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AIBU to want to express support for women who were assaulted at a political conference?

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Warmlight1 · 08/09/2026 21:41

To want to send out support to the two women visibly assaulted at a political conference.
I am concerned about the other protesters too and actually anyone who was hurt. But having to listen to jeering from the podium plus the crowd chanting in live TV at the same time must have been so traumatic and the publicity will die down and coverage move on but that can't be easy. Just want to send love and support.

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CreativeGreen · 09/09/2026 06:23

hattie43 · 09/09/2026 06:16

It’s so tedious . She didn’t even need to be there . No-one in that room would have had any interest in what she had to say . You and your ilk don’t like Reform , so what , plenty of others do so get over it . We live in a democracy, everyone can choose who they support and no amount of unwanted disruption will change that .

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It’s because we live in a democracy that we can protest.

ar least this puts paid to the argument that reform give a shit about VAWG, which comes as no surprise to anyone who has’ met a flagger

Harshreality · 09/09/2026 06:23

Does anyone have a link?

Error404FucksNotFound · 09/09/2026 06:22

Reform thugs only care about assaults on women if they are carried out by brown men.

katmarie · 09/09/2026 06:22

And I would feel that way regardless of the politics of the protestor or event.

katmarie · 09/09/2026 06:22

I’m shocked that anyone thinks an acceptable response to a perfectly legal, physically peaceful protest is to commit violence against the protestors. If she had to be removed from the event, it should have been done by the police, not by a bunch of people taking the law into their own hands.

hattie43 · 09/09/2026 06:16

Warmlight1 · 09/09/2026 06:11

Don't ' enrage' people? By shouting ' where's the 5 million' ?
Political protest in those circumstances is healthy don't you think?
A lot of people are saying that it doesn't look like it's been spent on security.

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It’s so tedious . She didn’t even need to be there . No-one in that room would have had any interest in what she had to say . You and your ilk don’t like Reform , so what , plenty of others do so get over it . We live in a democracy, everyone can choose who they support and no amount of unwanted disruption will change that .

TofuTuesday · 09/09/2026 06:12

Surely it’s a criminal matter? No one has assaulted the stop oil protesters, it’s the same thing - you can’t assault someone and hit them, just because you don’t like what they are doing. There was no threat to anyone’s person or property that needed defending.

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Warmlight1 · 09/09/2026 06:11

hattie43 · 09/09/2026 06:06

Well here’s the thing . Don’t disrupt and enrage people and the chances are you won’t get your hair pulled .

Don't ' enrage' people? By shouting ' where's the 5 million' ?
Political protest in those circumstances is healthy don't you think?
A lot of people are saying that it doesn't look like it's been spent on security.

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hattie43 · 09/09/2026 06:06

Well here’s the thing . Don’t disrupt and enrage people and the chances are you won’t get your hair pulled .

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Warmlight1 · 09/09/2026 06:04

LittleEsme · 09/09/2026 05:53

I saw footage on Instagram - it looked horrific. Obviously it wasn’t the full story, but the woman I saw was violently yanked by her hair. I’m surprised that it hasn’t gone viral.

I think it has done though I'm not sure of the wisdom of this as it could be a court matter. The atmosphere though. I think despite how it appeared that could also have been traumatic for witnesses. It would have unfolded so quickly and there's not much they could do in the moment, and one doesn't always compute what one is seeing.

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LittleEsme · 09/09/2026 05:53

I saw footage on Instagram - it looked horrific. Obviously it wasn’t the full story, but the woman I saw was violently yanked by her hair. I’m surprised that it hasn’t gone viral.

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