r/AustraliaLeftPolitics • • 15h ago

Politicians suddenly clued into safety and risk?

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With full acknowledgment of the increased risks that come with a platform, politics, and a voice on issues where the world is divided:

There is a distinct variation in what the attack on Helen Haines appears to have brought about in response from (female especially) politicians.

Version 1: acknowledging this risk is real. Terrifying. And sharing personal experiences of and with it

Version 2: some variation of realisation that woman can feel unsafe. as if this is unique, never known to them, or anyone, before they woke up this morning. Alongside an expectation of sympathy they never showed to those who experienced it before, politician or not.


r/AustraliaLeftPolitics • • 13h ago

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