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'Wrong Think' in Australia: when opinions become a crime : Comments

By David Leyonhjelm, published 10/11/2025

In Western Australia, gun owners are losing their licences not for breaking laws but for holding the 'wrong' opinions - a troubling echo of Orwell’s 1984, where dissent itself is the offence.

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I agree with the copper about sovereign citizens; but he needs to pull his head in, and realise that it's his job to enforce laws, not bang on about them like a politician looking for votes. Too much notice is given to unelected public servants these days.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 10 November 2025 9:02:07 AM
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Sovereign Citizens are responding to their instincts.
Just as our ancestors did when they moved in to new territory.
The problem for Sovereign Citizens is that they are too few.
They cannot have a large physical defence mechanism.
They cannot move in to a territory, define its boundaries, and defend it.
Without that kind of control, they will be controlled by another system.
Perchance, the one in which they live?
So in practice, they are wasting their time.
I think it is time for them to enter the real world.
But we could view them as having a hobby which is somewhat weird?
And hobbies are acceptable, even if weird?
So unless there is proof of harmful intent, I cannot see we need worry about them too much.
Provided they comply with the law whilst propounding their odd views.
But to treat them as potentially harmful is a step too far.
The trouble is the authorities represent the majority.
And the majority rules.
Or to state it more accurately, it is the majority of the majority which rules.
So until reason points the way, we are stuck with questionable attitudes.
Posted by Ipso Fatso, Monday, 10 November 2025 1:37:26 PM
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What else can one expect - is it surprising when an illegitimate body performs illegitimate actions?

It is in their DNA!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Monday, 10 November 2025 11:13:05 PM
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