THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly

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How COVID has shone a light on the ugly face of Australian antisemitism

The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?

theconversation.com

 

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[Columbo]

Target practice for the police.

 

[Columbo]

Apparently the protesters are protesting at vaccination area in Melbourne which is forcing them to be shut down. This is stupid on the protesters part because they are taking away people's choice to get a vaccine.

 

[Affable]

Apparently the protesters are protesting at vaccination area in Melbourne which is forcing them to be shut down. This is stupid on the protesters part because they are taking away people's choice to get a vaccine.

You mean like they had their choice taken away from them? It all seems symbolic

 

[Columbo]

You mean like they had their choice taken away from them? It all seems symbolic

I guess so.

 

[Affable]

Hmmm

https://twitter.com/x/status/1440881813665173515

So standing in a crowd of people at the corner of the street is perfectly fine. However, holding a sign in protest is not…

 

[Columbo]

Call for malls to mandate jabs for shoppers

Billionaire retail tsar Solomon Lew has called for shopping precincts to reject unvaccinated consumers and install health checks at entrances, declaring “people will stop visiting malls unless there is safety”.

www.news.com.au

Will speed up the death of shopping malls.

 

[Affable]

Call for malls to mandate jabs for shoppers

Billionaire retail tsar Solomon Lew has called for shopping precincts to reject unvaccinated consumers and install health checks at entrances, declaring “people will stop visiting malls unless there is safety”.

www.news.com.au

Will speed up the death of shopping malls.

Meh, haven’t been to the mall in months. Online shopping is now where it is at.

 

[Columbo]

Meh, haven’t been to the mall in months. Online shopping is now where it is at.

I go to shopping centres heaps of times.

Apparently the police wanted the media to be banned from showing footage of the protests from the air. Typical police state. Bet if they had their way they would put on their banning glove and prevent the media from showing anything so they could get out their batons of beatings and kill or seriously injure protesters. All for the public interest of course.

 

[Affable]

I go to shopping centres heaps of times.

Apparently the police wanted the media to be banned from showing footage of the protests from the air. Typical police state. Bet if they had their way they would put on their banning glove and prevent the media from showing anything so they could get out their batons of beatings and kill or seriously injure protesters. All for the public interest of course.

They did ban the media. Victoria is fucked

 

[Columbo]

They did ban the media. Victoria is fucked

Oh no. How can anyone support dictator dan?

 

[Affable]

Oh no. How can anyone support dictator dan?

Victorians have serious Stockholm Syndrome. Been that way for nearly 2 years now

 

[Columbo]

Victorians have serious Stockholm Syndrome. Been that way for nearly 2 years now

How sad to still be so enamoured with someone after they treat you like dirt. That kind of obsessional devotion is quite unhealthy.

 

[Affable]

Did they extend the State of Emergency? I read that it expires tonight.

 

[Columbo]

Did they extend the State of Emergency? I read that it expires tonight.

Probably extend it for a hundred years.

 

[Affable]

Probably extend it for a hundred years.

Been reading that it is in effect until December 15 as well. Cannot find the source for that though.

Apparently a protestor is in hospital with COVID.

 

[Columbo]

Been reading that it is in effect until December 15 as well. Cannot find the source for that though.

Apparently a protestor is in hospital with COVID.

Oh well, that's the protesters choice for going to the protest.

 

[Affable]

Oh well, that's the protesters choice for going to the protest.

Exactly right. They must have been infected for a while though.

 

[Columbo]

Exactly right. They must have been infected for a while though.

True, I wonder if they infected others at the protest?