Australian Open bans Russian and Belarusian Flags
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I don’t agree with this (surprisingly), but I don’t see why anyone is particularly surprised, by now, after everything (at least they can play, unlike Wimbledon)…
Of all the things going on, both at that tournament, and in Melbourne, and in this country, this is frankly… Merely a minor symptom.
There are some places in this country where you cannot even display the Australian flag, on AUSTRALIA DAY (next week). Personally, I think that’s a bit more insane, even if it is, in fact, part of essentially the same…
Saw a half Australian/half Ukrainian flag (divided vertically), the other day, driving through a tiny country town. I actually thought that was kind of cool, but really it just shows you how completely ubiquitous support for Ukraine is, here…
Unlike pretty much any other issue, this is one where you find very little dissent, in the mainstream, in this country… Even Sky News very rarely goes too far against that particular grain…