vulnerable minority group to the point where some of them have to contemplate leaving Australia.
If it was once every few months then I doubt it would have got to this situation. This is going to be super popular with the average NSW voter. Minns may well be on track to win a McGowan-style victory in 2027.
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Minns flags further punishing of the community for failures of NSW Police, More news at 6.
Pretty insane that the Israel lobby has more power in Australia than Indigenous people.
Minns hates Aboriginals.
Minns seems to be doing his best to try and make Labor look like the Liberal party instead of the Labor party.
Good, we are sick and tired of the weekly Palestinian protests disrupting our city that have absolutely nothing to do with Australia
This will be popular. Reddit is not real life, most people will never go to a protest regardless of the cause. Most people think that blocking roads and forcing road closures is a selfish attention seeking thing to do and not some inalienable human right. I don’t like Minns, he’s Liberal in a red tie, but he’s savvy enough to pick the path of least resistance.
That being said it is very clear this is about the pro-Palestine protests and not protesting in general. Minns will be okay with Indigenous, climate or racist rallies, but Palestine is where he draws the line, and it has nothing to do with safety, but his loyalty to Israel. Remember this is the man who wrote a love letter to Israel.
>“People have got a right to protest, but other Australians have a right to enjoy the city, go to mass or go to church or go to synagogue through Hyde Park free from trying to navigate a protest every weekend.
>“And if you’re the subject of that protest, it’s particularly confronting and quite divisive,” he said.
Interesting that this the example he uses and it’s very telling. He could have used the racist “March for Australia” rallies, far more Sydneysiders, especially non-white ones or LGBT+ Sydneysiders avoided the city on the 31st of August, not wanting to run into the scumbags there. Businesses closed pre-emptively for the day, especially if they were staffed by immigrants. Barely anybody felt unsafe due to the pro-Palestine ones. I do appreciate that some Jewish folk genuinely did feel uncomfortable, but far more Sydneysiders were more concerned about the racists and neo-Nazis openly marching in the city.
It’s proof this is about Minns’ support for Israel than anything else. If it was about being the subject of the protest feeling confronted, the “March for Australia” is an infinitely better example.
All minority groups are equal but some are more equal than others in the eyes of Minns.
Labor, both NSW State and Federally seem to have a vendetta against democracy and basic freedoms. I would go as far as saying it is what defines them.
Misinformation/Disinformation laws, Social Media Ban, Trying to police other countries Internet, Hate Speech Laws, Protest bans…
Protesting is a human right, literally. It appears as if Minns is saying he doesn’t believe in democratic rights. Now, frankly, that is scary. Especially when you look around at how other countries are going.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
> “I think that if you’ve got a country, a multicultural country, people from around the world, races and religions, expecting them to live together, not just in tolerance, but with a shared mission, there’s got to be a recognition that you’ve got different rules for the road in a place like Australia than you do in the US,” he said
The US is more multicultural than Australia.
Absolute idiot.
>I do believe we’re going to have to confront this idea that the centre of Sydney can be dominated weekend after weekend after weekend by the same protests,” he said. “People have got a right to protest, but other Australians have a right to enjoy the city, go to mass or go to church or go to synagogue through Hyde Park free from trying to navigate a protest every weekend.
>“And if you’re the subject of that protest, it’s particularly confronting and quite divisive,” he said
I wasn’t aware of the subgroup of Aussies who support exterminating women and children in Gaza?
Good. No one wants to see Assange, Faruqi and Carr parading around under portraits of Khameini and Hezbollah and Hamas flags, inciting psychopaths to atrocities in our cities.
At this point Minns will make me preference the Libs over Labor if the NSW Libs aren’t a complete shitshow worse than Minns just so i can see this blue coat pretending to be Labor kicked out.
But thanks Minns for just reinforcing my Greens first pick over you, I’ll be sure to keep voting for those parties just to spite you.
Unfortunately the pro-Pallies have ruined protesting for everyone by doing it every single weekend for 2 years about an issue we have very little to do with, and refusing any requests from the broader public to tone down their rhetoric.
I think there should be a rule that each cause gets 1 protest per quarter, or something like that. One big Sydney Harbour Bridge protest every few months honestly stands out more than a constant stream of annoyance in the city.
The pro-Palestine group has overwhelmingly abused the current legal and moral environment when it comes to protesting. They’ve been doing it for two years, nonstop, every weekend and at times more than twice a week. At best it causes disruptions to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. At worst they unleash a deep sense of fear within Australia’s most vulnerable minority group to the point where some of them have to contemplate leaving Australia.
If it was once every few months then I doubt it would have got to this situation. This is going to be super popular with the average NSW voter. Minns may well be on track to win a McGowan-style victory in 2027.