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By Jo Nova
Oops the cult programming is showing…
One in five British teens hide their political views out of fear of ostracism (and half the rest probably don’t know they agree with them because they’ve never heard them speak.) We all know which side of politics has to hide their views and it’s not the trans-activist communists who believe in using power plants and plastic bags to change the weather. They’re treated like heroes and given a keynote at the UN.
But what does someone do when they believe something crazy, counterproductive and resembling witchcraft? — They call it science, and prey upon the young and impressionable. But this approach is vulnerable to people who speak the truth. One little wicked joke about the cult programming can spread like wildfire and undo years of work.
The only way to stop the truth going viral spread is a wall of mockery, ridicule and good old social ostracism.
The people speaking truth don’t need to shut down opponents with namecalling and social manipulation, but the people pushing a fantasy do — you climate denying, oil shill, racist, conspiracy theorist.
This is how the Left control the weak and vulnerable — through coercion and fear. This study was done on 4,000 students, some as young as ten years.
No wonder The Blob wants to give 16 year olds the vote. No one is easier to bully.
Teens staying silent on politics for fear of being ‘cancelled’
Sky News
One in five teenagers in the UK do not share their political views due to a fear of being “cancelled”, according to a new report.
A survey by the Economist Educational Foundation found that 22% of 15 to 17-year-olds had stopped themselves sharing political opinions because they were worried about criticism, along with 20% of 10 to 14-year-olds.
Nearly one in four of the 4,000 students aged between 10 and 17 who took part in the survey said they have been asked to stop voicing their political views at school.
The results also showed that 44% of 15 to 17-year-olds said they would not feel ready to vote in the next election.
And the big fear of course, is that children might find “online ‘fringe’ communities” where their views might become more right wing….
The Economist Educational Foundation’s chief growth officer, Tiffany Smyly, said the fear of being cancelled could push teenagers to online “fringe” communities where their views could become more extreme.
And the solution, of course, is free speech. Let the kids hear both sides free of judgmental coercion and trust that they will figure it out for themselves. Give them the tools to recognise namecalling and bullying, and teach them that Democracy means people are supposed to disagree and open debate is essential.
The more crazy the cult, the more extreme the censorship has to be. Last year 12,000 Brits were arrested for tweets they wrote. Starmer and the British Labour Party wouldn’t have to shut down discussion if they could defend their actions.
PS: We know this is happening in Australian schools. I know of one situation where girl A has used the threat of ostracism on girl B for just being the friend of Girl C . Girl C’s crime was that she doesn’t openly scorn Donald Trump and is therefore described as “A Trump supporter”. So Girl B (who is actually fairly center left) was subject to the campaign, possibly because she is the softer target. “How can you be friends with her?” The only socially acceptable response is outspoken Trump-hate.
No comment –
as I don’t want to be called silly names.
/ mockery 😃
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I don’t want to be called silly names
Kiwi?
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the left is ALWAYS right.
And, don’t you forget it.
Because they NEVER do.
No one else is allowed to have an opinion………different to theirs.
EVER.
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The Left is always right
The Right is always wrong
The sooner that you accept this
We are able to all get along
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It’s amazing that there are any dissenters given the capture of UK education at all levels by the left. In excess of 8/10 teachers and lecturers lean left, apparently.
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This will be welcomed by the ignorant extremists of the left who hate data and evidence if it doesn’t agree with their fantasy world and their clueless agendas.
BTW it was great to see the win yesterday of the lesbian groups who’ve had the guts to take on the trans extremist men (?) who insist they should be able to play in Women’s sports and also invade Women’s clubs etc.
Sky New’s carried the story and Peta Credlin had the leader of this group on for an interview and congratulated her on their win.
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Very true and a great win. But as the lesbian spokeswoman said, the battle is not won yet as they have to go back the the AHRC to get their original decision changed. Also the decision does not extend, at this stage, to women and girls sports or change rooms, only to women only groups. But it may be a deciding factor in the ongoing Giggle v Tickle debacle.
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we need to teach our kids to stand up for themselves no matter what. The war would be won in a heartbeat because we outnumber them.
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Apart from bullying, people in Once Great Britain also remain silent due to misapplication of “hate speech” laws and also fear of being arrested for their opinions on social media.
Same applies to Australia, I might add.
The Left in general, all Western countries (but less so in TRUMP’s United States), are becoming increasingly aggressive, violent and dangerous in the enforcement of their opinions, especially as weak Western Governments like Australia’s and the UK’s refuse to enforce existing laws and practice two tier policing.
The Left do not tolerate alternative opinions hence them always demanding censorship and practising violence to silence opposing opinions. Just look how dissenters were treated by the National Socialists and International Socialists.
The Left even want to make scientific opinions or facts subject to censorship. E.g. they think “climate change denial” (sic) should be illegal.
Barnaby Joyce (Australian One Nation politician) wrote on Farcebook:
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When the liquid fuels “run out’ (as intended), and the coal mines are shut-down with extreme prejudice; what then?
No fuel. No FOOD, NO reticulated water, NO sewerage. No “emergency services” especially SES types.
Banditry on a continental scale and much of it “managed” by “government”?
Stick around and find out.
IF you are “prepping”, tell NOBODY about it, EVER; now or “later”.
The future belong to those who show up.
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Mad Max was filmed in Australia, Victoriastan in particular…
Some call this “predictive programming”.
Opening narration of Mad Max 2.
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“Ready to wage war for a tank of juice…”
Love it.
Has to be Australia.
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It was wonderful news for common sense when the UK’s supreme court defined the fact that a Woman is an adult biological female and not some stupid bloke who believes he is something he’s NOT.
Here’s Peta Credlin’s response on Sky News 11 months ago and Liberal politician Moira Deeming has recently been vindicated here in Victoria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piCwCKAkABo
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At work, I’m always on guard around progressive topics, and rarely say what I think.
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It may be my mischievous nature – thankfully unscathed despite relentless canings from nuns and priests at school – that I still enjoy throwing double-happy firecrackers into ‘conversations’ about CCC™️ or Trans™️ or Vaxxx™️ or whatever the day’s fad/fraud/trend is.
The usual suspects always throw me one of those looks, however once the wall has been breached – more of a bang! than a pop – others seem emboldened by the dissenter to air their doubt/disagreement re: the status quo and then a right proper discussion can ensue.
As someone noted upthread, there are more of us than there are of them – it just takes one pr!ck to burst the bubble and let the fun begin!
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Very few of us have the confidence to be themselves in every situation. One I know who never sees the need to be guarded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZPSF1Co3ck
And I think he has been like that most of his life. He carries the braggadocious tag with pride.
And the Lizard of Oz touched up QE2 before Trump. Keating is possibly Australia’s best Treasurer and was also inclined toward being braggadocious.
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Here’s Sky New’s interview with Conservative Liberal Moira Deeming after her long battle to win endorsement for the next Vic election.
Moira is one of my heroes and her defeat of the so called moderate loony who supported his pedophile mate is just the best news at the end of this saga.
I only hope that Jess Wilson throws her support behind Moira as they try to oust Labor in November.
BTW Moira’s thoughts about One Nation are very interesting and I’m sure she will get their preferences in November.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHypnYOOvI
Here’s the Peta Credlin interview with Moira Deeming when she won the Federal court case against Pesutto after he attacked her and implied she was a neo Nazi etc.
She was expelled from the party and yet everything they said about her was a lie.
She had always fought for her own children and other women’s rights and yet so many stupid people turned their backs on her.
The courage of this conservative young mother is incredible and we should be very grateful that we have Moira Deeming in the Victorian parliament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbCBoAVPTXc&t=16s
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The Victoria State Executive needs Federal intervention as was carried out in New South Wales not long ago
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Moira is completely wasted as a conservative in the non-conservative Liberal Party.
She should join One Nation. It’s not too late for her, even now.
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There is much more opportunity in a major party or Coalition of parties than in an isolated micro party of five (5) members of Parliament.
And maybe Moira understands the state executive nonsense better than outsiders do, and that the president has been issued notice by branch membership to resign?
Remember that Pauline entered Parliament as a Liberal candidate supported by them and campaigned as a Liberal candidate, Barnaby was a National MP for many years and voted back in 2025 as a National, Cory in SA was a Liberal Senator first, and the binding factor is that they all have grudges, or put simply office politics based.
The sensible action would be for One Nation to do what the Greens do for Labor and be supportive, and be recognised and rewarded if a new Coalition Government is formed in 2028, meaning positions on Committees that pay extra and for Committee President even more pay and say.
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By the way, when the Abbott led Coalition for all intents and purposes beat the Gillard Labor Governmemt in 2010 PM Gillard was forced to do deals and form an alliance including, no surprise, Greens MPs, and a couple of former Nationals then Independent grudge bearing people. That created a minority Labor Government 2010-2013 and then Albanse and Rudd worked to unseat Ms Gillard and he Rudd led them to defeat at the 2013 election September 2013 and the PM Abbott Government was created.
The rewards for joining that alliance were committee positions reported at the time paying extra that resulted in MPs chosen earning close to what cabinet ministers were paid, not remuneration package but salary, and therefore boosted their retirement pension entitlements
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Be this man! (See link to picture.)
Mindless Leftist drones of the National Socialists give their salute except one man, circled. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August-Landmesser-Almanya-1936.jpg
Gulag AI analysis of photo:
Truly Orwellian.
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I have good news for you. Here in England I could name a state school not too far from where I live in which the consensus among the woke teachers in the staff room is that 16-year-olds should NOT get the vote, because they would mostly vote for Farage’s ReformUK party.
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Very few 18 year olds, let alone 16 years old, I have talked to over the years have knowledge of politics and current affairs in depth, if at all, because they are not interested
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They don’t need a deep knowledge of politics to understand that they are being tramped on in favour of “refugees”. They might not be as aware of rising electricity costs and declining job opportunities, but they will learn as they get older.
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Of course it would not occur to the woke teachers that there is something not quite right about deciding if a group of people should get the vote on the basis of whether or not they would vote for the party that you support.
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These social media regulations came into effect under Keir Starmer as director of public prosecutions. There would have been a trickle down effect in the chain of command, i.e., the Minister briefs the chief of police who briefs station sergeants, etc. Apart from the creator of Father Ted being arrested, this results in 6 uniformed police officers arriving at a residence to apprehend 2 parents who posted sarcastic comments. 6 cops for 2 non-violent middle aged parents? A heavy handed action to say the least.
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15288091/Britains-police-state-unmasked-Map-reveals-shocking-numbers-clapped-handcuffs-offensive-social-media-posts.html
These laws are far too open to interpretation. I don’t think many people posting on this blog would fare well under them. After all, it is annoying and inconvenient to have to create a response to a well argued comment and it may induce anxiety in the replier.
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Last night on Sky UK handling of “refugees” and how they are schooled by immigration lawyers to claim to be homosexual and at risk if deported to their homeland/s, and the same for women who claim to be lesbians, and once granted asylum and right to settle in the UK they often go back to husband and wife living arrangements and even children with them.
I remember the Sydney Daily Telegraph during the after Howard Pacific Solution deterrents was bypassed by Rudd Gillard 2007-2013 (over 50,000 entered Australia instead of being processed offshore and many remain here today either granted asylum or fighting deportation orders) and a journalist travelling to Indonesia to talk with stranded planned to be illegal immigrants and stopped by Pacific Solution deterrents, one admitted he had entered Australia under the earlier Hawke-Keating Labor period before 1996 and had returned home for a break and to see family and had not anticipated being stopped by Pacific Solution and people smugglers blocked, mostly, flood became a trickle of smuggler boat arrivals.
Asked how he intended to claim asylum again and he said same as first time, by claiming he would be at risk if returned to homeland !!!
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Here is the report https://cdn.burnetnewsclub.com/media/documents/TEEF_Vote_Confident_Report_April_2026.pdf
Where does it mention the political view of the responders?
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Read the post before you comment:
Feel free to provide examples of where the UN/ABC/Big-Gov treat skeptics of climate change like heroes, even when they have a Nobel Prize in physics? Or where they endorse people who advocate for traditional marriage, stay at home mothers, Women’s sport that excludes biological males, Vaccine victims, Vaccine refusers, doctors who question vaccines, history that shows achievements of the UK or USA (compared to other nations), skeptics of renewable energy etc etc etc.
What views do you think the “misinformation/disinformation” laws are supposed to suppress?
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I repeat, Where does it mention the political view of the responders?
I asked the question and am happy to respond to any comments you make about it. Then I will move on to the additional question you asked.
By the way, did you read the document I linked to before posting?
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It doesn’t mention the view of the responders. But, observations / anecdotal evidence is that generally there is less tolerance from notably “left” leaning advocates toward opposing opinions. Especially in educational institutions. Which is applicable to the group being discussed and is where we see the cancelling of guests for even relatively mainstream views by “left” leaning staff and students, let alone for extreme right wing views.
It is a generalisation but supports the notion of which way a skew is more likely to be.
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So. no evidence just your word.
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“observations / anecdotal evidence” is evidence. What weight you put on it is up to you. Do you have contrary evidence that disputes Jo’s inference or Strop’s observation?
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The report does not mention political views. It is not in dispute.
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You said that it does not mention political views at #14 and again at #14.1.1
Strop agreed with you that the report does not state the responders view at #14.1.1.1, and gave an observation and opinion which you appear to disagree with or not accept. It also appears that you disagree with Jo inferring that responders feel like they can’t express their opinion because the “left” are not tolerant of alternative views. She didn’t state that it was exclusively one side or the other feeling like they can’t speak up. But it appears Jo is implying the issue is more a case of bullying from the “left” than the “right”.
I asked if you have evidence contrary to Jo’s inference or Strop’s observation. Instead of answering that you have returned to the settled point of agreement from a couple of comments earlier. Maybe you didn’t feel the need to address the question because you agree with Strop’s and Jo’s thoughts. Maybe there is no actual dispute once you had the agreement the report didn’t state political views.
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No. I don’t have evidence of the contrary of stuff that was made up without evidence.
There is a unicorn at the centre of the moon. Prove me wrong.
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Strop cited observation / anecdotal evidence. Which you dismiss as evidence despite not having contrary evidence. If Strop was wrong then you should have some evidence to dismiss it. Even if just similar but contrary observational / anecdotal evidence. Either you have contrary evidence as a reason to disbelieve Strop’s observations and anecdotal evidence, or you don’t want to believe it and therefore dismiss it as evidence.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/new-evidence-that-high-schools-treat-conservative-students-poorly/
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=0779217a-aa29-4ff0-bd33-3fe7dc44604b
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=770615466980247
This one is a tertiary level example, but symptomatic of the education system.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/curious/202012/how-do-universities-treat-conservative-leaning-students
As for the silly example of asking me to prove you wrong about there being a unicorn at the centre of the moon.
You’re asking me to prove you wrong about something you don’t believe.
You’re also asking me to prove you wrong about something that I am not disputing.
It’s also a silly example because it’s not an equivalent example. There is evidence of the education system not being a favorable or empowering environment for “conservative” viewpoints. There is no evidence to suggest, or tangible benefit to suggest, we should spend effort on contemplating or knowing there being a unicorn at the centre of the moon. Even if one does exist.
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So. You couldn’t dispute the unicorn. Waiting for Strop or Jo or even you to provide anything that shows the political persuasion of the negative responders int he survey. Linking anecdotes that are obviously flavoured by personal experience (hint- it’s biased) to a survey is absurd. I’m rejecting this paper from publication.
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Well, as I said, I had no interest in disputing the unicorn. You don’t even think there is one at the centre of the moon, so why would I dispute it. Plus I have no position on whether there is or isn’t. It never occurred t me before you mentioned it.
From what I understand the concept of a unicorn originates from sightings on earth from thousands of years ago. Maybe they did/do exist. We’ll never dig to the centre of the moon to confirm, and whether there is one is inconsequential. It’s a silly example for reasons stated.
But I can come up with some reasons why I would think the notion of a unicorn at the centre of the moon is likely false. But, yes, I could not prove it. However, I could cite some evidence to support my thoughts that it is unlikely. Such as:
1. Given the unicorn stems from earth sightings, I expect the unicorn needs oxygen for its existence and evidence we have is that there is insufficient oxygen on the moon to support earth animals.
2. We haven’t observed any earthly life (or life) on any planet or moon, which is evidence that there wouldn’t be a unicorn there.
3. There is no known way for a unicorn to travel to the moon.
4. Evidence suggests the moon was created from molten rock which is too hot for any animal to survive. (I guess you didn’t say whether the unicorn was dead or alive)
5. You think the idea is so preposterous that you thought it would be a good example to make a point.
None of that is proof. But it is evidence. More evidence than there being a unicorn.
Unlike the unicorn discussion, on your own admission you have no evidence contrary to Jo’s and Strop’s opinions. But there is at least some evidence to support theirs. You’re free to reject it. Like I said, if they were wrong there would be some evidence to support that that they are.
It’s true, there is no info in the student survey that shows the political persuasion of the responders. This was conceded early. It is an assumption that the majority of those who feel they should remain silent are “conservatives”. An assumption that is based on evidence of observation and anecdotal evidence. Nothing as firm as asking the responders their political views.
You’re just disagreeing because you don’t want to believe it. You’re dismissing the survey and anecdotal info in the links as biased because you don’t want to believe it. Not because you have alternative evidence.
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The unicorn is blue and it is well cared for.
I repeat. The survey does not have any information about political beliefs of responders.
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Great. I don’t need to be concerned about the unicorn. Maybe I do for you though. 😉
Repeat it all you like. But we have already agreed on that multiple times and the repeats will no longer be approved.
The survey not indicating the political beliefs of the responders does not mean Jo or Strop are wrong. It just means they have to draw on other sources or experiences to form their opinion, and you have to draw on other sources / experiences to show they’re wrong.
(I need to get my hearing checked. I thought you said a eunuch horn is not a mythical thing.)
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Only left-wing beliefs are allowed, because I was ‘Cancelled’ by the British Mensa Debating Forum, for criticising the BBC, using my extreme far-right beliefs, such as defence of individual liberty, national and local democracy, freedom and free speech, Christianity, Judaism, Libertarianism, Popularism, Happiness, Family, Truth, Love, Peace, Patriotism, Medical Freedom and the Nuremberg Code.
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Gee Aye has nothing and he knows it. No examples of where The Education Blob or The Media Blob treat conservative children like they are heroes. Indeed the strange lack of any mention of the political view of the surpressed children is evidence of more surpression isn’t it? (Thanks GeeAye).The report doesn’t want to spell out the political allegiance of the children who stay silent because it doesn’t help The Blob.
The Left are always the victims who need the cash and the soapbox. The Right can only ever be the Shills or the Retards.
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My nothing was more succinct than what you just wrote. Just make stuff up to fill the silence.
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Gee Aye:
ut you were quite wrong; everyone believes that it is a rhinoceros at the centre of the moon.
The Vatican were very upset by Galileo spilling the beans so he was imprisoned for the rest of his left and it took them over 200 years to admit it.
Of course they didn’t actually admit it, just said Galileo had claimed was wrong and the centre of the moon was the swamp of ignorance or Mare GeeAye.
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quite so.
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If 16 year olds are considered adults re: voting
could the “progressives” who are proposing this also want
16 year olds to be considered adults when it comes to choice to engage in “sexual activities”?
How would this change the prosecution of the late Mr. Epstein?
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That’s different! Stamps foot!
And if they can vote at sixteen, can they be conscripted at that age? I suspect that Gee Aye would say “Gee no!”
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“People say you don’t know what
you’ve got until it’s gone… truth is
you knew what vou had, you just
thought vou’d never lose it”……The woke gullible Western leftist loony useful idiots will find that out the hard way, because in many city suburbs in the Western, Islam is well established already and every single Muslim women is having 4,5,6 babies…Enjoy the coming sharia wars 🤣🤣🤣…
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Shouldn’t that be “wouldn’t“?
[Correct! Thanks FrankH! – Jo]
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Australia desperately needs a bill of rights, containing a right to free speech. As we don’t have that, we are easier to silence than almost anywhere else on Earth.
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Only if it comes with a set of responsibilities as well.
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Stop hypocrite shaming.
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I mentioned to a friend that I saw a vid of a group of Japanese people and a majority appeared overweight.
Which I thought unusual to observe in a group of Japanese.
I was chastised for fat shaming Japanese.
I was my fault.
I forgot I that I am a big Sumo fan.
And that it is only ok to fat shame Americans.
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Interesting – and potentially very worrying if wholly true, which I suspect it is – about a man prosecuted in the UK for making slogans available, that could be printed onto stickers. Subject matter might indirectly allude to migration, for example. I certainly don’t remember this coming up as a target.
‘500,000 net migrants a year’ was, I’m pretty sure, never a political pledge by any party in the UK.
About a 7-10 minutes read.
I think very relevant to the theme of political views being [sometimes] unacceptable.
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/04/19/sam-melias-new-book-about-his-imprisonment-for-making-racist-stickers-reveals-just-how-harshly-the-anti-white-state-tries-to-punish-those-who-dare-resist-it/
And – note, this imprisonment was under a ‘Conservative’ Government …
With the ever-righteous Sir Starmer [in office, if not in power] now in Number 10, I feel it is likely to not be any better here in this septic isle.
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