Can Australians still politely disagree with one another, or have we lost an agreed set of facts?
Have Australians lost the ability to politely disagree? Can we still have a civilised national conversation on big questions like the Voice to parliament?
Fyles put on a brave face, calling out the “violent assault” but promising she would still mingle with punters out and about in Darwin. Social media has been the accelerant. The Voice to parliament debate has suffered greatly as a result, often heading down rabbit holes rather than prompting debate about the sticking points.It doesn’t take much effort to find vile threats being made against Lidia Thorpe, Linda Burney, Nyanggai Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price online.
“There is an anger that has been unleashed, possibly by frustrations with COVID and lockdowns, most certainly by the spread of disinformation online, and probably due to the way in which the American political conversation has changed,” they said. Liberal senate leader Simon Birmingham said the rise in anonymity and extremism online had created a more disturbing trend: “With so many outlets for intolerant views on the left, right or just downright conspiracies more people are becoming more emboldened.
“It’s not great behaviour, but we are seeing more of this because people are feeling disenfranchised, people are feeling their voices are not being heard,” she says.
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