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Like other racist attacks don't happen in Australia? Do they get their own royal commission?
I don't care about Royal Commission or whatabaoutism... (although I would like to hear about a recent murder of any other particular group of people in Australia that was racial motivated)

I pretty much agree with 80% of what you and tsf post on this stupid forum but this attack on Jews is pretty lame... they are people as worthy of our protection as anyone else that has contributed in this country.. it just seem odd that you both appear to be taking one side over another?
 
I don't care about Royal Commission or whatabaoutism... (although I would like to hear about a recent murder of any other particular group of people in Australia that was racial motivated)

I pretty much agree with 80% of what you and tsf post on this stupid forum but this attack on Jews is pretty lame... they are people as worthy of our protection as anyone else that has contributed in this country.. it just seem odd that you both appear to be taking one side over another?
Woooooo wait a min.

Stupid forum?
 
I don't care about Royal Commission or whatabaoutism... (although I would like to hear about a recent murder of any other particular group of people in Australia that was racial motivated)

I pretty much agree with 80% of what you and tsf post on this stupid forum but this attack on Jews is pretty lame... they are people as worthy of our protection as anyone else that has contributed in this country.. it just seem odd that you both appear to be taking one side over another?

The royal commission should be into hate poured into public discourse against minorities and immigrants by Murdoch, neo Nazis, Pauline Hanson, dog whistling coalition members, right wing squawking talkback radio hosts and the rest of them that undermine Australian social cohesion.

Start there.

Far bigger threat to the Australia I grew up in than any graffiti on a wall against Jews.





Want to know why antisemitism is on the rise? 65 thousand dead in Gaza. Where do I send my invoice?
 
The royal commission should be into hate poured into public discourse against minorities and immigrants by Murdoch, neo Nazis, Pauline Hanson, dog whistling coalition members, right wing squawking talkback radio hosts and the rest of them that undermine Australian social cohesion.

Start there.

Far bigger threat to the Australia I grew up in than any graffiti on a wall against Jews.





Want to know why antisemitism is on the rise? 65 thousand dead in Gaza. Where do I send my invoice?
Invoice? Is that supposed to be an insult or something?

If you can justify the murder of 15 Australians because of a war in the Middle East then the Australia you grew up in is well and truly gone.
 
Invoice? Is that supposed to be an insult or something?

If you can justify the murder of 15 Australians because of a war in the Middle East then the Australia you grew up in is well and truly gone.

Who's justifying it? I'm saying that's the cause.

Isn't the royal commission tasked with finding the 'cause'?
 
Who's justifying it? I'm saying that's the cause.

Isn't the royal commission tasked with finding the 'cause'?
Fair enough, we all know why some people are hell bent on destroying the state of Isreal... Doesn't mean it is justified NOR should it be celebrated like some on here oddly do... Sometimes your enemy's enemy is NOT your friend either.. Good luck with that Australia of yesteryear you pine for.
 
I don't care about Royal Commission or whatabaoutism... (although I would like to hear about a recent murder of any other particular group of people in Australia that was racial motivated)

I pretty much agree with 80% of what you and tsf post on this stupid forum but this attack on Jews is pretty lame... they are people as worthy of our protection as anyone else that has contributed in this country.. it just seem odd that you both appear to be taking one side over another?
Australian Aborigines in Perth for example the 15 year old that was hunted down as a revenge killing where any abo would do.
 
Israel's response didn't cause the rise in antisemitism, it rose before israel's response by a few 100%. This is similar to hate anti-Muslim hate crimes rose a lot sharper in distant countries (like England) after the Christchurch Mosque shooting than it does after a terrorist attack commited by a Muslim. Unfortunately that is a dark side of human nature, but the general rule is bigots cause bigotry, not the behaviour of the victims

There is also no evidence that this is due to reporting differences. The ratio of reports to convictions for antisemitic hate crimes is similar to other types of hate crimes and other types of crimes
 
Timeline cleanser


The year was 1938. Hitler’s power was expanding and the world seemed to be heading toward an inevitable second Great War. C.S. Lewis looked at all of the international, economic, and political turmoil of the world and said,“I’m going to write a book about a philologist who goes to Mars and talks with space otters.”Hitler’s dead, but the Space Trilogy is still with us. The temptation of living in a 24/7 news cycle is to think that our full attention must always be invested in world-saving efforts. But the end is always nigh, and sometimes the best thing you can do is write a story, poem, song, or create a work of useless beauty.
 
In the end the negotiation got there pretty quickly and the hate speech laws passed. I am yet to read the bill so can't comment, but it did look the differences were summountable
 
Australian Aborigines in Perth for example the 15 year old that was hunted down as a revenge killing where any abo would do.
Sorry I dont know of this event but terrible if the only reason to kill someone was their race...
Its indicative that those dismissing the rise of antisemitism as favouritism for one "subset" are the ones who voted yes on recent referendum to give indigenous people a separate voice in Parliament... What ever happened to equality for all?
 
Sorry I dont know of this event but terrible if the only reason to kill someone was their race...
Its indicative that those dismissing the rise of antisemitism as favouritism for one "subset" are the ones who voted yes on recent referendum to give indigenous people a separate voice in Parliament... What ever happened to equality for all?
Here is a link to the story

The issue at stake that it is purely aimed at being antisemitic (although those who prefer correct English would say that this is stupid as it covers anyone from the middle-east) rather than generic as to include anyone such as Cassius Turvey.
 
Here is a link to the story

The issue at stake that it is purely aimed at being antisemitic (although those who prefer correct English would say that this is stupid as it covers anyone from the middle-east) rather than generic as to include anyone such as Cassius Turvey.
Yeah I totally get that and I agree, ANY laws should be targeted at all transgressors regardless of background..
I don't understand the (for lack of a better term - and apparently self appointed) "Progressive Left's" apparent derision of Jews as if they are some sort of bogeyman..

I mean I consider what the IDF is doing in Gaza as evil as what Hamas-Isis-the Mullahs in Iran are doing in Syria, Iran, Bondi Beach, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen etc etc etc... and sure many far right minded people are extremely anti-Muslim to the point of horrendously Islamophobic even but shouldn't people that, at least pretend to care about equality, not come out and be so one sided?.... You expect a self interested, money over humanity, right wing uber-man to declare an allegiance to ONE side of an argument over another but why does the left chose the side that is also doing all the indiscriminate killing in the name of an aggressive god?

What am I missing?... Since when can you pretend to stand up for the rights of immigrants with one breath and then say "fuck the Jews they deserve it" with the other? Do people not distinguish individuals from ideologies anymore? I just really find it strange how militant everyone is, on both sides of the debate. I like to consider myself slightly left of centre but cannot bring myself to support a muslim world over a Judaic ... they are both at antithesis to my beliefs, and I would guess to many of us, but why is it Muslim left, Judaism Right all of a sudden? Has US politics decided the stance for the entire world now? Have we lost our ability to analyse and decide for ourselves? Have we become dumb arse MAGA acolytes listening to billionaires "prepare us" for the ultimate showdown against Communism while they are robbing the world and our futures blind behind out backs?

I hate this debate, all of it.... sorry for the rant and WAIW this is 100% not directed at you in any way (or at anyone else in particular to be fair) Ill let you all nit-pick about which Australians you feel are better than which other ones I think ALL of us deserve to feel safe.
 
Sorry I dont know of this event but terrible if the only reason to kill someone was their race...
Its indicative that those dismissing the rise of antisemitism as favouritism for one "subset" a
Jews are a race?

are the ones who voted yes on recent referendum to give indigenous people a separate voice in Parliament...What ever happened to equality for all?
How dare the Indigenous people have a voice. Good question though. So when do we give them recognition on the constitution and their equal share of leadership and ownership of the land?
 
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Yeah I totally get that and I agree, ANY laws should be targeted at all transgressors regardless of background..
I don't understand the (for lack of a better term - and apparently self appointed) "Progressive Left's" apparent derision of Jews as if they are some sort of bogeyman..

I mean I consider what the IDF is doing in Gaza as evil as what Hamas-Isis-the Mullahs in Iran are doing in Syria, Iran, Bondi Beach, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen etc etc etc... and sure many far right minded people are extremely anti-Muslim to the point of horrendously Islamophobic even but shouldn't people that, at least pretend to care about equality, not come out and be so one sided?.... You expect a self interested, money over humanity, right wing uber-man to declare an allegiance to ONE side of an argument over another but why does the left chose the side that is also doing all the indiscriminate killing in the name of an aggressive god?

What am I missing?... Since when can you pretend to stand up for the rights of immigrants with one breath and then say "fuck the Jews they deserve it" with the other? Do people not distinguish individuals from ideologies anymore? I just really find it strange how militant everyone is, on both sides of the debate. I like to consider myself slightly left of centre but cannot bring myself to support a muslim world over a Judaic ... they are both at antithesis to my beliefs, and I would guess to many of us, but why is it Muslim left, Judaism Right all of a sudden? Has US politics decided the stance for the entire world now? Have we lost our ability to analyse and decide for ourselves? Have we become dumb arse MAGA acolytes listening to billionaires "prepare us" for the ultimate showdown against Communism while they are robbing the world and our futures blind behind out backs?

I hate this debate, all of it.... sorry for the rant and WAIW this is 100% not directed at you in any way (or at anyone else in particular to be fair) Ill let you all nit-pick about which Australians you feel are better than which other ones I think ALL of us deserve to feel safe.
You should be old enough to remember the breakup of Yugoslavia - Serbs & Croats never the best of friends became even worse. And the war of disintegration led to eventually jailing a few (not all) for crimes against humanity and the death toll was lower than what it is now in Gaza. This will always bring out raw emotions. And throughout history, from Emperor Nero saying "The Cimri, I forbid them" through to Ivan the terrible almost erasing Novgorod, and Cortes & Pizarro in the Americas, Hitler in Europe and now Netanyahu in Gaza. The pattern is always the same - a blood thirsty megalomaniac pushing genocide. The real question is how did Netanyahu & Likud convince teh world that anything against them equates to antisemitism.
 
Yeah I totally get that and I agree, ANY laws should be targeted at all transgressors regardless of background..
I don't understand the (for lack of a better term - and apparently self appointed) "Progressive Left's" apparent derision of Jews as if they are some sort of bogeyman..

I mean I consider what the IDF is doing in Gaza as evil as what Hamas-Isis-the Mullahs in Iran are doing in Syria, Iran, Bondi Beach, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen etc etc etc... and sure many far right minded people are extremely anti-Muslim to the point of horrendously Islamophobic even but shouldn't people that, at least pretend to care about equality, not come out and be so one sided?.... You expect a self interested, money over humanity, right wing uber-man to declare an allegiance to ONE side of an argument over another but why does the left chose the side that is also doing all the indiscriminate killing in the name of an aggressive god?

What am I missing?... Since when can you pretend to stand up for the rights of immigrants with one breath and then say "fuck the Jews they deserve it" with the other? Do people not distinguish individuals from ideologies anymore? I just really find it strange how militant everyone is, on both sides of the debate. I like to consider myself slightly left of centre but cannot bring myself to support a muslim world over a Judaic ... they are both at antithesis to my beliefs, and I would guess to many of us, but why is it Muslim left, Judaism Right all of a sudden? Has US politics decided the stance for the entire world now? Have we lost our ability to analyse and decide for ourselves? Have we become dumb arse MAGA acolytes listening to billionaires "prepare us" for the ultimate showdown against Communism while they are robbing the world and our futures blind behind out backs?

I hate this debate, all of it.... sorry for the rant and WAIW this is 100% not directed at you in any way (or at anyone else in particular to be fair) Ill let you all nit-pick about which Australians you feel are better than which other ones I think ALL of us deserve to feel safe.

Its not 'jews', it's Israel. Fuck those cunts.

And no one is giving Syria, Iran, Somalia and Sudan a free pass. They're all a bunch of cunts too when it comes to murdering people en masse.

Israel however seems to get a free pass. Particularly from America and the UK.
 
The UN was started by the west to ensure equality for all. I like the intention of the UN and the Declaration of Human Rights. However, it seems they only wanted it applied when it was convenient for them. That, I will never accept. We are all equal. No one is above anyone else.
 
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