The Australian Open is scheduled to begin January 17th in Melbourne, the epicenter of Australia’s totalitarian COVID mandates. Australia granted unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic a visa to compete. Australian border officials then attempted to block his entry and deport him, because he was unvaccinated. Novak Djokovic took the issue to the federal court in Australia, and won his legal case against the Australian government. The government then decided unilaterally to revoke his visa on immigration grounds. Djokovic appealed.
The world #1 ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic lost his appeal today to remain in Australia and play the Australian Open tournament. He was immediately escorted to the airport and kicked out.
The government did not hide their reasoning, as immigration minister Alex Hawke said getting Djokovic out of the country was “fundamental to safe-guarding Australia’s social cohesion which continues to strengthen despite the pandemic.”
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison echoed the Hawke sentiment saying forcing Novak Djokovic out of the country quickly was a matter of “public interest“, because his continued presence would destabilize the government. Morrison further stated, “Australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected,” allowing an unvaccinated person to enter Australia was a threat to the social fabric that has bowed to the controls and threats of government vaccination mandates.
None of the statements by the government, and none of their legal arguments had anything to do with COVID-19, or any medical issue or threat represented by Mr. Djokovic. The government didn’t even attempt to make any such case in their court arguments. Instead, the government relied upon convincing the court that Djokovic’s physical presence represented a threat to “social cohesion“.
To support the position of the government, Australian Chief Justice James Allsop stressed the court was ruling on the “lawfulness and legality” of the decision and not whether it was right or wrong to deport him. {LINK} The government can arbitrarily decide who comes and goes into the country, therefore, if the government wants to ban Djokovic for whatever reason, they can. That was the determining legal factor, nothing else.
Now we get to the key distinction between Americans and Australians. This is the point where many Americans find it difficult to reconcile with the outlook of Australians. This is where the distinctions in democracy become very important to understand.
Americans view any form of tyranny as bad. Americans, in the whole, view any effort to crush your freedom as a negative. Australians only view tyranny as bad if it is not applied equally. As long as everyone suffers the punishment of government equally, the pain is approved.
In Australia, government oppression is only bad if it is applied unequally.
If every Australian is forced to have their right hand removed to comply with government rules, then the removal of the hand is permitted. Everyone gets in line at the hand-chopper. However, if someone jumps out of the line and tries to escape, because they don’t want their hand removed, all the other people in line will chase him down, bring him back and hold him down while the government hand-chopper does the removal.
The American looks at this mindset with jaw agape and says, “F**k you, my hand isn’t getting removed, and neither should anyone else’s; and I will fight the government hand-chopper if it means stopping them, even if you are okay with your hand getting chopped.”
Generally speaking, the line of Americans to get their hands chopped will look scornfully as the two-handed rebel departs, but they accept his decision. (Although this outlook is changing in America – SEE HERE)
When an American sees a person fighting Australian tyranny (Djokovic), our gut instinct is to support him (we would if his confrontation was inside America – his location is irrelevant). We support the freedom fight, because we see the underlying reason for him fighting -his medical and health freedom- as having merit.
However, most Australians, who would fight for the type of freedom defined by their version of democracy, see Djokovic fighting for a specific freedom their mob democracy has already conceded and lost.
The anti-vax movement, writ large, does not independently support Djokovic on principle, because Djokovic is not acquiescing to the same rules they are subjected to.
There’s also a weird part of this where we recognize that Australians are unwilling to contemplate or accept that non-Australians might have different inherent rights because, well, they are not Australians.
The Australian system of government is based on a pure democracy. Extreme democracy. As soon as 50% plus one is achieved, the other 50% accept the rules of the majority, regardless how small that majority position might be. This is why everyone in Australia is required by law to vote.
The concept of minority rights or individual sovereignty, restrictions on the mob’s ability to interfere in your life, is unfathomable to Australians. Once a law is passed by majority consent, they all agree to follow it. That is their social compact.
As a result, when the government of the majority tells them to do something – they comply.
This is the “social cohesion” that was threatened by Novak Djokovic being allowed to exist as an unvaccinated sovereign citizen in the country.
♦ One man standing against Tyranny brings Americans to their feet in support.
♦ One man standing against Tyranny in Australia immediately triggers the crabs in the bucket…
Last point. Notice how there are some very famous people in Hollywood from Australia? There are hundreds of them, and many of them are very wealthy. Notice how they refuse to go back to Australia? Their ideological hypocrisy is rather stark. The Hollywood Australians are the worst kind of Australians; they have left the bucket, will not return to the bucket, yet advocate for the bucket crabs to keep everyone else in the bucket.
I consider Australia my second home and have since 1982. I love the people and have enjoyed them as work associates and clients. There is no more beautiful territory than northeastern Queensland in the world.
HOWEVER
SD is right. They are dogmatic and all-in on whatever the leftist state does. Of course we’ve seen the protests in the streets but it’s not the majority. They are almost drone-like in their adherence, which is what empowers these MPs to get more and more dictatorial. It’s such a sad thing to learn about a nation I love so much.
Mr McKinney, I understand. It’s sad to me to see how the places I spent much of my life (certain regions in the US) have deteriorated in terms of freedom. All I see that we can do is keep in touch with people there and pray. Here’s hoping you’re doing well wherever you are!
” the people “
the country/flora-fauna etc. is nice;
unfortunately: most of the ‘people’ are worthless, low-life SCUm…..
in fact: they’r so effin’ stoopid that they’r DANGEROUS
ASS-stralia: land of the freak…home of the knave…
run by: fags, fem-twats and GUN-grabbers….
Aren’t Canadians the same?
Our proximity to the US makes us a bit more like them than like Australia. However, we’ve never had to fight for our freedoms, and so tend to be rather passive.
If their public cohesion is threatened by this, then they don’t have much cohesion.
Yup. Dissent seems to terrify them. It looks like dissent and freedom are threats to Australia’s identity.
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Cohesion = submission to authority.
Exactly. Apparently we have found out why they call it the Land Down Under, its not about the land but the people.
No-VAX Djokovic
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The Narrative continues to collapse . Backpedaling on tee-vee is akin to saying ” Please dont charge us with war crimes ” !!
The ” Big Club ” LIED — People Died !
@clif_high
” Corp news taking on even the subject of long term bad effects from the shot is a huge shift . . “
I have also noticed this recent change in tone by the mainstream media. Here in Canada there have been stories asking whether it’s time to get rid of vax passports, as they have failed to prevent the spread of Omicron. Such stories would never have appeared as recently as a month ago. They can see the writing on the wall and are trying to get ahead of the narrative.
“Mass General Expert Predicts: No Boosters. Normal Life. We Can Move on From Covid”
https://trialsitenews.com/120773-2/
Thanks! This was very encouraging!
The Australian Open will now be know as the Australian Closed….unless government approved.
We should all boycott Australian products – there’s Ugg boots, clothes and home goods, Oroton handbags. I can’t think of anymore – need to look into it because I will never buy anything associated with Australia again.
I just took off my Crocodile Dundee undees.
FOSTER’s – It’s Australian for beer that we dont buy anymore.
Australians don’t drink Fosters.
Australians never drank Fosters. UGG is an American brand (bought the rights).
My son did a year long foreign exchange in Brazil with along with some Australians. Good times!
Might hurt Outback Steakhouse, now that Australia has shown it’s true colors. I wonder if Outback management will now say bad things about Australia?
😳 should I get the shotgun?
😅
Uggs are made in china now….
Blundstone Boots
The list of everyday goods marked Made in Australia is very small.
Uggs are made in China now. They don’t last very long either, Say Ugg Australia on the bottom, Made in China on the inside tag. Hmmmm
Leftists who I know snidely remark that since the Australian PM is a conservative, why doesn’t HE do something about various austere state Covid policies? They don’t realize – or won’t acknowledge – that “conservatives” in Australia and the British commonwealth in general aren’t like conservatives here. Margaret Thatcher aside, they’re more like our moderate Democrats. If you’ve ever read ostensibly-conservative publications like The Economist, Financial Times, etc., etc., you’ve probably noticed their editorial bent is similar to our MSM and hardly what we readers of the CTH would consider truly conservative.
But I didn’t know Australians were required to vote! That’s asking for trouble IMO, as it probably means a lot of votes are cast by low-info and partisan voters, more so than here in the US. It’s been an unpleasant revelation to discovery how amenable to tyranny Australians can be. Quite a sad discovery for sure.
Democracies are horrible, 50% + 1 is asking for trouble because once the mob knows they can vote themselves a piece of the treasury it’s all downhill.
Our Founding Fathers were brilliant; however, they weakened the system with the direct election of Senators.
I’m not sure if anyone here has noticed,but someone took away YOUR right to vote and NOBODY has done a F*^#ing thing about it.
That was a later amendment. 17th passed 1912
I know, the “they” was meant to be the political elite – poor choice to use “they” instead of “commies”
Indeed, direct election of Senators should be repealed. Leave it to the states to figure out the Senator.
The Economist changed to leftism about 20 years ago, just about the time I dropped my subscription.
Aussie voting is mandatory operating on a “preference ” System, it’s complicated to the layman’s mindset.
What happens though is if you don’t vote or “donkey” vote (write GF..d on the ballot) your vote is still counted but as a low preference to the party in power.
Of course the party in power doesn’t mind for obvious reasons.
Appreciate the primer. Yes, “we” americans do not have a very thorough understanding of how your form of government works. And likewise, it would be incredibly nieve for me to believe anyone can actually understand the US system of government. Especially given the stolen election in 2020.
There is definitely some great disconnects made here in this thread. Both ways. I suspect this thread will probably create some tensions that are quite unnecessary, but I sense it happening just the same.
voting is mandatory….but in the way you’ve explained it, I can see how this could easily lead to massive corruption. Who decides that your vote is “weighted” based on your participation? It almost sounds like you are describing a system that evaluates your intentions. ?
All those standing are on the ballot. The voter puts 1 beside the candidate he wants and a 2 beside his next choice etc. If no-one gets over 50 % on first choice the second choice is added in and so on until one candidate is over 50 %. It is like running heats in a race but all done with one ballot paper.
Don’t know where you get your info Mungrel, informal votes (the technical term for an incorrectly filled ballot) are not counted.
Donkey votes are merely ballots filled either up or down the ticket in numerical order and are a formal vote and counted.
As a Scrutineer many times I can tell you that ” Get F….d ” on a vote makes it Invalid and it benefits no-one. ……. It is still used to balance the total votes with Voters. ….. There are still a few who scrawl ” No Dams. “
saves trouble of ballot harvesting etc.
ok by me
Actually makes Ballot Harvesting impossible except perhaps in Nursing Homes.
Remember your Stolen Election. ……. Can not happen in Australia except by telling lies to mis-lead voters. …… In an Australian election you are NOT forced to vote. …… You do have to turn up at a Voting Booth , be identified , and have your name crossed off the list of eligible voters. …… You can then vote if you wish to. …… There are no bogus votes or pool of un-used votes to cover for Fraud as in America. …… The Prime Minister is the elected Representative who commands the most votes in the House of Reps. …….. The Senate is purely a house of Review. …… The Governor General is a non- political position appointed by a super majority of the House and Senate. …. The Governor General is Nominal Head of Government and Commander of the Armed Forces and has one actual Function. …… If a Government transgresses the Constitution or can not get a Financial Supply Bill passed , the G.G. calls an Election , and the Australian Public either endorse or replace the Government. We respect the Queen of Australia as you respect your Mother , but She has no part in our Government. It is a much better System than you have. …… With these safe-guards President Trump could not have been cheated. …… All Voters are identified individually and there is no pool of un-used Votes. The Votes are all hand-counted with Scrutineers ( Your Poll Watchers ) and are able to be re-checked if the Vote is close.
yeh….
BUT…
AUstrl’ ain’t ‘a democracy’ ….
not like Swtz’ is….
also: there have been several cases of dubious ‘vote counting’….
for instance: Pauline Hanson missed out a Senate seat on more than one occasion….
also: the ballot papers are only thrown into card-board boxes….
they should be in secure, LOCKED, STRONG BOXEs…..
with, preferably, @ least three different locks on them and three different people, chosen @ random, having the keys…..
Ever since Roosevelt hijacked the term Liberal for his New Deal Communist policies, Americans have been calling Democrats ‘Liberal’. This is the main Big Lie in America.
Americans have no idea that in Australia they still use the term as Classical Liberal, seeking Liberty from government.
Ron DeSantis Hits Back at Trump with Major Accusation | StatesmanPost
Trump and DeSantis have been going at it over boosters and lockdowns.
Byron York on Twitter: “Trump is dumping on Ron DeSantis in private conversations, reports @jonathanvswan. Trump reportedly calls DeSantis ‘dull’ and asks: ‘Why won’t he just say he’s not going to run against me?’
Jesse Kelly on Twitter: “The best thing that could happen to Donald Trump and his faithful would be a Ron DeSantis primary challenge. Trump needs it. Needs to get sharp again. Needs to get back on message. A formidable primary challenger helps with that. Without it, not sure he can win.”
President Trump has already tightened up his Vaxx stance some due to this competition. Good. We all learned about these Bio-Weapons. Trump can too. He’d damn well better. The next president has to take on the Deep State, including the Vaccine-Industrial Complex. Just being against Mandates is not nearly enough–not even close.
Emerald learned:
Project Veritas Confirms My Reporting On Fauci & DARPA (substack.com)
This is an Occupation Government that has Declared War on its own citizens.
Not even close.
Rest in the Vine: The Vaccine-Industrial Complex Fights Back
What does this have to do with Australia?
please advise… quickly.
I know it doesn’t belong here but…..
Because every issue in it is common to our mutual struggle with this monstrous Vaxx Tyranny.
But I’ll understand if you see it otherwise.
I’ve done it too. Please don’t. No matter how important you think the topic might be. Please don’t stray. The ONE RULE we must all accept here is to stay on topic. Otherwise, it just becomes chaotic. And arguments will ensue about what we SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE MUST NOT. That the simplest way to describe why the rule exists. (it’s counter-intuitive, but it works)…it’s also rude to others, as I am reminded.
There is an email link to sundance..if you find some information you believe is valuable, pass it along. If your topic doesn’t have a good fit on the threads CREATED BY SUNDANCE, use the open or resistance thread in the evening.
I am saying this, not to be thread cop, but to simply explain that I have made this same mistake (twice) and the replies were not very polite ….but necessary.
There IS a great deal of work and energy accomplished by sundance to provide amazing depth of analysis and reporting. We have an obligation to follow the basic rules.
We don’t want to end up creating just another ordinary free for all, anything goes space.
jmho.
ps. I agree your posts is important..very important….just doesn’t fit this thread subject.
Sundance: Florida is sorta kinda down under, right? That’s all I got.
Thread hijacker.
Byron York????
Jesse quoted him. heh.
I would like to see the United States suspend all military cooperation with Australia. That would get their attention. Unfortunately, that has absolutely no chance of happening.
That will not happen under the junta that is currently in control of the US government.
I know.
Two words for you: Pine Gap.
Rio Tinto in Serbia also has a lot to do with it, in my opinion.
Well it sure will be interesting to see what happens when an unvaccinated sportsperson tries to enter the US….given that the US has the SAME rules for international travelers.
I totally agree on this one. Look it up…
They will get deported and come back across the Southern border.
Are you going to post this on every page?
Filthy bunch of Nazis!
I do not know the accuracy, but I read else where that the aussies over 16 were 92% double jabbed
So they are apoplectic about one unjabbed, apparently healthy person entering their country
What use then are the jabs ????????????????????
Wikipedia has Australia at 81%, while the USA is at 75%.
Wikipedia is as reliable for truth as Jen Psaki.
And we believe Wikipedia why?
Sundance explains that above in detail.
The Australian attitude sounds just like Scandinavian Jante Law. But Australia, unlike, say, Minnesota, wasn’t settled by Scandinavians, but people from the British Isles like colonial Americans.
Rather odd. But Canada and New Zealand are like that too, from what I understand.
Minnesota has a larger percentage of people of German heritage than all the Scandinavian countries combined. Don’t let Hollywood put quality movies fool you.
But, but and but; we Americans still have much work to do. It is almost impossible to know how this plays out. Will we be able to wait out them out as we did the socialist USSR or will we have to risk and lose? I don’t know but I am still confident that the examples of other countries in this struggle, both good and bad, have stiffened the spines of the already rigid resolves of the at least 80 million who voted against tyranny in 2020.
Let us not ever just disregard or insult the brave resisters in countries like Australia. Their bravery is greater because they stand up without the option to just move to the Midwest or South in the USA. They fight knowing the price is now or never.
Whether rhetorical, financial, occupational or by actions yet to be defined, we here have a duty to try, even if only to affect our neighborhood or family. They are affecting the world so we must.
the sickest thing is:
ASS-stralia ain’t even a real ‘democracy’ ;
its more like ‘an oligarchy’ ;
Switzerland, for instance, could be classed as ‘democratic’;
a true democracy would ‘sport’ such features as:
✯ citizens’ – initiated referenda;
✯ voter recall ;
✯ all voting done by paper ballots;
ballots in locked strong-boxes;
and
‘scrutinised’ by randomly-selected people;
(NO ‘electronic’ voting )
✯ a political party cannot form ‘a government’ unless they have, like, 60+‰ of the actual, primary vote;
✯ every political candidate to get equal funding and media coverage….
incl. Independents and minor parties ;
✯ any gov’mt NOT PERMITTED to enact legislation that is not in their actual, electoral platform….
We recognized our slow drift to a penal colony by 2016.
Then we had the good sense to choose the Donald to start to turn the ship around.
After a 100 years of creeping socialism of course the push back was going to be ferocious, as we’re experiencing now.
They’re mistake is they’re not speaking in parsle tongue anymore.
Instead the rats have all slithered out, they’re in the open, and the millions that have given them the benefit of the doubt, will no longer.
Our numbers are growing!
The only threat to social cohesion is from these mass formation psychosis government bureaucrats
So….every day I see people here complaining that the US border isn’t being enforced. Australia enforces its border rules – without regard for wealth or status – and they’re Nazis? I’ve frequently seen comments here referring to the fact that illegals coming over the border are unvaccinated and that’s ‘wrong’ given the push for Americans to be vaxed. So which is it? Enforce the rules or don’t enforce the rules? Can’t have it both ways. I remember a time when people here praised Australia for its strong stance on illegal immigration.
wrt immigration …was the tennis player illegally seeking permanent residency?
my thinks you have twisted the comparison by conflating millions of illegal migrants who were allowed illegally to violate us immigration laws..and a single tennis player who had no intention to illegally cross your borders and take up residency/citizenship.
I understand your point, but it doesn’t fit in this single tennis player example…at all.
I think that misrepresents the views of most treepers. Being against forced or coerced “vax” or supporting legal immigration only doesn’t prevent one from pointing out our adversaries’ inconsistencies. Pointing out those inconsistencies doesn’t make one inconsistent.
From what I understand, he had a VISA allowing him to travel and play in Australia. He doesn’t need the vaccines since he already had Covid-19 and has now antibodies.
He lied on a visa Application so it was not valid when he arrived. That a sporting body invited him was not permission to enter the country.
I have no problem with the Aussies keeping illegal aliens out. I DO have a problem when they send them to us and expect us to take care of their rejects.
However, I do not think a tennis player who was obviously invited to a sports tournament can be equated with an illegal alien.
They should be ashamed of themselves, and yet they are not.
Disallowing a tennis player from entering a country
– for a tournament and then to leave – due to his medical status is not equivalent to stopping people breaking into your country with the intention of staying.
And the objection about not injecting illegals has to do with an immoral two-tier policy and is not a pro-injection position.
My belief is that both the vaccine mandate and illegal border crossing are Unconstitutional
Liberty is something that has to be fought and paid for in blood. We barley became a Republic and most of the colonists were just fine being British subjects. Mans natural state is one of tyranny and subjugation with a healthy dose of war. I dont give a rats ass about tennis, its a stupid game and the only reason I stop to watch is cause the ladies hop around showing their underwear. There I said it, Im shallow and dont care. You guys clutching your pearls watch for the same reason admit it. So what do I care what they do in Australia? They’re happy with the bed they made so sleep in it. I ONLY care about America and Americans and just in case anyone hasnt noticed we arnt do all that great lately.
Barley is a grain.
And the only way any of these screwed up countries can have a snowballs chance of ever being truly free is for Americans to secure ours freedoms. If we fall, it’s finished for ages.
Regardless of all else Morrison is a peodophile and should hang for that alone .
The Serbs girl is a “spirit cooker” so God knows what he’s into !
One of Morrison cheif advisers is ex Rio-Tinto !
Big bro has desperately tried the divide and conquer tactic trying to equate unjabed to leprosy, this hasn’t worked and in fact has failed miserably.
Forget the sport as money ha ruined most here just like there. Australian’s are a weird mob I would agree and in the past very apolitical, but the plandemic has changed that.
In a recent freedom protest 1.5 million went to the streets out of a 26 million population, the rough maths would say the American equivalence would be 80 million !
I see no such a thing happening there, not even close, so to Aussie bashers here eat sh*t, learn what your talking about.
The 1.5 million does not count home support.
What we have is unity, jabbed and unjabed alike and this is our strength.
What’s good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander, and that how we’ve been fighting them, by making them follow their own rules they are being exposed more every day.
A simple point of fact most miss is the Serb lied on his visa application and previous location, what would happen to me if I done that trying to enter America ?
This whole debarcal is about we the people sticking together not about a tennis match, Morrison showed his hand that how we win.
As far as democracy go’s we havn’t had that for years just like you mob havn’t had your constitutional Republic.
Many mature crabs have jumped out of the bucket, some like me were never in the bucket, but the crabs in the bucket mature every day !
Agree Mungrel. I’m pretty shocked at the Aussie bashing here. As you say – the US has the same requirements for visitors – i.e. you must be fully vaxed. So if Djokovic turns up to play in the US I’m assuming all the people here currently bashing Australia will be fine with the rules being suspended for him? And if so, that really makes it difficult to argue the case for their southern border to be enforced. Talk about hypocrisy.
So if Djokovic turns up to play in the US I’m assuming all the people here currently bashing Australia will be fine with the rules being suspended for him?
It wouldn’t really bother us in the same way. Rather, we would see it as a camel’s nose in the tent, encouraging those of us who have foreign friends or relations to pile on the authorities and try to get rid of the stupid mandate.
Incidentally, I think that’s exactly why the Australian government decided to kick him out.
Well per capita, the Australians are putting up much more of a fight with demonstrations than Americans. Perhaps Aussies just go about things differently. That doesn’t make them wrong and it certainly doesn’t justify some of the remarks I’m reading here.
I think what is bothering people about this..it that they originally
let him in and he had the exemption, then when they got blowback
they changed their mind and made this mess.
If they had been consistant from the beginning it might not have been
such an big mess. But they originally let him in..
At least that is how I understand it..
I agree completely that it was handled very, very badly.
Hanh in there Mungrel. God will prevail in the end.
Yes–you don’t need one Serbian exemption, but 26 million Oz Exemptions.
Nonsense, the Serb has enough stones to fill your silly bucket.
And the Serb has a spirit cooker to curse your children.
except the logic and the practical politics has been a failure.
IF the intention of the australian people is to pushback against draconian measures from your central state government, how does abiding with the same govt power to kick out an unvaxxed person do anything at all to advance your own agenda.
the way I see it is that australians lost an opportunity to USE THIS SITUATION for their own political goals of less government power and more freedom
why is that so hard to understand?
what am I missing here? serious question. I just don’t get it.
Yes, we can play this “your scars are just as deep as our own”.
And that gets us both nowhere really quickly.
I am very supportive of a free and open society in Australian. And not simply because I have some romantic idea about australia. I am supportive of less government control in ANY NATION STATE and more freedom and liberty because that is the best type of society that can reduce the chances that corrupt people end up ruining the lives and lording over them.
I really want to understand how this situation and the “equity” argument helps reduce government power.
I really want to understand if the sentiments of australians really are as Sundance has described, or if there is something missing in that analysis.
I really want to know. I care.
Fair question. I would reply with another question – what would allowing him to play have achieved? Would it have made a whit of difference to Australians’ situation? I think the rules are completely wrong. I think the government is wrong. I remain unvaxed which means I can’t return to Australia. If Djokovic was allowed to bypass the vax requirement how would that have helped me and the many, many other Australians in the same boat? Would the government have changed the rules for everyone else? No, they wouldn’t.
I think that Djokovic could have actually made a MUCH greater impact if he had not gone to Australia but rather announced that he was boycotting the AO due to the vax restriction. THAT would have got a lot more Australians on board. People here MUST understand the Australian hatred of unfair treatment. Australians will go to the mat for the underdog if they perceive they are being treated unfairly.
I’m really curious to know how people here would view the same situation happening in the US. The US currently has the same rules. So if Djokovic wants to play in the US he’ll presumably face the same problem. Am I to understand that Americans will say its okay for him to be allowed in while any other unvaxed traveler will be forbidden? And what if the US government decides to add the rule that Americans returning must be vaxed? What then?
thank you.
okay, so first let me say from this point forward in this reply my “ASSUMPTION” is that australian citizens under these awful rules are of the mindset that you have described. One rule, regardless of its harmful effects, should not be set aside for a foreigner. That’s the assumption. just for the sake of this debate.
how would it help advance the PEOPLE’s agenda to reduce the overreach or lording of its rights freedoms and liberties from this tyrannt government by defending the tennis player?
because it makes the issue directly where it can be of great momentum.
it’s an opportunity to USE THE TENNIS PLAYER as your own chess piece…It becomes a political inflection point.
He is of the lowest possible risk category…a very healthy and young athlete, who has admitted to infection from covid and has supplied antibody test result to prove his immunity from infection.
The entire premise of control in australia (and the rest of the world for that matter) is based on the false and disengenous corrupt narrative that immunity from infection is illegimate.
Scientifically, this is false.
It’s an opportunity to push hard against a corrupt state that refuses to accept science in forming its policies.
It can’t get any more simple than that.
now..having stated THIS OPINION, I understand that the nature and style of this thread and discussion has tilted unfairly toward ALL AUSTRALIANS. I don’t not accept that as being a legitimate and authentic argument. yes, there is probably a culture of sheep in australia and people who do not care much about limiting the power of the corrupt practices of government. I can SAY EXACTLY THE SAME SENTIMENT ABOUT MY OWN COUNTRY AND CITIZENS.
it is equally terrifying to me that so many people cannot see where this indifference to the corrupt state agenda will lead.
But in terms of just this one example, I do find the arguments that “it would not make a difference” troubling.
I think it was a terrific opportunity to take the issue and defend it.
A perfect opportunity that seems to have been ignored for reasons that while I cannot totally understand, seems self sabotaging….
jmho
I do understand what you’re saying. Perhaps the situation could have been used as pushback against the government tyranny – I’m just not sure how that would have happened.
FWIW – all my family are in Australia and they are all 100% opposed to what has been happening there. They are opposed to the vax. But when the Aus government first approved Djokovic to enter I received numerous emails saying “I guess you need to take up professional tennis” – or words to that effect. This doesn’t mean that they in ANY way condone what has been done to the Australian population. My 83 year old dad wanted to go to the protests but he’s not physically able to. He throws sand in the machine in other ways.
I can only explain this apparent “dissonance” by reiterating that it is SO deeply ingrained in the Australian psyche that treatment must be equal. You can tell the depth of this simply by virtue of the fact that we’re talking about a tennis player. Australians LOVE sport. They’d do pretty much anything for sport. So that they didn’t want Djokovic to receive special treatment speaks to the depth of feeling there.
I suspect that much of the Australian populace is actually suffering from trauma. They’ve literally been traumatized by the government. A country full of people who are amongst the most traveled on the planet were suddenly forbidden from leaving the country. Then many of them were restricted to a radius of 5km from home. I think all of this has really impacted the people – and all they saw was someone being given freedom they had been denied for so long. Just my thoughts anyway.
think u are directly over the target…the trauma reason..
There are no easy practical solution for such trauma when it collapses self interest…no doubt about it.
I appreciate your feedback. These are very troubling and difficult times.
I will be actively praying for you and yours and your fellow countrymen.
God Bless America/Australia
“A perfect opportunity that seems to have been ignored for reasons that while I cannot totally understand, seems self sabotaging….”
This has been the troubling aspect of this whole debate here. The fact of the matter is that tyranny is tyranny regardless of who its directed against. I made a comment on another thread on this topic. The person who responded was so busy invoking emotion he/she never even took the time to understand what I wrote. I was just branded callous. Same kind of responses going here as well.
it is definitely lingering in the air…that dank spoiled stench from overripe emotional tension.
it will pass. One thing I have learned about treepers, is that we can restore our spirit and find a path and settle differences..
unlike almost all other venues on planet interweb.
I wouldn’t defend the US. I loathe the US government, and 75% of the people. I’m sickened that people don’t fight in both countries. I’m capable of loathing more than one country at a time.
Hell I’ll add Austria, Canada, Peru, Germany, France, Italy, and dozens more. Frankly, I can’t think of one – maybe Russia – that doesn’t sicken me at this point.
I’m stunned that people are lining their children up to be injected with poison. And I’m thinking will it be possible to bury all the dead and take care of the tens of million of sick in any country with a high vax rate?
Australia has been particularly egregious because they issued a Visa and then did this crap. Add to that, kidnapping aborigines and forcibly jabbing them with the death shot.
“I think that Djokovic could have actually made a MUCH greater impact if he had not gone to Australia but rather announced that he was boycotting the AO due to the vax restriction. THAT would have got a lot more Australians on board.”
forcing the issue and putting the government on permanent record is much more important long term.
Actually IMHO you are spot on. Djokovic could have forced an asterisk next to whoever won that match without having to face him. He could have wielded some power from afar.
But hindsight is always 20/20 so I won’t claim any credit for wisdom here. I am stating a realization that might be of some use for the next internationally-recognized top athlete who faces a similar circumstance.
Given that the problems both countries face are nearly identical it seems country bashing suits no purpose other than division.
I read much here that I must think about as I comprehend the American psych , I’m sure the same goes for there.
The Aussie psych is much different as an inherant hatred of authority itself prevails.
Link this to the little Aussie battler as we say and instant ground root unity prevails.
It’s difficult to explain so I’ll put it like this, Trump although having the same amount of support would not get the crowds or enthusiasm here as he gets there, simply because most here would watch from a distance and not be as vocal, but that is not to say we don’t know what’s going on.
Another example would be religion, Amercans are very vocal whereas here almost nobody talks religion as its very much perceived to be a private matter.
Like I said above exposure is what we have found to be an effective weapon especially for waking the sheeple, so the one rule for all becomes the fight, now this is the tricky part , no matter the laws imposed are wrong if the continued division between us and them is allowed to be further set by the exemption of a tennis player the rich and poor division becomes stronger.
Because the people stood together in a why him not us mode Morrison’s hand was forced, now we have another weapon in our Arsenal.
How many sheeple has this tennis bullshit woken! That’s the point also.
This although it don’t seem so is actually a Patriot win.
I hope this helps.
it does help, thank you.
I appreciate the insights. I cannot imagine the culture of australians under this kind of tyranny.
I have a very difficult time understanding how AMERICANS are operating in their psyche with 2 years of tyranny here!
I understand the private attitude of religious conviction. I propose that is likely one of the most crucial reasons however, why entire societies who do not actively voice their natural rights coming from GOD AND ONLY FROM GOD, is a central and immediate source of the reasons why tyranny has grown so easily and displaced otherwise culturally strong and independent societies.
God Bless America/Australia
Good observation Mungrel
Ned Kelly.
I read your “ farewell” this morning on the open thread and was very confused. I had read this article last night but not the comments, now I’m kinda up to speed.
Here are some observations:
Any person who starts a comment with “All Australians are…” or “All Americans are…” should not be commenting. Perhaps, instead… “In my experience in America…” or “In my experience in Australia…”. No one in any country should make pronouncements broadly labeling 10’s and 100’s of millions in their countries or another’s.
I’ve observed in this comment section, that unlike other open threads at CTH where a high degree of weight is placed on people’s opinions based on fact and sourced material, leaving open the option of doing more research as to the veracity. This comment section has been largely based on feelings and opinions. Note: Personal experience and observations are stated as that. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION. They would be as qualified to make those assessments about countries as they would be about their families, neighborhoods or friends. (Try doing that!)
and finally, on a slightly lighter note, check the time stamps of people who are posting. This is my personal, subjective experience!: The later it gets, the more tired one becomes, the easier it is to get mad, a couple glasses of wine (or scotch) doesn’t make that better. 😂
1.5M out of 26M Aussies is 5.8%. That would actually equate to 20.2M out of 350M Americans, not 80M.
Still, in the U.S. we have not had 20M Americans out on the streets protesting at any given time that I can ever recall. Maybe 5M at the most during the Viet Nam war.
But the truth is that the U.S. media have deliberately and falsely minimized conservatives / pro-MAGA citizens’ reported participation numbers, and the media only show a limited field of view in videos of MAGA or peaceful conservative-led protests.
Truth is, real American conservatives have not historically been the activist / protest marching types. That’s traditionally been what Leftists here do. But recently, U.S. conservatives’ traditional reticence for public protests has been changing, as our patience has been rapidly waning.
The Australian government is the threat to social cohesion, they are working hard to smash it.
Phew! Good thing freedom loving Americans stood up and didn’t allow that communist cabal to corrupt every single government institution- including ALL of your Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies – steal your election and install a dementia-ridden puppet.
No sirree, Americans don’t stand for that sort of carry-on.
Exactly. As the Texans would say….they’re all hat no cattle.
umm…
Well said Jase.Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed that all other players have no problem with this or they would leave as well.
Novak is number one for a reason.That is why the rest of the tennis players are quiet.
I have zero interest in tennis going forward as the pros are all cowards and fascist supporters.
The other players are happy. Gives them a chance to become number1. Seems they don’t care how they get there. Just get there.
I have to take issue with all of us who are advocating trying to change Australia to be more like the US. That’s not right. Australia is most definitely not the United States and we cannot apply out outlook to them. They prefer their democracy the way it is, so leave them to it. We have plenty of our own problems to deal with here.
Now, that said, I do support Mr. Djokovic. What I would like to see (but probably won’t) is for the rest of the tennis players pull out of the games in solidarity. That would be a better statement than any protest.
The other players are probably glad that the number one tennis player is out.
Their is inherent hatred of all things Serbian by the satanic globalists. You would be horrified to read what they have had done to them by Muslims, Ustase, etc
What a self own. “Social Cohesion.” How do these people look themselves in the mirror. I hope there is a reckoning.
May the poor Aussies reap what they sow.
We, as a Republic, shall not bow to the throes of Commumism…..oh wait….Did someone say you need a mask to say that?
Go back and watch this if you want a point of reference.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+joker+you+tube+masks&t=ffab&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSDfNMU93Xvk
Great analysis by Sundance in the post.
Although the Aussie politicians are lying about their vaccination rates, just like ours are.
There has also never been such a full-court press of Comprehensive Bribery. These politicians are paid by Big Pharma to oppress the People. And paid by China, too. This wave of Pre-Fabricated Tyranny is unprecedented, both there and here.
See how much we have in common!
According to Wikipedia, Australia is 81% vaxxed, which is not really much higher than the U.S. at 75%.
I don’t believe that US number, either.
you believe that??
Our government bribed all of us to stay home at the beginning. $600 extra a week unemployment, business bail outs, etc. We thought it would be temporary. After a little time passed, and people were not dropping dead in the street like the propaganda we saw, we started to wake up. CA stood up and protested and got a recall going. But hNewsom quite handily beat that (With no support from the RNC or ANY DC politicians, hmm) and he beat it with the exact same percentage he won in 2018 – 61.9%! Amazing coincidence.
The democracies everywhere have been played. Thank God for our Supreme Court – although we need to stand with the health care workers, who were not spared.
My understanding is that under CDC rules Djokovic would not be allowed to play in the US open.
That’s ok. If he turned up at the airport, millions of Americans would rise up and form a guard of honour as he is carried shoulder high in triumph to Centre court.
Righteous civilians from across the land, joined by 30 million tennis-loving illegal aliens who have strolled across the US border, would then guard the court against any attempt to remove Novak and deny him the opportunity to play.
At least, I assume that is what would happen, based on many of the comments on this post.
Under Fauci rules, he could play til the next time Tony changed his mind again.
And then fall on the field, twitching like a tortured beagle.
Australian Government Deports Unvaccinated Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Citing His Threat to Leftist Political Power. It’s not about public heath. It never was.
Its a conservative government here in Australia.
You are welcome to call it that. However, from the standpoint of people who are watching freedoms being extinguished like so many candles, in the name of a relatively harmless cold virus, with the draconian diktat of mandatory “vaccination” with a dangerous body-chemistry altering poison, you are slitting your own throats.
By all means. Have at it. But, before you draw the knife across your throat in the name of “social cohesion” you might just pause to ask yourself, why?
And here at home, the Salt Lake City Tribune wants the National Guard to bar unvaccinated Americans from going anywhere.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/salt-lake-city-tribune-wants-national-guard-to-bar-unvaxxed-americans-from-going-anywhere
Define: cootie
cootie noun earlier than 1967
Among North American children, cooties are an imaginary germ with which a socially undesirable person, or one of the opposite sex, is said to be infected.
SLC Trib owned by Huntsman.
Key word: Americans
The Australian government is now the exact construct of the North Korea government – need social cohesion to enslave the population
Sundance is only partially right on this…..but he is doing what many people do, painting all people with the same brush.
This is nonsense, and we have to be careful that we dont fall into this trap, Hitler did this with the Jews (all Jews are bad because they…etc…), tyrants have done this all thru history, and yet we find Sundance (who is usually very perceptive) doing exactly the same thing, with a few examples to back it up to give this overall condemnation of Australians view of democracy.
Has Sundance lived here? I do, for many years…I can say most Australians are appalled by what the Govt has done, they hate Daniel Andrews and many of these other tin pot Premieres.
Just simply read the comments under the Sky News Australia youtube videos about this…90% of those comments absolutely rubbish Scum Morrison and this ludicrous decision and feel ashamed that this has happened and many wont even watch the AO because of this.
Again…read the comments!!! before you jump to conclusions!!!
Australia has had many large protests..and had more recently, it has had some of the bravest pushback on the tyranny, and Sundance apparently dismisses all that with comments like “Australians” are like this and they are not as democratic as “Americans” who are like this…does that include BLM and Antifa and the Chicago Marxists? in Americans are like this? obviously not.
In the same way..its a brazen insult to say “Australians” are like this in regards to democracy.
Its pure nonsense!
Occasionally Sundance gets it wrong, in this case he needs to go and read the comments on Youtube, speak to the people I know (Tweed Heads) and on and on before painting an entire population with his personal opinion.
Some people are like what he says, those types are everywhere, but the majority are not at all like he judges!
Thank you. I tried recently to provide some context as to why Australians feel the way they do and was lambasted. And frankly today I’m disgusted at the responses here. I don’t think Sundance has this one right either. And I AM an Australian.
Yep…he is unfortunately being self righteous and laying it out like is an absolute fact, how does he possibly know what everyone here feels about personal rights? and what the Govt has done?
Answer…He doesn’t…he is not helping at all, he is not supportive of the millions of freedom fighters here.
He clearly has jumped to a conclusion…(I have been reading CTH since before Trump was elected) and I have seen him do this before on one or two occasions.
He is wrong on this…and he is stating it like his view is the truth, I call it BS!
And insulting!!
You believe the majority of Australians do not support the vaccination?
You believe that?
You believe the majority of Australians stood with Novak Djovik
So, the truth is out…you are here to troll and dishearten followers of CTH. As for Australia, I leave your country to YOU to make better and, as for all people in need, I pray for your people.
BTW, tell your buddy “rightontherleftcoast” certain government “joint” sites in your country haven’t been the responsibility of the US for quite some time.
BLM and Antifa are the minority. You are creating a strawman argument to keep your head in the sand.
Australians, WRIT LARGE, as in “the majority” of Australians are exactly as I have described. The majority are as stated.
If that disturbs you, I am not responsible for your feelings. But it is a fact, regardless of your comfort.
I am not describing the minority position (jews to use your ridiculous analogy) in Australia, I am describing the majority position in Australia (which, again using your analogy would be the Nazis). As supported by the data and empirical evidence showing over 90% vaccination compliance rate.
Sounds like you are somewhat “triggered” I am attacking your conclusions, not you, I like many of your previous articles, not this one tho.
So lets refer to the “DATA” and “WRIT LARGE”, who does that DATA come from? …well its the Govt DATA!
90% vaccination rate? LOL!! You believe that? Yet perhaps don’t believe the DATA that Biden got the largest vote in US history (personally I don’t believe it either)
But apparently you believe one (The 90% Vaccination rate) and don’t believe the other (Biden Vote).
And “I have my head buried in the sand?.
Many on the ground people here such as Riccardo Bosi who recently interviewed Flynn…. and many others also who have far more on the ground experience than you do)
They all say the vaccination rate is probably no higher than 50%, I can support that…why??? because I pass a vaccination centre in Tweed at least once a week, and its usually empty or has very few people in it, Plus the MSM and Govt are serial liars and data manipulators (same as in the US).
You seriously don’t know what you are talking about…and apparently cant handle being challenged as well.
Also you seem fine with
1. Painting all people in Australia with the same brush…based on what?
2.Government data….nonsense…get over it!
Its you who needs to pull your head out of the sand! and you are being pretty thin skinned over all this.
I support the right of an unvaccinated person to enter Australia. Period.
Do you?
I stand on the principle of individual liberty and self determination.
Do you?
If so you would support the right of Novak to enter Australia, regardless of government position.
Do you?
Whether or not you believe me, I am praying for the Australian people, for their freedoms, such as they are. I have tried following the protests in your cities and reading various Aussie online blogs and news sites since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which I understood to be the incident, the final straw, that led to confiscation of your arms. If I am wrong, correct me.
This recent period of time has been a learning experience for all of us. Rather than tell us the “data” is incorrect or we here in the US should not have an opinion about Australian governance, why don’t you tell us what you are doing in the face of medical totalitarianism in your country. After all, we are already in the fight of lives for our Republic. The least you could do is explain how you plan to defend each other in your nation.
“the Port Arthur massacre in 1996”
it was an out-and-out HOAX ;
in fact: almost all so-called ‘mass-shootings’ are…
Thank you. Agree. It was being regurgitated again this week in your Land.
It sounds like you are comparing Sundance to Hitler.
I’m a Californian and we hear the same words. Our politicians are far left – the people that live here are generally not. I can’t explain the “vote”.
Dominion Voting Machines.
Mate it’s like those that call us a penal colony and expect us to be ashamed that the Poms exported their best here. The greatest Rugby League team in the world was branded as Cane Toads to put us down. It is a badge of honor, like being called a deplorable.
Even though you’re a cockroach you have the right attitude Astro
Serbia should kick out any and all Australians in their country.
This is political and has nothing to do with health or safety, no matter how much the fascist leaders in Australia insist it is.
And all the pigs associated with the war criminal Democrat Clinton Administration who are making billions rebuilding what they illegally bombed like war criminal Madeline Albright’s corporations. To help future Al-Cia-Duh terrorists who we were told did 9/11.
The new Fauci emails may be even more damning than you think.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/the-new-fauci-emails-may-be-even-more-damning-than-you-think/
To all the Aussie bashers on the board today:
The only reason ANY of this is happening is because of Americans pursuing gain of function research! And frankly I’m not convinced yet that it wasn’t deliberately released by the American IC. Add to that the fact that most other Western democracies took their lead from Fauci and the CDC. You’re simply not in a position to throw rocks.
What makes you think we would approve or deny any of that? We are just as angry at our own government!
You don’t see the Australians here throwing all Americans into the same group and calling them Nazis. You don’t see them calling them sheep and idiots.
I wouldn’t be offended if you called us sheep. I even respond “baaaaa” to some comments since I agree. I am willing to ADMIT we are acting like sheep… but I take steps to change. I’ve moved from California to Texas, make sure I vote, and have supported my son’s idea when he joined the Texas National Guard and deployed to the southern border. Everyone needs to do something.
Good job and ty to your son.
Dear Right on the left coast: I am not sure if anyone is throwing all Australians into the same group but I do wonder why a statement from government leaders saying we will do anything we want if we deem it to add to social cohesion is acceptable to anyone, to even 1% of Australians? For instance, is there not a single Aussie tennis player in the tournament that finds this objectionable enough to withdraw from the competition to bring a tyrannical government to the light of day for all Australians to see?
But it IS happening . . . not in Texas nor Kansas nor Ohio. It’s happening Down Under where they already lost their right to self-defense via firearm. Now they are losing more rights and freedoms.
There was never a right to seld defence by firearm in Australia. Australians have never seen firearms as self defence weapons (apart from a small minority.) when i grew up just about ebery house in smallre towns had a snake gun at the back door and almost everyody shot a few bunnies or roos for crab bait/dog food/ dinner. Guns wewre always just a tool when i was a kid. There is a healthy shooting fraternity still though and yes it is unfortunate we arent allowed autoloaders, its something I rant and rail about whenever anyone gives me an ear.
Again, this shows the cognitive disconnect. The inability to articulate a logical argument based on empirical truth.
I have never bashed Australians, but I will admit the dissonant comments from “conservative Australians” on this website has certainly changed my opinion of them.
I would not be surprised at all if the U.S. Government, created, deployed and spread SARS-CoV-2, nor would we raise a finger in defense of them doing it. However, your defense of your government is an actual case study in the mindset the article describes, and one write to critique.
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I have never bashed Australians, but I will admit the dissonant comments from “conservative Australians” on this website has certainly changed my opinion of them.
You clearly did…(bash Autralians) several times, and worse when people pull you up on it, you try to deflect the argument to the others who pull you up on it (you can be wrong you know…I know its hard to admit),we all think we have God like unchallengeable views at some point in our lives…. and you are doing this right now.
But rather than admit you may be wrong, or made an error, you resort to blaming and attacking the very people that are pointing this out! There is a name for this its called “Self Righteous” yes…even tho we live here we know less than you do! and our heads are buried in the sand LOL!
Oh well live on in your world of “I am right” (Based on the DATA) rather than humble yourself a little and admit you painted everyone in OZ with the same brush
None of this has to do with the not very harmful virus.
It has to do with their behavior and policies that are harmful. Many people see these policies as harmful to a so called free people.
Good try though.
Something like this:
No. Something more like this:
Picture this:
FOUR people in one household. A father, an adult daughter, her adult son, and her 7yr old daughter.
The adults are all fully vaccinated, the 7yr old is not.
THREE people are sick, probably with COVID (awaiting tests)
Can you guess which 3 are sick?
(HINT: The 7yr old is NOT one of them)
If Aussie elections are as rigged as ours, how can they be certain that the 51% has really spoken?
Every day I think it can’t get any crazier on the crazy train and every day I’m wrong
It seems there is a large subset of people, some Americans included who would never say the following outloud or even admit it to himself but whose mindset re Covid vaxx is this:
If I am taking the risk of getting vaccinated, how dare you not also take that risk.
Meaning, I know, perhaps only deep-down and I’d never admit it, that this is (at best) an experimental vaccine with known very high short-term risks and completely unknown mid and long-term risks. And damn it I’m gonna take it, bc I am sorta forced to and bc I was sorta sold on this in the first place, and because i am bit too credulous and also kinda unable to assess risk properly
but heck if I’m gonna let you not take the same risk I am taking. If I am going down, if I am inviting auto-immune disease, heart conditions etc and die an early and awful death, I will make sure you are going down with me. Bc fairness, or something.
When the full effects of this biowarefare becomes known I expect “Ma Fellow Amuricans” will come in a howling mob to rip to shreds those of us choosing to remain non-GMO organisms.
A threat to social cohesion as opposed to shoving facemasks on everyone?
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a ‘roo stamping on a human face — forever.”
That’s why they tie them down, sport.
I loved that song as a kid, and still do.
Social cohesion, now you see I have a little problem with that. It is all fine and good with “Diversity is our strength.” to bring in immigrants that have religious beliefs that are diametrically opposed to our Western concepts but bring in someone who thinks for himself, well that is a definite threat to our society. Hypocrites the lot of them!
government oppression is only bad if it is applied unequally.
Our illegitimate government has the nerve to exempt themselves from their own mandates.
Once a subject to a Monarchy, always a serf.
I look at this picture can only think to myself,” What else did he expect?” He’d have saved himself a whole lot of time by just refusing the mask upon arrival. He complied with the Australian despot’s dictate to wear that mask but he thought the despot would somehow excuse him from all other dictates?
Refuse the mask – absolutely and completely. The true nature of your enslavement will become clear.
This was on the way out
I know. He wore it on the way in. Otherwise they’d not have let him in.
They probably would have thrown him in the dungeons if he did not put that muzzle on.
I am more ashamed of those vocal (and artificially amplified voices) in our country than you could begin to imagine.
To not respect the individual choices of others is the biggest shame job I have experienced.
The Glenn Greenwald Rumble on the decision is a stark reminder of what we have become.
The good thing is, that more & more are waking up & can see what a lot of us have been silenced from saying.
Not anymore –
Stand strong America – you are our light!
We visited Australia in ’16 and looked at a return visit. I told my wife after what the government has done to their own citizens, there is no way in hell I will ever set foot there again.
Novak, an unvaccinated person, is a threat to social cohesion. Wow!
for a tyrannt state, you can very much bet they were threatened by the single figure who stood opposed to its continued lording over its subjects.
that IS the threat.
It’s quite disturbing to me that this opportunity seems to have been overlooked and ignored as some here have stated that they have zero interest in defending this “figure”.
I’m still trying to understand how this kind of inaction plays well for australians who might want to rethink strategy and purpose.
if a star athlete with international attention isn’t the perfect opportunity to active all the bells and get moving toward pushing back hard against corrupt and draconian tyrannt rules, I really don’t know what other opportunities exist that are realistic.
you cannot simply expect this tyrannt government to conjure up self control. It must be forced to reconcile it’s overreach.
This “figure” was literally a gift wrapped for the australian people. Is that being unfair? I dunno. Probably, but it is still a massive missed opportunity.
maybe next time?
Love the “crab in the bucket” analogy, being from the S.C. coast. Them crabs aren’t going no where, because they get pulled back in the bucket by the group when they try to escape.