Australia: Federal Court finds Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet

[danieldemol]

'A judge has ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi in a tweet.

Senator Hanson wrote in her tweet "**** off back to Pakistan" after Senator Faruqi commented on the death Queen Elizabeth II.'

Source: Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet, court rules

So if you are the racist type that likes to tell people to go back where they came from it looks as though the courts have effectively sent you a message that such comments are no longer legal in Australia.

Although I believe we'll be better off without such comments this sort of rant seems to be the core of the far right's political speech, so I'm not sure what they are going to say now. But I suppose they will retreat behind some sort of dog whistle.

 

[GoodAttention]

'A judge has ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi in a tweet.

Senator Hanson wrote in her tweet "**** off back to Pakistan" after Senator Faruqi commented on the death Queen Elizabeth II.'

Source: Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet, court rules

So if you are the racist type that likes to tell people to go back where they came from it looks as though the courts have effectively sent you a message that such comments are no longer legal in Australia.

Although I believe we'll be better off without such comments this sort of rant seems to be the core of the far right's political speech, so I'm not sure what they are going to say now. But I suppose they will retreat behind some sort of dog whistle.

I don’t get it, Faruqi says the Queen ran a racist empire, and then Pauline who is a subject of the said royal family makes a comment that the judge effectively validates?

I suppose it wasn’t going to be him to say it wasn’t racist if only to then make the Australian legal system look more racist that Hansen.

 

[danieldemol]

I don’t get it, Faruqi says the Queen ran a racist empire, and then Pauline who is a subject of the said royal family makes a comment that the judge effectively validates?

I'm not sure how you think the judge validated Hansen's comment?

I suppose it wasn’t going to be him to say it wasn’t racist if only to then make the Australian legal system look more racist that Hansen.

I doubt our legal system is more racist than Hansen personally, it's a high bar to clear in my view.

 

[GoodAttention]

I'm not sure how you think the judge validated Hansen's comment?

No, Faruqis comment that yes the British Empire is racist as evidenced by Hansens comment.

I doubt our legal system is more racist than Hansen personally, it's a high bar to clear in my view.

Not so much currently, but historically was a bit iffie.

I don’t think Hansen’s comment was racist but it was personal. It’s clear the judge was making a point.

 

[Twilight Hue]

'A judge has ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi in a tweet.

Senator Hanson wrote in her tweet "**** off back to Pakistan" after Senator Faruqi commented on the death Queen Elizabeth II.'

Source: Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet, court rules

So if you are the racist type that likes to tell people to go back where they came from it looks as though the courts have effectively sent you a message that such comments are no longer legal in Australia.

Although I believe we'll be better off without such comments this sort of rant seems to be the core of the far right's political speech, so I'm not sure what they are going to say now. But I suppose they will retreat behind some sort of dog whistle.

Tweet attacks? That is illegal now in Oz?

 

[danieldemol]

Tweet attacks? That is illegal now in Oz?

Racist ones are apparently.

 

[Kathryn]

ILLEGAL, not just wrong or stupid. Illegal.

 

[danieldemol]

ILLEGAL, not just wrong or stupid. Illegal.

Yep, it's now wrong, stupid *and* illegal in Australia.

 

[GoodAttention]

Yep, it's now wrong, stupid *and* illegal in Australia.

The only penalty for Pauline was Faruqi’s legal fees so not sure if it is going to be a deterrent for everyone else.

 

[danieldemol]

The only penalty for Pauline was Faruqi’s legal fees so not sure if it is going to be a deterrent for everyone else.

Legal fees do not usually come cheap as far as I'm aware.

 

[GoodAttention]

Legal fees do not usually come cheap as far as I'm aware.

Lawyers always win.

 

[Lyndon]

Australia has a real problem with racism, moreso than USA it seems

 

[Kathryn]

Yep, it's now wrong, stupid *and* illegal in Australia.

Well, let's make everything that's wrong or stupid also illegal! Wait, who decides?

 

[Regiomontanus]

'A judge has ruled that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi in a tweet.

Senator Hanson wrote in her tweet "**** off back to Pakistan" after Senator Faruqi commented on the death Queen Elizabeth II.'

Source: Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi in 'angry personal attack' tweet, court rules

So if you are the racist type that likes to tell people to go back where they came from it looks as though the courts have effectively sent you a message that such comments are no longer legal in Australia.

Although I believe we'll be better off without such comments this sort of rant seems to be the core of the far right's political speech, so I'm not sure what they are going to say now. But I suppose they will retreat behind some sort of dog whistle.

What do you think would have happened if Hanson told someone to '**** off back to the USA' if the recipient was some old white guy from Ohio?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Yep, it's now wrong, stupid *and* illegal in Australia.

And dangerous. But that's a lesson Aussies will just have to learn on their own.

 

[danieldemol]

What do you think would have happened if Hanson told someone to '**** off back to the USA' if the recipient was some old white guy from Ohio?

I don't know, but I wouldn't advise trying to find out unless you can afford their legal fees.

 

[Regiomontanus]

I don't know, but I wouldn't advise trying to find out unless you can afford their legal fees.

I like AU (and have been there twice) but find it sad that the citizens there do not have (apparently) any free speech rights.

 

[danieldemol]

Well, let's make everything that's wrong or stupid also illegal! Wait, who decides?

The politicians would have to decide that everything wrong or stupid should also illegal followed by the courts, but I think it is not really in their interests to make everything wrong or stupid illegal.

It would have come about due to pressure from voting non-white people being tired of being told to go back to their own country I'd imagine.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I like AU (and have been there twice) but find it sad that the citizens there do not have (apparently) any free speech rights.

I would go so far as to say 'sarcastically' they're used to having no freedoms being Australia was essentially a prison Colony ruled by the British.

Fortunately however I think a lot of Aussies value freedom just as much as we do in the US , but truth be told , let's see how it goes down there because I'm certain we'll be seeing it up here before long more than we already have experienced as far as freedom of speech goes.

 

[danieldemol]

And dangerous. But that's a lesson Aussies will just have to learn on their own.

Maybe, I can see how if a dictator came to visit it would be useful to have the political freedom to tell them to go back where they came from. But telling some other random non-white person off the street to go back to their own country is at the least stupid in my view.