Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky

She/her. Whadjuk Noongar land. Always was, always will be.

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

Seems like an appropriate time to retweet this 🧵

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Leo_Puglisi6 It’s a long weekend in Perth, so they’ll be there til at least Monday. The rest of us are avoiding Freo all weekend

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@grantcohn You and the Doc ⬇️ are much more eloquent than I

My response is more 🤬🤬🤬

I hope Freo wipe the floor with the cheating bastards 💜 ⚓️💜

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Lachie Neale intentionally struck Jack Ginnivan in the stomach, off the ball, in the preliminary final. He got a one-match ban, meaning he'd miss the grand final.

At the Tribunal, his team argued his "exemplary record" should get him off. The Tribunal heard it, weighed it, and rejected it. The ban stood.

So they took the exact same argument to the Appeal Board. No new evidence. They didn't even dispute the strike. Same facts, same record, same plea. This time the "good bloke defence" worked. Ban overturned, $10,000 fine, and he plays.

Except his record isn't clean. He's been found guilty eight times before, three for striking opponents in the body. And nine other players were suspended for this exact offence this season. No pass for them. The star got one, in grand final week.

So what are kids learning? That who you are matters more than what you do. That if you're good enough, the rules bend. And if the first answer doesn't suit you, keep asking until you get one that does. This is moral relativism in action. The act didn't change. The finding didn't change. The evidence didn't change. The only thing that changed was how much the person who did it matters. Once right and wrong depend on who you are rather than what you did, there is no standard left, just a sliding scale that always tilts towards the powerful.

It's the same "good bloke" logic we've spent years fighting in courtrooms, where reputation and standing are used to soften consequences for harm.

And here's what moral relativism always hides: the standard doesn't disappear, it just shifts onto everyone else. Leniency for the powerful is paid for by harsher judgement of the powerless.

A rule that only applies to some people isn't a rule. It's a privilege. And yesterday the AFL told every kid watching exactly who that privilege is for.

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@TheBlackWallaby @LowellCohn ‘food takes, sports takes and shiittakes’ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

Amnesty said it best.

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@JayStill4 @6NewsAU Yep. Bas ain’t exactly cut out for the hard jobs

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Trixie_Boo Basil wants the title, but not the workload. Would rather throw shade from the backbench and collect the paycheck

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Trixie_Boo How good is it?

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Trixie_Boo Stuart Aubrey seems to be is a good guy

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Trixie_Boo @GayCarBoys They’ve spent a fortune EVERYWHERE! South Perth in particular. I hope they collect everything Monday and dispose of it responsibly - yeah, right 🤬

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@Trixie_Boo He’s not my candidate, but I was tempted to campaign for anyone / everyone running against him! 🤢

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

#NewProfilePic

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@annaspargoryan Anna, that’s amazing. I hope you’re very proud of yourself

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

#NoAgeBan

[Ben Pennings @BenPennings]

FYI for Albo-Dutton-Murdoch via @firstdogonmoon

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

If Trump wins, there will be efforts to blame Russian interference or the Harris campaign or Biden, etc. That's all fair. But we need to be clear eyed that a huge swath of America likes what Trump is selling. Transphobia. Mass deportation. That's what he ran on. And here we are.

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@EmergencyBK I’m holding out hope it’s just the red mirage doing its thing

[Trae Crowder @traecrowder]

THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME; THE 2024 ELECTION IS UPON US #Election2024

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@DaveMilbo One vote per person per base is fair

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@_celia_bedelia_ 😂😂😂😂 Both my mother (1953) and grandmother (1930) were pregnant when they got married

[Em Elle Eff melfarley@bluesky @melfarley75]

@RonniSalt ‘Up to’ is doing some heavy lifting in those statements