UPDATED: Anti-vaccine and mask protestors move on Parliament House

I get the slogans, Acton, but in the context of this protest what would you define as not “the crushing of dissent.” Please be specific.

There are certain basic freedoms of parliamentary democracy that we cherish in Australia. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from fear, and freedom of association. When these freedoms are removed for any reason, for example by state government bans on demonstrations, police arrests and heavy handed tactics against organisers of peaceful protests, fines for not reporting a positive test result, border closures, school closures, lockdowns etc etc etc and the routine media ridiculing, if not suppression of dissenting views, then we should be cheering on all those with the guts to protest.

Which of those first supposed freedoms is not or never limited, whether by standing law or in particular circumstances? Freedom from all fear I cannot guarantee anyway.
The rest is special pleading which I suspect you may be less ready to extend to, say, Extinction Rebellion.
As I said in different words below, having dissent does not prove sense nor is it that all views must be acceptable. You need a satisfactory rationale.

Thank you for your support of Extinction Rebellion

Any particular mandates in mind, sv, or is this a protest against the existence of any mandate on anything at all?

Not sure i care to be informed by someone who listens to those that burn down an historic museum.
“Storming of the Capitol” when asked the FB chose not to answer if their offers were behind the attack…/ encouraged the attack/ were at the attack. Only a few protestors actually went into the capital.

In 2011 the night of skyfire a man got drunk and managed to fall into the ASIO building. Does this mean everyone attending skyfire attacked ASIO?

They have stood up for a cause and you calling them fools? They are heroes!

Having, or passion for a cause do not confer either virtue or sense on it.

SFAIK, the Commonwealth has no constitutional authority (head of power) for health so perhaps we should just call them “exceptionally ill-informed”.

Don Quixote stood up for a cause too.

I saw them coming down Northborne Ave today. Looked like the usual anti (anything and everything) rent a crowd type rather than hero’s.

Correct, the Commonwealth has no constitutional authority over health.

I can’t see the point of being passionate for a cause, when you are protesting against the wrong Government. It just shows a lack of understanding by the organisers and everyone involved.

Ok, I accept your more generous definition of “exceptionally ill-informed”, but “heroes”, the definition used by Roo Poeta? I’m sorry, I don’t think so.

You appear to know a lot about protesters and demonstrators, JC.

Part of your job or just an enthusiast?

They do have the bully pulpit, and at the very least, the Feds could speak on the issue. If they wanted to go further, they also control the purse strings.

Feds speak to them? Parliament is in recess. There is no one there other than security guards, tourists and some public servants.

They are a collective of protesters, with no
one central issue. Vaccines, Masks, Aboriginal sovereignty, freeing the people from control of Government and so on.

Even if Parliament was sitting, no one from either major parties would speak to them, because it would be seen as legitimising their protest. There would be nothing to be gained.

Craig Kelly is probably the only person who would, because he’s campaigning on an anti everything platform.

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