True that. When it comes down to it, I think I’m just fucking tired of feeling powerless.

The Aussie attitude is to just “sit down (or even better lay down) and take shit”, be it from the government, or the local council, or big woke corporate.

“Don’t stick your head up. Don’t question it. Don’t raise your voice in opposition. The government, and those in charge, know best!”

This is how authoritarian bullies, with no real power, such as the staff at that cricket match, cow people into silence. This is how you end up with an environment where my father tells me “Shut up, shut up! Don’t draw attention to yourself!”, while I booed and jeered as the fucking cops and security guards dragged a completely harmless, somewhat drunk fan, out by his fucking collar.

This is how you end up with a green-vested staff member, whose official designation was Customer Service- How Can I Help?, bullying me over not wearing my mask, outdoors, even after the event finished…

Because they add “Please” to their demands, even while LITERALLY YELLING, they think it’s acceptable. They think it “must be obeyed”. Because that’s just what Australians do - obey authority, unquestioningly, and shame those who do not…

I’ve seen these people ruin my suburb. I’ve seen them literally destroy my town, and my nearest city. All three are literally unrecognizable from when I was even a teenager, thanks to the worship of money, and blatant corruption, and not enough people caring, or making a fuss, or standing up to it.

I’ve seen what has happened in this country in the last two years, and how appallingly “we” have behaved in the last two weeks, and particularly today. And I’ve had enough. I’m not sure quite what that means, but, to quote Network, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.”

I’m damn well sick of sitting back and letting this shit go down. That’s not good enough for me anymore.

I ain’t no Gandhi, but apparently I just grew a spine, lol. And this is after the caffeine, and most of the adrenaline from all that earlier confrontation, has worn off, lol.

I might be just another powerless citizen, but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let these fucking bastards ride roughshod over me, and over the people around me, anymore.

So thanks, Novak, I guess.

/rant, ha.

True that. When it comes down to it, I think I’m just fucking tired of feeling powerless.

The Aussie attitude is to just “sit down (or even better lay down) and take shit”, be it from the government, or the local council, or big woke corporate.

“Don’t stick your head up. Don’t question it. Don’t raise your voice in opposition. The government, and those in charge, know best!”

This is how authoritarian bullies, with no real power, such as the staff at that cricket match, cow people into silence. This is how you end up with an environment where my father tells me “Shut up, shut up! Don’t draw attention to yourself!”, while I booed and jeered as the fucking cops and security guards dragged a completely harmless, somewhat drunk fan, out by his fucking collar.

This is how you end up with a green-vested staff member, whose official designation was Customer Service- How Can I Help?, bullying me over not wearing my mask, outdoors, even after the event finished…

Because they add “Please” to their demands, even while LITERALLY YELLING, they think it’s acceptable. They think it “must be obeyed”. Because that’s just what Australians do- obey authority, unquestioningly, and shame those who do not…

I’ve seen these people ruin my suburb. I’ve seen them literally destroy my town, and my nearest city. All three are literally unrecognizable from when I was even a teenager, thanks to the worship of money, and blatant corruption, and not enough people caring, or making a fuss, or standing up to it.

I’ve seen what has happened in this country in the last two years, and how appallingly “we” have behaved in the last two weeks, and particularly today. And I’ve had enough. I’m not sure quite what that means, but, to quote Network, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.”

I’m not sure quite where this goes, from here, but I’m damn well sick of sitting back and letting this shit go down. That’s not good enough for me anymore.

I ain’t no Gandhi, but apparently I just grew a spine, lol. And this is after the caffeine, and most of the adrenaline from all that earlier confrontation, has worn off, lol.

I might be just another powerless citizen, but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let these fucking bastards ride roughshod over me, and over the people around me, anymore.

So thanks, Novak, I guess, lol.