Mark Deasy<p>Another good piece from Pearls and Irritations:</p><p>"And sure, Lidia is angry—hell, I’m angry too. But the issue isn’t Lidia’s anger; the real problem is that the rest of you aren’t angry enough. Lidia’s anger is not something to pathologise; it’s a righteous response to the injustices she’s fighting against. She’s doing her job, representing her community, and calling out the violence and oppression our people face every day. Instead of focusing on her anger, we should be turning the mirror on the state and asking why it continues to perpetuate extreme levels of violence on certain sections of our community. The real outrage should be directed at the systems that incarcerate, disappear, and kill our people, not at those like Lidia who are brave enough to speak out against it."</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AboriginalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AboriginalRights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://johnmenadue.com/lidia-im-angry-too/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnmenadue.com/lidia-im-angry</span><span class="invisible">-too/</span></a></p>