Threats of violence, the attack on Helen Haines, mental health, social media platforms and security of federal MP’s are all unpacked on this week’s episode of Insiders. David Speers is joined by Niki Savva, Mark Kenny and Greg Brown, and interviews AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett. Mike Bowers is joined by Eleri Harris for Talking Pictures.

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[–] Cypher@aussie.zone [S] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

I feel they really failed to examine why political discourse has been turning so nasty and just laid the blame on social media.

While they did point out disgusting rhetroic from One Nation they failed to address that the cost of living crisis, housing, and decades of neo-liberal gutting of services all play a role in the erosion of social cohesion.

Also that one idiot with the mustache who kept trying to lump the Greens in with One Nation as 'extremists'. What a fuckwit.

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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 point 1 week ago

As intended. This shit was always going to happen.

What won’t happen is governing for us, which is the root cause of the problem.

Boot them out next election and replace them with people who will work for us.

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[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago

failed to address that the cost of living crisis, housing, and decades of neo-liberal gutting of services

Yeah, it's telling that they neglected to mention this when discussing political violence, because those things could and should be considered political violence, too, and are thus directly relevant to the conversation. Leaving it out kinda just sends the message that they only care about political violence done to them.

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[–] Cypher@aussie.zone [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago

Quite a long video but an important examination of the political climate and some of the factors driving political violence.

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