Letter

In response to The retreat of social democracy and the rise of the hard right

Absurd irony

Sovereign citizens attacking Camp Sovereignty. Can someone remind these sovereign seekers they —uncomfortably — have ideological ground in common?

The Zionists standing side by side with white Australia pundits at Bondi Beach. Can someone tell this lot that they are traditional enemies? Your average Nazi sympathiser isn’t traditionally a fan of Jewish anything.

I often wonder how Trump will reconcile the moment when the black-shirted skinheads realise they’re sharing the president’s metaphorical bed with the very ones Hitler targeted.

There is an absurd irony here if it were so sickening.

Can someone also remind Albo that leadership sets the tone? If you allow bullies impunity — Nazis, genocide supporters etc — they don’t go away, they get louder.

— Alyssa Aleksanian from Hazelbrook