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Why the history wars matter

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

In a widely-publicised incident, two attention-seekers from the far-right Patriot Blue group harassed Senator Sam Dastyari in a Melbourne pub and then posted the film of the bullying on Facebook. This is proof that stupid is as stupid does, but will still be reported by click bait-seeking media.

But according to some media, the Dastyari incident is proof that Australia remains a deeply racist country in need of anti-discrimination laws to stamp out the racist abuse that is ‘still very Australian’.

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