Question everything
This could be an astroturfing account from a troll farm.
Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Authoritarians always hold counter protests, always.
expect more nazis
also, I noticed youtube is becoming infested with “Nativist” channels. They push an agenda, push “fact” based vidoes while not explaining which argument they are supporting.
Question everything. Do not accept any facts as presented, no matter who.
Wahots@pawb.social 3 days ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
or I could be a long time poster
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Fucking useless advice.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
why should I believe you that it’s useless advice?
Skepticism and careful questioning has served humankind very well. Without it you’d be an antivaxxer, eh
eureka@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It’s strange that this comment is demanding skepticism while declaring “Authoritarians always hold counter protests, always.”
To contradict that assertion: The flash bang video in that article clearly shows many flags front and centre of the Melbourne counter-protest are anarcho-socialist flags. Out of all ideologies, it’s tough to get any more anti-authoritarian than them.
And, as we’ve seen, the March for Australia protests that these people are counter-protesting is organised and lead by neo-Nazis, Nazism being infamously and proudly authoritarian.
Looking at history, I don’t think “authoritarian/anti-authoritarian” is a useful lens for analysing state politics, but if we’re using it, we can tell that the counter protest is not the authoritarian side. I mean, some of them are literally throwing things at the authority, how could they be any clearer.