@jmcrookston
Found a sovereign citizen leaflet in a cafe today.

In Australia, beside Western Australia, there is no significant separatist sentiment.

But luring people into a fantasy which has them outside the laws of the nation and states seems to be an alternative way to increase divisiveness.

#AusPol #SovCits #SovereignCitizens #Disinformation

Why are crackpots attracted to the topics of the strictly regulated fields of engineering, medicine, law, and academia?
#crackpots #pseudoscience #quackery #snakeoil #liars #professionalsocieties #engineering #medicine #alternativemedicine #law #lawyers #sovereigncitizens #academia #universities #highereducation

Sovereign Citizens and Christianity. Do they belong together?
https://youtube.com/shorts/41v8e-k0n-o

#Bible #christianity #sovereigncitizens

Before you continue to YouTube

"Sovereign citizens are a type of anti-authoritarian conspiracists loosely dubbed pseudo-law believers: people who reject established government and law as illegitimate, justified by legal-sounding arguments that have no actual basis"

"Pseudo-law believers are not new in Australia, or unique to it. Large sects of these people exist in the US, and similarly have been documented in Australia since the 70s."

#Sovereigncitizens #ConspiracyTheory
#covid

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgyk7ry8rdo

Dezi Freeman: Porepunkah shooting ignites conspiracy theorists fears

Two officers were shot dead in a small, rural town, allegedly by a man with links to the "SovCit" movement.

Australian Manhunt Brings Attention to Sovereign Citizens and Anti-Government Conspiracy Theories

A manhunt is underway in Porepunkah, a small Australian town, after two police officers were killed in an ambush by Dezi Freeman, a self-declared 'sovereign citizen' with strong anti-government beliefs. The incident has raised alarms about the growing influence of pseudo-law groups in Australia, whi... [More info]

The everyday threat of sovereign citizen pseudolaw • Harry Hobbs & Stephen Young

Behind the violence of its most extreme adherents is a web of groups active at the grassroots

Inside Story
Is Dezi "Freeman" his real name, and it's freaky nominative determinism that lead to him being a #SovereignCitizens idiot, or is this some "baby's first nom de plume" he adopted?
Sovereign citizens and classified ads

This 'sovereign citizen' ad was one of many sent to us by a verifiable source. These are the ads in the Public Notices classified sections of newspapers Australia-wide, including the classified - Public Notices - section of major newspapers.

VicNews
Vic Liberals use 'sovereign citizen' language in debate

As the Victorian Parliament - and other landmarks - were illuminated blue in honour of the murdered policemen, Senior Constable Vadim De Waart and Detective Senior Constable Neal Thompson, after Liberal MP Moira Deeming tabled a petition in Parliament.

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