Labor’s push to combat antisemitism raises many questions about academic freedom in Australia. Who decides what students can learn and say about Israel and Palestine?
Thank you so much for setting out so clearly the absolute despotic insanity of this Zionist dictate to be forced upon all schools by an UNELECTED Zionist “antisemitism envoy”. I’m sorry , but an alert fifth grade student could drive a truck ( or an Israeli tank ) through
this Zionist propaganda . If Albanese were doing his best to increase social division to a stratospheric level he could not have hit on a better plan . In consequence , there appear to be matters of importance that the ever-so-obedient Jason Clare has not permitted to enter his mind . Will critical thinking be forbidden in classrooms ? Will debating clubs be forceably cancelled ? If large groups of parents at some schools rise up against this despotic propaganda ( and massive insult to the qualifications of experienced teachers )
what will be the reaction of the government , or will they allow the unelected Zionist envoy to have total control over punishment ??
When comparing this insane overreach for a tiny fraction of the community, where is ANY level of necessary support for our First Australians across a wide range of policies ?? I shake my head in despair at the waste of space of this spineless excuse for a government ( and not excluding state governments as well .)
The problem is neither the education system or academia are strong on facts when it comes to history and the rewriting of Australia's stone-age history before the British arrived and to some degree after is a classic example as it rests frequently in the realms of myth, fabrication, fantasy and ridiculous lies. Modern education has for some time considered opinion to be the equal of fact. Zionist/Jewish fantasies about Palestine and Israel would be completely at home.
Born into WW2, I felt deep sympathy for Jews from the beginning of my awareness. I heard about their murder before it was called "holocaust", and my sympathy deepened. As my realisation developed I realised all Europeans looked pretty much the same. A team of us in the street might contain Nazis, British or French Jews, Non-Jews--You name it. Sometimes people carried or wore stuff which categorised us. Otherwise we were essentially normal. Or some might whisper, or point which could start a wrestling, screaming, murder show. Clearly there was hate which only manifested if our team was disclosed. I didn't understand. After the war, at a local gathering, the war was still topical, so was discussed a dependable, normal good citizen contributed: "I think Hitler was right about the Jews" The hiccup of silence suggested to me that none would publicly agree, but agreement could be there. This six y o kid didn't understand.
A few years later the well meaning victors gave control of a relevant but small area of land to ? poorly defined Jewish people, at the expense of Non-Jewish. To help with peacekeeping a rule was made "anti Semitic speak shall not be spoken" Voices said: "anti jewish speak is surely what we mean." The response was: "A semite is anyone belonging to that area. Peace cannot happen if only one side of 2 or more sides is protected from hate. If no one is allowed to hurl insults peace may be possible."
Legislators of the world please note. You cannot out-law hate. You may be able to modify activities which produce hate. If your agenda is limited to supporting perpetrators of hate, it will grow and endure forever, no matter how you try to conceal it.
Thank you so much for setting out so clearly the absolute despotic insanity of this Zionist dictate to be forced upon all schools by an UNELECTED Zionist “antisemitism envoy”. I’m sorry , but an alert fifth grade student could drive a truck ( or an Israeli tank ) through
this Zionist propaganda . If Albanese were doing his best to increase social division to a stratospheric level he could not have hit on a better plan . In consequence , there appear to be matters of importance that the ever-so-obedient Jason Clare has not permitted to enter his mind . Will critical thinking be forbidden in classrooms ? Will debating clubs be forceably cancelled ? If large groups of parents at some schools rise up against this despotic propaganda ( and massive insult to the qualifications of experienced teachers )
what will be the reaction of the government , or will they allow the unelected Zionist envoy to have total control over punishment ??
When comparing this insane overreach for a tiny fraction of the community, where is ANY level of necessary support for our First Australians across a wide range of policies ?? I shake my head in despair at the waste of space of this spineless excuse for a government ( and not excluding state governments as well .)
The problem is neither the education system or academia are strong on facts when it comes to history and the rewriting of Australia's stone-age history before the British arrived and to some degree after is a classic example as it rests frequently in the realms of myth, fabrication, fantasy and ridiculous lies. Modern education has for some time considered opinion to be the equal of fact. Zionist/Jewish fantasies about Palestine and Israel would be completely at home.
Born into WW2, I felt deep sympathy for Jews from the beginning of my awareness. I heard about their murder before it was called "holocaust", and my sympathy deepened. As my realisation developed I realised all Europeans looked pretty much the same. A team of us in the street might contain Nazis, British or French Jews, Non-Jews--You name it. Sometimes people carried or wore stuff which categorised us. Otherwise we were essentially normal. Or some might whisper, or point which could start a wrestling, screaming, murder show. Clearly there was hate which only manifested if our team was disclosed. I didn't understand. After the war, at a local gathering, the war was still topical, so was discussed a dependable, normal good citizen contributed: "I think Hitler was right about the Jews" The hiccup of silence suggested to me that none would publicly agree, but agreement could be there. This six y o kid didn't understand.
A few years later the well meaning victors gave control of a relevant but small area of land to ? poorly defined Jewish people, at the expense of Non-Jewish. To help with peacekeeping a rule was made "anti Semitic speak shall not be spoken" Voices said: "anti jewish speak is surely what we mean." The response was: "A semite is anyone belonging to that area. Peace cannot happen if only one side of 2 or more sides is protected from hate. If no one is allowed to hurl insults peace may be possible."
Legislators of the world please note. You cannot out-law hate. You may be able to modify activities which produce hate. If your agenda is limited to supporting perpetrators of hate, it will grow and endure forever, no matter how you try to conceal it.