Michael Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek
Are the silent majority now the real radicals? Last night I attended a gathering supporting Julian Assange. The half dozen speakers would all be considered ‘radicals’ and probably thought of as rat-bags by many of Morrison’s so-called ‘silent majority’.
One impressive local speaker is a very active member of Extinction Rebellion. ER is a rapidly growing worldwide non-violent protest movement which draws attention to the climate emergency. Morrison branded environmental protesters ‘anarchists’ and threatened a crackdown on their right to protest, saying that ‘progressives’ are seeking to ‘deny the liberties of Australians’.
Who does our fundamentalist PM think ‘Australians’ are? And in the face of overwhelming climate evidence, who are the radicals?
In Nazi Germany in the 1930s, around five per cent of the German population opposed the rise of Fascism.
Many escaped Germany. But if they stayed, they were branded radicals and most were interned, tortured and murdered for their views.
The remaining 95 per cent went along with the status quo as either compliant civilians, or they served in the military. History revealed that the silent majority who complied to a tyrannical regime were the true radicals.
Clearly in this climate emergency, it is no longer okay to remain silent. Sadly, history will reveal who the real radicals are.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
