Mates rates on free speech
1 Speech was never free history tells us that.
Frank Hardy's books were banned he was imprisoned and for years persecuted. The CPA members of which were Jews, Academics, Psychiatrists ordinary citizens not planning any revolution but supporters of ideas were blacklisted and opportunity withheld in their places of work. ASIO had files on all manner of people those against the bomb to Catholics. Conscientious objectors were jailed along with those opposing Vietnam too loudly such as Jim Cairns Deputy PM of Australia. Character assassination and innuendo was commonly used by the government and ASIO against targets at will with the help of the media of the day. Indigenous people like Dr Gary Foley were banned from public service without his knowledge. Department heads were informed. These people were protesters intelligent articulate people applying their belief "free speech" Unlike Andrew Bolt they were victims of secret policing the Australian version of the American McCarthy era a historical fact. Doors of opportunity were closed to them in a world that preached equality and opportunity for all. Speech is not free in any society where the politics of interests is at play and paranoia exists at their loss. Free speech is an illusion as much as seven virgins in heaven is None of our institutions advocate free speech. So cut the crap Bolt. You however weren't conspired against you broke the law and you were caught and that even happens to those in power and their friends at times.
2 Speech has always been a business and is more so today than ever before. When print media is taking a shellacking and hemorrhaging money as it is today it's even more in bed withe power an money hanging on for it's survival. It's alliances have never been more obvious. Why do Abbott and Murdoch dine a lot because they have a mutual interest in speedos and Triathlons?
The notion of free speech in the the media is the biggest myth. Murdochs interests are well known and he controls 70% of the print media on the east coast. He is globally aligned with business and his empire is regarded as aligned to big business and right wing politics he offers no news and only commentary for and on the behalf of those interests. He has no interest in NEWS. Bolt you simply amplify those interests and have like a trained monkey echoed them.
Oakes says Hockey is making colleagues nervous
Life is compromise even Abbott has come to realise that. The budget is a fabricated emergency that 1 Hockey admitted to in NZ and now Abbott is also admitting it telling us we can afford this war without raising taxes. Currently it's acknowledged that the poorest electorates, those that vote Labour have been paying the most for the changes that have been made totally contradicting Hockey's claim that everyone is paying equally. However you Bolt just reveal yourself as unable to adjust your thinking to that reality. That you don't care for fairness. You just repeat the same old faith full right wing song. Labour has shown to be bipartisan on the war. What has this government shown...nothing except increase policing even more policing your dream of free speech and our notion of rights. Free speech is your faith based theory.
Who are we fighting for? And what are we actually doing?
This is a question that we have all been asking. The fact is our meddling is merely complicating the situation. You wouldn't know that the state of Kerala in India was the first democratically elected Communist state in the world and with it came the highest Literacy rate 95% the best Health service and the best unionised working conditions in the country. There was no war.I don't know what your alluding to Bolt but Kobane is a Kurdish town Kurds of all political persuasions are trying to defend Kurds. What's your point General. You have criticised but never given advice never said We shouldn't be there. Yes we are supporting terrorists because we think my enemies enemy is my friend. Well that certainly didn't work for us before so whose the idiot?
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