@Martina Some of your concerns may be okay but this response is none-sense. Should kids in jeans half mast be restricted to home? What about people with out there hair colours and outfits? Men and women in tight gym outfits? The list could be endless. Donโt slide to discrimination.
@KatyKray73 Funnily enough sheโs hardly in Parliament House and when there has voted down cost of living, housing, health and other measures. During her time however she has acquired a plane, millions and a housing portfolio. Not bad for a grifter.
@HawthornFC The immaturity and energy put into poor behaviour by some of the Hawks was greater than the effort put into basic skills last night. Iโm not taking away from the effort of the opposition they deserved the win but some of their players also need to pull their heads in.
@HawkTalkPod It would be really good if they stopped swinging it around and concentrated on the game. Iโm over the poor kicking, rubbish wrestling and poor decision making.
I am absolutely fed up with the relentless targeting of Grace Tame.
Let's be clear. There is a difference between fair criticism and a public pile-on. What we keep seeing directed at Grace is not constructive debate. It is constant scrutiny, personal attacks, outrage cycles and a level of judgment that seems reserved for women who dare to speak too loudly, too honestly or too unapologetically.
Grace Tame survived child sexual abuse. She helped change laws. She gave a voice to countless survivors. She has spent years doing work that most people would never have the courage to do.
Yet the attacks never seem to stop.
A few weeks ago it was the Prime Minister taking aim at her. Now it's Charlie Pickering. Before that, countless commentators, columnists and social media critics. Different names, same pattern.
And frankly, it disgusts me.
No, women in public life should not be immune from criticism. Nobody is. But there is a world of difference between criticism and the kind of sustained public hounding that seeks to diminish, discredit and exhaust someone.
As someone who has experienced public judgment and media attacks, I know how destructive these campaigns can be. They reduce human beings to caricatures. They erase context. They encourage outrage while ignoring the very real emotional toll on the person at the centre of it.
What troubles me most is that women who survive violence are so often expected to be perfect. The moment they become angry, outspoken, political, imperfect or inconvenient, they are treated as fair game.
Grace Tame has contributed more to the conversation about sexual abuse and survivor advocacy in this country than most of her critics ever will.
Maybe it's time some of the men lining up to take shots at her stopped and asked themselves a simple question:
Why are they spending so much energy attacking a survivor instead of supporting the change she helped create?
Enough. #gracetame #charliepickering
@davidleon@Martina I admire that you have your say Martina despite the slime that crawl their way to have their crappy little comments on your threads.