No respirators permitted at protests. It’s thwarting the capsicum spray. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... - ThreadSky

njbbari3.bsky.social • 79 days ago

No respirators permitted at protests. It’s thwarting the capsicum spray.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/17/victoria-protests-legislation-antisemitism-laws-places-of-worship-laws-ban-masks-flags-melbourne-synagogue-fire-ntwnfb

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corithna.bsky.social•78 days ago

Pepper spray is no joke. You've made a good point here.

mrsrobotbirdie.bsky.social•79 days ago

Awful.

mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social•79 days ago

so only the cops can be masked?

ab-aus.bsky.social•78 days ago

Screw the ALP

lagadoist.bsky.social•78 days ago

Labor's pro-Zionism will not reward them.

mosssphagnum.bsky.social•79 days ago

Freedom to #mask is PPE against tyranny

charismaew.bsky.social•79 days ago

This is a complete disgrace banning face masks. I hope this goes to the High Court.

monika-dryburgh.bsky.social•79 days ago

Ffffffffff.

njbbari3.bsky.social•79 days ago

Very sad… the underlying reasons for the unrest too… and the spreading violence.

njbbari3.bsky.social•79 days ago

The right to protest for people that are trying to avoid C19 doesn’t exist.

An interesting side effect indeed.

njbbari3.bsky.social•79 days ago

Considering the “normal” people don’t think people that are trying to avoid COVID have a right to life… I guess protest is a distant thought at this time.

(Yes, if you don’t mask in shared spaces, you make those spaces unsafe.)

njbbari3.bsky.social•79 days ago

If maintaining a population vulnerable to pepper spray is the aim, then even clear respirators are out.

juliaharvey.bsky.social•79 days ago

Wrong. What is wrong with our governments to limit peaceful protests.

It seem like we should at any future protests on any issue that we should all mask up. Are they going to arrest all of us?

broadcastappeal.bsky.social•79 days ago

Ideally more people would mask up in public spaces as a show of solidarity. On top of these protest laws I fear the slippery slope of a wider mask ban

njbbari3.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yup. That’s the bigger worry.

juliaharvey.bsky.social•79 days ago

I wish this government wouldn’t give us quite so many hills to die on. It’s exhausting.

chrisjensenj.bsky.social•79 days ago

"identity"
It's well known that sun glasses hide identity more effectively than respirators, yet strangely we only ever hear about ban on masks
🤔

dakindon.bsky.social•79 days ago

In my navy days, a thwart was a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

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