Saturday’s chaotic events in Spring Street could result in the banning of the Nazi salute and a Liberal MP losing her endorsement, but one group was happy with what happened.
; and, if threats become reality, a number of defamation suits are launched.
One woman, wearing a Greens T-shirt told a story of being punished by her former party for insisting on the rights of “real women”. The audience numbered about 400 mostly middle-aged women.These activists were once dismissed by their opponents as TERFs , but many now embrace the title. The movement has brought together elements from the right, including the religious right, and the old left.
One problem, Pesutto says, was that Deeming did not leave the rally when the 20-odd neo-Nazis turned up to perform their salutes. But the accusation goes further. They were furious with police officers who, in blocking their protest from getting closer to the group at the parliament steps, made several arrests, including one in which a police officer drove his knee into a man’s upper back.
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