Victorian politicians have been increasingly targeted with threats and vandalism during the pandemic, with 50 per cent more security incidents at electoral offices compared with the previous year.
Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick said all of his staff have had to call on the parliamentary counselling service at some point during the pandemic because abusive emails and phone calls had been “such a terrible strain”.“It’s not just the volume of abuse,” he said. “Quite often it’s not the volume, it’s what’s actually being said.”He said the threat of violence against him, his staff and family, as well as the volume of calls, had escalated “quite dramatically” during the pandemic.
His parliamentary office was receiving a phone call about every 1 minute and 40 seconds, although Mr Meddick’s electorate office is currently closed.
There is a 3-pronged attack going on: 'independent' media (Rukshan, Avi); and incitement from opinionists in the MSM (Mitchell, Tardio, Elliott, Panahi, Legrand, Bolt, etc too many to list!); and far right idiots at protests like this:
Perhaps they should listen to protests instead of demeaning protestors, or the government is forcing people to escalate.
It's an attack on democracy. Jail for these offenders.
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