We have not had a government as authoritarian as this one in a long time. Frankly it is starting to get worrying.
INeedToShutUP1 on
We shouldn’t go down this same path again.
All it will do is allow the government to become increasingly authoritarian, and the useful idiots will cheer it on, without realising that if a different government with different politics comes to power, they’ll target those useful idiots next.
Anyone that can’t see this is in denial or quite frankly not a critical thinker.
Literally just look at history, this has never resulted in good outcomes.
In a free society, you have the right to offend and be offended under all circumstances, with the only exception being if you call for explicit, direct, and imminent violence (death threats, rape threats, etc)
If you don’t agree with that, quite frankly you can’t with integrity say that you support free speech.
Also, this is the same government (regardless of lib/lab) that has covered up Robodebt, jailed whistleblowers, got us involved in the lie that was the Iraq war, etc.
You trust THAT government?
Its insanity, and the whole thing needs to be scrapped, or democracy will just become a facade, not a reality.
This isn’t about BS tribal politics or culture war nonsense, its about defending democracy. Its also about making sure that those who have fought to defend that democracy didn’t fight for nothing.
HotPersimessage62 on
It’s an opinion piece from Guardian, the outlet that endorses the Greens at elections. This is not to be taken seriously.
First the Greens turned against the victims of people celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi beach, and now they’re turning against the Indigenous elders from Camp Sovereignty who suffered a horrific attack by Neo-Nazi militants. When will the Greens voters actually declare that the Greens have fucked up big time and turn against them?
PlanktonDB on
The author is well known professor emerita of constitutional law at Syd university, who has taken to regular highly informed commentary on constitutional matters
IrreverentSunny on
We don’t have to be tolerant of intolerance either, esp when this intolerance is linked to foreign hostile influence.
IrreverentSunny on
You do not get the freedom to do hate speech. The reason we are not Iran is because we allow criticism, but not hate speech. Iran is the country it is because it disallows the former and engages in the latter.
Criticism ≠ Hate Speech
IrreverentSunny on
Funny that it is mentioned nowhere in this article that the Communist Party had actual connections to the Soviet Union.
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We have not had a government as authoritarian as this one in a long time. Frankly it is starting to get worrying.
We shouldn’t go down this same path again.
All it will do is allow the government to become increasingly authoritarian, and the useful idiots will cheer it on, without realising that if a different government with different politics comes to power, they’ll target those useful idiots next.
Anyone that can’t see this is in denial or quite frankly not a critical thinker.
Literally just look at history, this has never resulted in good outcomes.
In a free society, you have the right to offend and be offended under all circumstances, with the only exception being if you call for explicit, direct, and imminent violence (death threats, rape threats, etc)
If you don’t agree with that, quite frankly you can’t with integrity say that you support free speech.
Also, this is the same government (regardless of lib/lab) that has covered up Robodebt, jailed whistleblowers, got us involved in the lie that was the Iraq war, etc.
You trust THAT government?
Its insanity, and the whole thing needs to be scrapped, or democracy will just become a facade, not a reality.
This isn’t about BS tribal politics or culture war nonsense, its about defending democracy. Its also about making sure that those who have fought to defend that democracy didn’t fight for nothing.
It’s an opinion piece from Guardian, the outlet that endorses the Greens at elections. This is not to be taken seriously.
First the Greens turned against the victims of people celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi beach, and now they’re turning against the Indigenous elders from Camp Sovereignty who suffered a horrific attack by Neo-Nazi militants. When will the Greens voters actually declare that the Greens have fucked up big time and turn against them?
The author is well known professor emerita of constitutional law at Syd university, who has taken to regular highly informed commentary on constitutional matters
We don’t have to be tolerant of intolerance either, esp when this intolerance is linked to foreign hostile influence.
You do not get the freedom to do hate speech. The reason we are not Iran is because we allow criticism, but not hate speech. Iran is the country it is because it disallows the former and engages in the latter.
Criticism ≠ Hate Speech
Funny that it is mentioned nowhere in this article that the Communist Party had actual connections to the Soviet Union.
[https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how-soviet-tanks-shook-up-the-australian-left](https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how-soviet-tanks-shook-up-the-australian-left)