> nutjobs who have been loudly protesting every weekend since the start of covid have been left completely untouched
Are you sure about that? Or simply blinded by bias?
Police were barging into homes with search warrants, in one case handcuffing a pregnant mother in front of her kids because she encouraged people to go protest on facebook. Simply writing a comment about these protests was enough to be charged with incitement. [0]
There were hundreds of arrests each weekend for attending protests made illegal by public health laws. The same laws people were marching in the street about. Thousands punished by the legal system for exercising their basic democratic right. [1]
How exactly is that "untouched"? What a strange rewriting of recent Australian history to suit your own narrative.
It's more the fact that they're protesting mask mandates that were lifted months ago, lockdowns that haven't happened for almost a year, and QR code checkins that are no longer present.
They are not advocating for N95 face masks out of concern that the cloth ones are ineffective.
My thoughts were along similar lines in terms of "if this group, then why not them, and them, and them, and them, and them" where pretty much every single "them" I can think of is a much greater blight on society than climate protesters.
I'm a supporter of Australia's gun laws, but not a supporter of this kind of over-the-top restrictions for, what I consider to be (and that's the rub), the trivial / minor offense of protesting.
The protection of "the economy" is paranoia-level, which doesn't bode well. Corruption is a transaction that encourages more transactions, whilst protest is only ever a restriction, therefore if the economy is the priority then protest is a worse crime than corruption.
It's so trivial when you gridlock major cities REPEATEDLY to spread a 'message' that could be told in a million other ways. Its trivial to worry about things like 'the economy' that provides a means to put a roof over your head and the ability to feed yourself and your family. Only someone who has little to no responsibilities could find it trivial.
Clearly you live in a media echo chamber, the leaders and youtubers who record those protests were targeted in the same way.
One YouTube journalist even got the police on camera conspiring to press fake charges so they could give him no internet bail conditions, and thus stop his future recording of those events. No media reported it.
The leaders were all charged with incitement, encouring others to do illegal things (like going outside).
You could argue the overreach that these people experienced is now being applied to other dissenting groups.
Grimburger|3 years ago
Are you sure about that? Or simply blinded by bias?
Police were barging into homes with search warrants, in one case handcuffing a pregnant mother in front of her kids because she encouraged people to go protest on facebook. Simply writing a comment about these protests was enough to be charged with incitement. [0]
There were hundreds of arrests each weekend for attending protests made illegal by public health laws. The same laws people were marching in the street about. Thousands punished by the legal system for exercising their basic democratic right. [1]
How exactly is that "untouched"? What a strange rewriting of recent Australian history to suit your own narrative.
[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-austra...
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/18/hundreds-arrested-a...
calsy|3 years ago
SturgeonsLaw|3 years ago
They are not advocating for N95 face masks out of concern that the cloth ones are ineffective.
redact207|3 years ago
Now, is protesting climate change any less legitimate or any more harmful that would warrant the level of punishment mentioned in the article?
watwut|3 years ago
BLKNSLVR|3 years ago
I'm a supporter of Australia's gun laws, but not a supporter of this kind of over-the-top restrictions for, what I consider to be (and that's the rub), the trivial / minor offense of protesting.
The protection of "the economy" is paranoia-level, which doesn't bode well. Corruption is a transaction that encourages more transactions, whilst protest is only ever a restriction, therefore if the economy is the priority then protest is a worse crime than corruption.
No wonder there are climate protesters...
calsy|3 years ago
godmode2019|3 years ago
One YouTube journalist even got the police on camera conspiring to press fake charges so they could give him no internet bail conditions, and thus stop his future recording of those events. No media reported it.
The leaders were all charged with incitement, encouring others to do illegal things (like going outside).
You could argue the overreach that these people experienced is now being applied to other dissenting groups.