• MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    When I was seeing the posts like this happening in America/Minnesota, I think to myself, "what would I do? Would I risk my record/job to stand up for my neighbour?

    I’m not in Sydney, and I don’t think this will happen in The Outback, but its something to think about…

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    As much as I feel any and all prayer is meant to be entirely between you and your personally-chosen creator, and as such should never be done as a public spectacle (as per Matthew 6, 5-8),

    This.
    Is.
    F**king.
    Disgusting.

    ACAB. They’re the hand of fascism and authoritarianism and should be treated as such: record, document, and prepare the evidence for your country’s own Nuremberg trials. Never give any of these bastards an inch of space.

  • eureka@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Thanks for rehosting the video. Cool add-on, always good to see people explaining how to do this. (yt-dlp, and friendlier tools using it under the hood, is also useful for all kinds of websites)

    That police action is absolutely egregious. I’ve seen plenty of police violence and other abuse, but this is an example that they had to know was offensive and unnecessary. Secularism and a general freedom of religion are widely-accepted Australian national values. And to see PAG organisers among those pushed away while praying just makes it even clearer.

    It’s moments like this which clarify just how alienated, or simply uncaring, these officers are. At some point, they will each choose between standing with Australians or standing with governments to keep their job.

    • ikt@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      I’ve seen plenty of police violence and other abuse, but this is an example that they had to know was offensive and unnecessary

      They were told to move on, ignored the police and kept praying, the police then moved them on

      Was this particularly violent to you? I’ve seen more violent mosh pits

      • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        The police making unreasonable demands does not justify the use of violence to enforce those demands.

    • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      So apparently the dev included some ‘companion app’ which I vaguely remember installing once. I’m not sure. I don’t use it often and only enabled it after seeing your comment. Some people have had issues with the app or with waterrmarks which I’ve never encountered. I also have no idea if this ‘companion app’ is open source or what it even does. So yeah, technically I warned you all.

    • Pappabosley@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Correct, the decent into fascism is already entrenched. I hate all religions, but these guys weren’t doing anything wrong, they weren’t hassling anyone. Anyone who thinks these laws couldn’t be used against them eventually, is either filthy rich, stupid or both. This kind of action by police just increases the chances of terror attacks, both by victimising innocent people and emboldening hateful people, who see this as justification for their hatred.

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Protesting illegally*

    Tell it like it actually is

    It’s a crackdown on protesting, because Israel can’t be criticised

  • AntOnARant@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    I’t makes me really happy to see Aussies banding together and protesting, it’s always seemed to me that our chill attitude was easy to take advantage of.