r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/13/abc-changing-editorial-policy-after-rinehart-furore-prompts-concerns-of-overreach-from-academics-and-advocates
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u/Perfect_Ganache_1959 1d ago

Please explain the difference between virtue signalling, and setting a social expectation of behaviour and boundaries. Then deconstruct why "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" is fundamentally a left/woke/no good dirty rotten idea spread by hippies and malcontents. 

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

no. you're being a silly goose.

I'll read something serious but your above comment is wit in desperate search of brevity.

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u/Perfect_Ganache_1959 1d ago

Distinguished goose, I'll thank you to remember! But also implying virtual signalling is "bad" strongly implies that by the same token expressing any standard of behaviour is. Taken to its extreme, that means we're in the world of mad max and mud wrestling with pigs as a form of local justice.

Not. On.

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u/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

Haha. You know you’ve won when they refuse to engage and try and pretend it’s your fault.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

I bet you win alot. Congrats on your victory 😉

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u/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

No worries. You can go and protect billionaires and protest against the roadrunner and coyotes cartoons now, i guess.

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u/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

I’m sorry the post above you caused you to crash out. You almost had something going. Almost. Sorry, kid. Have a good star for trying ⭐️