Comment on Large crowd of protesters gather at Land Forces defence expo in Melbourne's CBD
oahi@aussie.zone 1 week agoIt’s really not appropriate for a politician, the police minister to boot, to be calling anyone an ‘idiot’ in the same breath as demanding respect for the police. It’s the sort of language I’d accept from a truck driver, not from a top politician.
He is setting the tone of the discussion in an extremely problematic way by dehumanising/othering those desparately trying to stop lethal weapons sales used in crimes against humanity, while he normalises the gathering of war profiteers.
I’m extremely disappainted by this government’s policing policy.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 week ago
No, he othered the protestors who are assaulting the police and random people trying to walk past (in 7:30’s coverage last night you can clearly hear a guy say “I live just up the road” as protestors attack him for the crime of being slightly dressed up). Most sane individuals in our society would agree that those people are idiots who deserve to be called out. Defending them and their behaviour because you think it contributes to a greater good is not a good lock.