
(Why I) Never read the comments section
Today’s unlimited free-press has birthed a condition where everyone feels they need to duke it out in the comments section. Well, they don’t. I’m biting the hand that needles me.

Today’s unlimited free-press has birthed a condition where everyone feels they need to duke it out in the comments section. Well, they don’t. I’m biting the hand that needles me.
With the results official, the real challenge is what comes next. While the postal vote split us, it is our responsibility to return as one, to debate.
Basing our opinion on our emotional reaction makes us feel safe, but it is merely a defence of not knowing enough about the topic.
Social media allows us to make judgement on an issue based on what we choose to see, but only that perpetuates a more damaging cycle.
With Anti-Reclaim Australia demonstrators speaking the language of violence, Polly Chester wonders if they’ve lost their moral compass.