Activists, journalists and politicians “need to find a better way to debate” in the country, or risk having “this new culture of bullying” continue to fester, according to Sky News host Andrew Bolt. Mr Bolt was critical of Victoria's Attorney-General Jill Hennessy and her recent call to have social commentator Bettina Arndt ‘stripped’ of her Order of Australia award.
Mr Bolt said the whole “uproar” surrounding Ms Arndt has “driven the cancel culture warriors nuts”. “I think most Australians … have had [enough] with this new crudity [from] people from the Left,” Mr Bolt said. “They see a person they don't agree with and they abuse them”. Mr Bolt said there is a risk if the “cancel culture” does not end, no one “will dare speak”. Image: Getty
Agree with point being made (in fact the whole reason I decided to re-engage in social media was to help people find common ground with each other), but the examples used appear biased. Is Andrew Bolt suggesting that only liberals have led our public discourse to this point?
'Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.' - George Orwell
Largely many having left school, got a degree &no job ...enter politics with no real life experience(spare us the stories we all have them) Many wouldn’t meet the basic criteria. What is the criteria & qualification to become a politician? No diversity checklist either thanks.
Maybe a more formalized debate platform televised so audience can get both sides of an argument on a particular issue and the debaters will have to be armed with facts, figures and data to support their claims so that it takes the emotion out and makes it more professional.
WTF is Invasion Day? Clearly some sort of a (Nigerian) scam?
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