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If you allow XY sex chromosome athletes to compete in "women's" competitions, it defeats the whole point of having women's competitions as a separate category. Might as well then to just have an open category and never see women get any medals ever again.
_"I understand however that athletes like Zemenya _aren't_ cheating. They are playing by the rules. They've identified as female their whole lives..."_ They *are* cheating. Caster would have been aware from an early age that he was different from girls, that he was naturally faster and stronger, and that traiining gave him a widenign lead like weightlifters using steroids vs natural. How long he's "identified" as female is irrelevant. He's never _been_ female.
The so called "voice" failed because Australians rejected racism. Despite the left's best efforts to divide us. Australians opted for the morally correct path.
The voice failed because it was a bad idea. The misinformation about it seems to have come from the pro voice group more than those against. As for Nuclear though the point of view of the pro Nuclear side seems way out of whack with how building nuclear plants has played out in the past and no matter how it is presented it can't escape the fact it will take at least 15 years to build a reactor, probably longer and that is reason enough not to build one.
I'm glad we didn't constitutionally become a 2 tier country under rule of an incoherent creation myth that doesn't even unite all the people it claims to stand for
This Labour government is Rascist, The Voice Failed Because the Australian public are sick & tied of groups of people being made a special case because of their ethnic background or colour, I think that's the definition of Racism isn't it ?
Free speech for free men. The Australian Labor Party, should be banned from office. Free speech is one of the greatest things for a proper functioning democracy. To try and ban free speech is an attack on democracy. The bill is anti Australian values, and a basic violation of human rights. Shame on Labor, and a shame on anyone who votes for such a disgraceful political party.
Will the government be under the same set of rules? Remember the “Domestic Violence Crisis” which doesnt actually exist. Thats misinformation right there. Statistically we are in the safest time in recorded history.
Now there will also be a shocking increase in DV cases. And it will largely be due to the inclusion of many new crimes being made up eg coercive control. Then there can be an uproar when in fact nothing has changed.
i wish you'd talked about what information was deemed 'misinformation', and proposed how actual misinformation and falshoods can be determined, rather than just explaining what the word means
I submitted a document voicing my objections on the govt website - I encourage everyone to do the same. If there are enough voices there's an opportunity to have sway.
Aboriginal communities voted against it. They saw it as another power and money grab by people who currently claim to represent them while taking all the money and giving no support. I, a non-Aboriginal in an outback community agree with them but also recognise that the entry of any demgraphic in to the constitution is a wrong. Having just been elected to a council, my first act was to turn my back on that welcome to country crap. We fly a non-representative flag, beg forgivness for our original sin of not being aboriginal and yet in entering council swear to represent everyone equally. I'm not uninformed, I'm too informed for those who want to subvert our national sovrenty.
So if the misinformation bill gets passed will this government be held accountable for their own misinformation? Will the government be made to shut up and be penalised for all their lies, BS and misinformation that they try and sell to the Australian citizens? Who decides what is misinformation and what is the truth?
The yes vote failed because most Australians are not fooled by socialist parliamentarians', elites, and overpaid company executives lying to them to divide the country into race lines. The only misinformation we got was from the yes side! So now we want to force lies down your throat whether you like it or not.
This misinformation bill, to borrow a phrase from the Democrats, is the biggest threat to Australian democracy and freedom of speech in general. In the words of I.F. Stone, All Governments Lie and the Australian government is no different. And making the wolf the bodyguard of the three little pigs is a really bad idea.
Many many people came here as immigrants because there is one set of rules for all. So you want them to vote for having two sets of rules? It was a foolish thing to propose.
In my experience its more likely that modern women perpetuate psychological domestic violence first. When a man runs his mouth there is always a white knight somewhere who is willing to put him down, as a man myself there is definitely a real risk that you're gonna get your face punched in, but when a woman runs her mouth she is seen as brave, independent, inspirational, and there is nothing to stop her or keep her in line from going too far. Men are against confrontation, we like to keep the peace, but what happens when you can't keep the peace with words and are backed into corner, men will eventually bite as would any animal if you kept picking it or throwing stones. Violence against women is unfortunate and typically men don't just 'happen to punch on' with their partners, something triggers it.
