None so intolerant as the tolerant
Ignorance is bliss to young activists
Gary Johns
The Victorian Bar is also big into diversity. Indeed, no less than the
Equality and Diversity Committee of the Victorian Bar held a panel discussion on 30 May 2024 titled ‘Cultural Diversity in the Profession: Where to from Here?’The fact that the Bar feels the need to reflect cultural diversity was their first mistake. The second, evidently, was to invite a Zionist. The Honourable Andrew Strum, of Egyptian and Belgian heritage, was born in Melbourne. Did I mention he is also a devout Jew? During the discussion, he said he was a privileged and proud Zionist. He was privileged to have parents who supported him and is proud to support Israel as the homeland of Jews.
The remarks, may I remind the readers, were made during a discussion of cultural diversity but were too much for at least three attendees who walked out. More than that, one of the walkouts, ‘Melanie’, posted the following on LinkedIn: ‘I walked out of this event after panellist Justice Strum declared himself a proud and privileged Zionist and then unabashedly began vomiting the false narrative that Judaism and Zionism are inextricably linked.’
Melanie declared that she was not alone in her walkout. ‘All I can say is, shame on the Victorian Bar for this disgraceful, underhanded attack on those of us in the profession who are on the
right side of history.’ (

) Mmmm, where have I heard the right-side-of-history argument before? I remember! The claptrap was fed to the electors at the Voice referendum by no less than the Prime Minister.
https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/06/none-so-intolerant-as-the-tolerant/THe woke, the 'right side of history' pwogwessive demagogues are the most intolerant. They are the mental heirs of the 'god is on our side' dogmatists. Just as you couldn't possibly argue with god then, yiu cannot possibly argue with the 'right side of history' now.
They 'think' (if that's the word I want) that anyone who has different views to theirs is insincere and 'uneducated' (another of their smug shibboleths).