Hours after the Queens death, with Her Majesty\u2019s body still warm, and millions of Australians in mourning – Senator Faruqi (someone that has benefitted immensely from the British Commonwealth) attached the Queen and imply the Queen was racist, tweeting; <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cI cannot mourn the leader of a racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The above is highly offensive to the majority of Australians.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s not OK for someone to fire back with the line in response to “Piss of back to Pakistan” ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this is the law in Australia – that prevents robust debate on controversial efforts – the law is wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faruqi has a glass jaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are going to get into the arena as a public figure and make controversial comments, highly offensive to millions – you can\u2019t expect to be protected from criticism because you find their response “offensive”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision is a disgraceful assault on free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pauline Hanson was totally justified in what she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope she appeals this decision of a single judge – whose background includes being “an advocate in South Africa for many years with a specialisation in public law.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–Craig Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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