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> not act like a mindless bots The irony here is palpable. Try applying some critical thinking before believing everything you read on the internet, particula

> not act like a mindless bots The irony here is palpable. Try applying some critical thinking before believing everything you read on the internet, particularly when it relates to politically charged topics such as the pandemic. TLDR: the vast majority of shit you've read/watched about "police state" during the pandemic in Australia is just that: shit. It would be akin to Australians being told that in America every happy meal comes with a free .45 pistol. The difference is most Australians are smart enough to question things that sound outrageous, rather than just believing everything they see.

tamimio 3y ago
>The irony here is palpable. Is it? There’s a big difference between misunderstanding a picture location -where I admit I was wrong- and someone is willing to shoot because big pharma said so and still willing to do so if it would happen again, not knowing their mistake, this goes without mentioning the dozens of examples and proven evidence how it was dealt with there, from the quarantine camps [1], to people denied food because they are not vaccinated [2], or how police used drones and other tech invading people basic privacy and liberties [3], and I’m not even going with post-vaccine injuries. I’m not talking about vaccination policies or itself was effective or not, I’m talking about basic human decency among each other, it’s ok if you do a mistake, admit it, and learn from it especially if you were “just following orders”, just like how I admit that pic was wrong, the least can be done is admitting a lot of covid shenanigans were wrong,it’s time to fix that, and hold some people accountable for ordering others to do such atrocities. [1] https://brownstone.org/articles/inside-an-australian-quarantine-camp/ https://brownstone.org/articles/inside-an-australian-quarant... [2] https://rebekahbarnett.substack.com/p/good-australians-and-the-banality https://rebekahbarnett.substack.com/p/good-australians-and-t... [3] https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-australia/comments https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-au...
- stephenr 3y ago
  > I’m not talking about vaccination policies No. You're just spreading antivaxxer rightwing propaganda about a country you clearly don't understand.
  - fithisux 3y ago
    I'm a far left and I was not vaccinated with capitalist juice. And here in Greece the measures were very strict. Covid would have run its course if bankers did not want world domination over the proletariat. But arrogance and lack of knowledge made the planet a 1984 dystopia.
    - stephenr 3y ago
      I think you need to lay off whatever "juice" you are on mate. Next you'll be claiming the Jews did 9/11.
- technion 3y ago
  As an Australian, it was extremely obvious that image was fake the second it was seen simply because we had a policeman with a machine gun like that. If you're going to claim Australia is a "police state" I'd urge you to consider just how foreign the idea of police ever pulling a gun is to anyone here. For background, I grew up with my Dad in the police. I had literally never seen a gun in person until I went overseas.
- defrost 3y ago
  As an actual West Australian who grew up on first nation land and had two sessions passing through a two week quarantine airlock as a result of work related out of country trips .. your links (brownstone & rebekahbarnett) are hilariously distorted over the top point of view opinions from what was a surprisingly small percentage of people who got very worked up about sensible precautions with overwhelming support. As a result of having a two week isolation period in the pre vaccine times western australia spent most of the COVID years operating maskless with very few actual cases. Once vaccines became available something like 98% of the state population had at least two shots (a very percent with three) with no spikes in death or disease (ie. no excessive side effects). All of that made a good contrast against the rates of death and hospitalisation seen in (say) the USofA. Of course there were some very vocal holdouts who foamed at the mouth about workplaces requiring proof of vacination and of course they have blogged at length about the inhumanity of the atrocities they have endured.
- fithisux 3y ago
  Don't close your mouth whatever attrition you get. You tell the truth. No fear for the voluntary wage-slaves

tamimio 3y ago

>The irony here is palpable. Is it? There’s a big difference between misunderstanding a picture location -where I admit I was wrong- and someone is willing to shoot because big pharma said so and still willing to do so if it would happen again, not knowing their mistake, this goes without mentioning the dozens of examples and proven evidence how it was dealt with there, from the quarantine camps [1], to people denied food because they are not vaccinated [2], or how police used drones and other tech invading people basic privacy and liberties [3], and I’m not even going with post-vaccine injuries. I’m not talking about vaccination policies or itself was effective or not, I’m talking about basic human decency among each other, it’s ok if you do a mistake, admit it, and learn from it especially if you were “just following orders”, just like how I admit that pic was wrong, the least can be done is admitting a lot of covid shenanigans were wrong,it’s time to fix that, and hold some people accountable for ordering others to do such atrocities. [1] https://brownstone.org/articles/inside-an-australian-quarantine-camp/ https://brownstone.org/articles/inside-an-australian-quarant... [2] https://rebekahbarnett.substack.com/p/good-australians-and-the-banality https://rebekahbarnett.substack.com/p/good-australians-and-t... [3] https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-australia/comments https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-au...

stephenr 3y ago
> I’m not talking about vaccination policies No. You're just spreading antivaxxer rightwing propaganda about a country you clearly don't understand.
- fithisux 3y ago
  I'm a far left and I was not vaccinated with capitalist juice. And here in Greece the measures were very strict. Covid would have run its course if bankers did not want world domination over the proletariat. But arrogance and lack of knowledge made the planet a 1984 dystopia.
  - stephenr 3y ago
    I think you need to lay off whatever "juice" you are on mate. Next you'll be claiming the Jews did 9/11.
technion 3y ago
As an Australian, it was extremely obvious that image was fake the second it was seen simply because we had a policeman with a machine gun like that. If you're going to claim Australia is a "police state" I'd urge you to consider just how foreign the idea of police ever pulling a gun is to anyone here. For background, I grew up with my Dad in the police. I had literally never seen a gun in person until I went overseas.
defrost 3y ago
As an actual West Australian who grew up on first nation land and had two sessions passing through a two week quarantine airlock as a result of work related out of country trips .. your links (brownstone & rebekahbarnett) are hilariously distorted over the top point of view opinions from what was a surprisingly small percentage of people who got very worked up about sensible precautions with overwhelming support. As a result of having a two week isolation period in the pre vaccine times western australia spent most of the COVID years operating maskless with very few actual cases. Once vaccines became available something like 98% of the state population had at least two shots (a very percent with three) with no spikes in death or disease (ie. no excessive side effects). All of that made a good contrast against the rates of death and hospitalisation seen in (say) the USofA. Of course there were some very vocal holdouts who foamed at the mouth about workplaces requiring proof of vacination and of course they have blogged at length about the inhumanity of the atrocities they have endured.
fithisux 3y ago
Don't close your mouth whatever attrition you get. You tell the truth. No fear for the voluntary wage-slaves