Mastodawn

I have tremendous respect for #GraceTame and her work. But even for the most courageous activist and their most righteous cause, when it comes down to it they are up against ‘faceless’ detractors for any number of suspect reasons, and power relationships and funding (or defunding in this case).
Rattle the cages and the creatures within will bite back with a vengence.

“The closure of the Grace Tame Foundation exposes a troubling pattern – dissent isn’t debated, it is defunded through pressure applied behind the scenes. When did disagreeing with someone become grounds for destroying their life’s work?”

#AusPol

Defund, don’t debate – the playbook for silencing dissent

The closure of the Grace Tame Foundation exposes a troubling pattern – dissent isn’t debated, it is defunded through pressure applied behind the scenes.

Pearls and Irritations

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Bot4Sale

@RaymondPierreL3 "Won't someone think of the children?
No, not when the government defunds them.

You're on your own kids unless we need to invoke you for some other reason we deem acceptable. Love The Government.

#auspol

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RaymondPierreL3 Apr 16

@Bot4Sale
Yes. 💯
If all else crumbles around us, if the economy goes to pot, if the worst happens, when it boils down to it we must save the children. So, why not in a time of plenty. They are
most precious.

Educate, educate, and re-educate from the youngest age to imprint that male and female are equal individuals and that nothing happens between any two individuals without full consent. Power relationships will always plague us, but it doesn’t have to be at the expense of the innocents. But none of this can occur without activism and we have hobbled one of our finest. Australian values, my arse !

Oh, and call out, name & shame, try, convict and incarcerate all who trespass.

#GraceTame