‘Advocating Change’ is Now a Race to Victimhood

I’m going to begin this article with a challenge. Regardless of your political leanings, try to hear what I have to say before labelling me a shady socialist or a right-wing populist. Because over the last few years, our rights to have beliefs without being labelled has been taken from us.

I’m going to explain why I think that is important.

On 26 January, Australia Day is celebrated. Like many national holidays, it is not without controversy; January 26 was the day that English explorers arrived in the country and is seen by many as the beginning of a colonial rule that subjugated the native population. An aboriginal advocate who I’m not going to bother naming stated at an ‘Invasion Day’ (clever play on words) rally,

“F*** Australia. Hope it burns to the ground.”

Of course, this was just one person’s opinion, and the wonderful thing about freedom of speech is that anyone can jump onstage and advocate the destruction of a country. The response was predictable initially, with standard reactions including shock and disgust…then things got a bit weird.

The person who made the comments claims she was just using “metaphor,” when she said she wanted Australia to burn to the ground and clarified this by stating,

“It was a metaphor, not actually…