Nah, it all comes down to how and why you say something. You can say stupid shit for fun that you don’t believe in at all, and everybody around you knows that. For example, I would neither be surprised nor offended by hearing someone called a dago or meatball in a Scorcese film. Just to serve as a point that context matters.
I have to admit, I’ve not seen the videos in question here but FriendlyJordies had been putting it videos talking about and exposing corruption in Australian and NSW governments. Even having his house fire bombed over exposing some of this corruption. I think I saw a video talking about this case from him and I have to admit I’ve never heard the term “wog” before and it doesn’t look or sound like much… But that’s part of the insidiousness of a slur. Jordies videos have targeted individual politician in the past and I believe this guy in particular because of their corrupt dealings and or ties to the mafia and or general anti-citizen/anti-poor policies.
From what I’ve seen of Jordies, I would assume he either believed that this politician way forfeited his right to feel bad about the names he’s called, kind of like Trump here in the States, or just didn’t understand how much emotional damage he was causing. I’m not saying this makes it right but there is likely more to the story than what has been brought up in the court case. I think Australia has some laws about speaking civilly about public figures and it looks like he ran afoul of those laws.
anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 year ago
HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Emotional Damage seems a bit much for a soulles piece of shit politician