Sam Newman at it again!

[Baggers]

labelling ideas you don't agree with as hate speech, is why we have lost freedom of speech.

The yes/no vote on the voice stops short of saying that if you are vote no you're racist, but it insinuates that with a false equivalence of supporting the yes vote. 

Regarding the welcome to country, it is pointless to non indigenous.  That's not hate speech.  It's truth.

Nationalist ideals have been prevalent longer than any other political affiliation.

I don't interpret what Pauly is saying about the influence and power of words as declaring anyone who differs as necessarily engaging in 'hate speech,' but rather that freedom of speech is not as a license to say anything ...without consideration as to how it will effect others.

And I don't personally view the Welcome To Country as pointless to non-indigenous folks. I choose to see the gesture from the viewpoint of indigenous folks, and how important it is to them, and ultimately to all of us ...and I respect that. It's a uniting gesture from my humble view. And I'm a big fan of inclusiveness and unity.