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Woman Arrested for Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia

5 points by isolli 6y ago

htnsao 6y ago
> Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police officers handcuffing the woman and saying that she’s being charged with “incitement.” The woman’s phone and computers were also seized. > “I didn’t realize I was doing anything wrong. This is ridiculous,” the woman says. > Australia remains the only wealthy democracy in the world that doesn’t have anything equivalent to America’s First Amendment protections for free speech. Wow. That's draconian.
raxxorrax 6y ago
Hm. I don't think protesting lockdowns right now is productive. Yes, your freedom is curtailed and officially I think no government has the right to enforce it to the letter. I also don't think safety from infections is something individuals have the right to expect from society. That is a personal risk and you can stay home if you are that afraid. Not saying dangerous infections don't need to be communicated to health officials, but there is a limit what you can expect and it does concern bodily autonomy. But given the situation it might be prudent to just accept it for a limited time. Not for your government, just for your fellow citizens. If we are still locked down a year from now, I would join the protests without further thought. What really sucks is getting arrested for a facebook post. That is plain government abuse in my opinion. I am very convinced it will bite people in favor of such measures in the ass one day. Actually I hope so because sometimes stupidity needs to be painful and it might spawn real progress for once.
- vixen99 6y ago
  So if this virus doesn't go away (as with influenza which kills thousands every year) and the predicted vaccines don't measure up, will Australia continue to arrest folk who post far from unreasonable opinions. Sounds like a totalitarian society. What other opinions won't be tolerated in the future?
  - raxxorrax 6y ago
    I think arresting people for posts on social media is always a display of exceptional weakness of government. I would probably vote for the other guys, but I am not too deep into Australian politics. I think many defer the justification for such a step into the future, but at some point there isn't any justification for a lockdown. In practice many people already ignore it anyway, which could be bad. But it is beyond any state to enforce it.

5 points by isolli 6y ago

> Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police officers handcuffing the woman and saying that she’s being charged with “incitement.” The woman’s phone and computers were also seized. > “I didn’t realize I was doing anything wrong. This is ridiculous,” the woman says. > Australia remains the only wealthy democracy in the world that doesn’t have anything equivalent to America’s First Amendment protections for free speech. Wow. That's draconian.

raxxorrax 6y ago

Hm. I don't think protesting lockdowns right now is productive. Yes, your freedom is curtailed and officially I think no government has the right to enforce it to the letter. I also don't think safety from infections is something individuals have the right to expect from society. That is a personal risk and you can stay home if you are that afraid. Not saying dangerous infections don't need to be communicated to health officials, but there is a limit what you can expect and it does concern bodily autonomy. But given the situation it might be prudent to just accept it for a limited time. Not for your government, just for your fellow citizens. If we are still locked down a year from now, I would join the protests without further thought. What really sucks is getting arrested for a facebook post. That is plain government abuse in my opinion. I am very convinced it will bite people in favor of such measures in the ass one day. Actually I hope so because sometimes stupidity needs to be painful and it might spawn real progress for once.

vixen99 6y ago
So if this virus doesn't go away (as with influenza which kills thousands every year) and the predicted vaccines don't measure up, will Australia continue to arrest folk who post far from unreasonable opinions. Sounds like a totalitarian society. What other opinions won't be tolerated in the future?
- raxxorrax 6y ago
  I think arresting people for posts on social media is always a display of exceptional weakness of government. I would probably vote for the other guys, but I am not too deep into Australian politics. I think many defer the justification for such a step into the future, but at some point there isn't any justification for a lockdown. In practice many people already ignore it anyway, which could be bad. But it is beyond any state to enforce it.