On 18C
Les Heimann writes: Re. “The 18C hypocrites wilfully ignore other threats to free speech and the actual public” (yesterday). Once more the bigots clamour for their rights.
Amongst all the fluff and curry surrounding this so called demand for free speech no one has actually made out a case that is OK to racially vilify or to incite hatred and such like behaviour.
The best we get is that in a free country freedom to say anything is a bedrock necessity.
Tell that to victims of the holocaust and repeat that to so many peoples, races, religious followers who, in their millions, have been and are persecuted; and all of it started with words.
This is all shameful politics used as a front by narrow minded and shrill bigots who either want desperately to shout keep Australia white and Christian or want to wedge their leader tighter and tighter into abject servitude.
I was acutely embarrassed for our PM on the ABC this morning attempting to justify the most recent proposal relating to keeping refugees away from our fair land.
The 18C argument, the refugee blather and who knows what else are all designed by these bigots, not for the good of Australia, not because any of it makes sense but for two reasons: to feed their sense of power and to mete out further humiliation to their enslaved leader.
If Malcolm Turnbull had any guts he would turn on this swill now and dare them to sack him.
On Bernardi
Eric Kennely writes: Re. “Cory Bernardi making hats great again” (yesterday). I congratulate Senator Bernardi on taking his first steps to “Make Australia Great Again”. Now all he has to do is stay in America!
News Corpse and IPA are fighting for bragging rights over trashing 18C ..knowing that they will win the Leak cartoon race discrinination case using 18D as an “artistic” , “get out of jail free” loophole.
That the law works as designed is not their issue, its about who runs the Government, the Law or the IPA and the Murdoch Media.
It seems even the PM is promoting its “truthiness” , Trump- lite untruth that Triggs virtualy orchestrated the whole event just to spite News Corp employees Bolt and Leek. That she “wasted time and money “by doing her job in the Queensland Uni case as prescribed by the Law!
Brandis allowed the case to get through because he refused Triggs request to tighten the requirements for it to qualify for court appearance.
Malcolm the Lawyer knows he is wrong, his only excuse is that he is just following orders.
He has shrunk to a point where he is totaly inconsequential.