Guess we need the NACC to investigate the NACC

He fucking loves playing this card.

"if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear" was always BS.

None of this is surprising but it's good to get the names of these people. This sort of shit rambling about elites works in the US and UK, so of course it works here too.

While its true that there are open-access journals and conferences without such costs

To publish open access normally costs upwards of $3k USD as well. There's practically no point in the publishing chain where academics aren't getting screwed.

Let's also not forget that you have to review other people's papers for the journal for free.

Global warming is a hoax, the real threat is global eucalypting

There's a lot of "it's probably concealed for a reason" type posts that I don't think I'd be seeing if this was the LNP.

Also how can Australians trust the government to make national security laws if they aren't informed on national security issues?

As someone who drives almost every day I can confirm that I perceive motorists to be less than fully human just based on their behaviour.

Probably more direct than I would have been but good post, glad you've argued with people on the internet so I don't have to.

A mixture of slippery slope, a complete disregard for the weight of history and a lack of understanding of the difference between "law" and "justice" seem to be a recurring set of arguments when it comes to disagreeing with social justice issues.

But what about the economy‽

Also to be fair, Australia's unemployment system is especially cruel with mutual obligations etc... It's basically designed to kill people.

Are you sure it's not a tunnel for a single row of Tesla's to go through?

In my mind there are two main branches of reasoning: One comes from either racism or a feeling of aggrievement ("why do they get something I dont" kind of thing). The second stems from a misunderstanding of systemic issues, a sort of demographic blindness like "this is a policy that only affects X and that's racist" kind of thing. Arguably the aggrievement fits in here too. This obviously ignores the fact that demographic differences do exist.

Of course there's also the "progressive no" argument that people like Lidia Thorpe argue for, but imo the other two are more common.