‘Narcissist’ leaders, online truth & why it’s ‘weird’ to be a man | Q+A

[@consciously73]

Good to see a centrist like Claire Lehmann on Q&A. Upsets the usual partisanship a tad.

[@dtaylorreviews]

So disappointed in @zoedanielmp for voting yes on this bill. Stopping any form of freedom of speech including opinion and bad speech should never be up for discussion. They are supposed to be representing the people, they are clearly just looking for control for themselves.

[@chooba77]

While laws targeting misinformation and disinformation aim to combat the spread of harmful or false narratives, they can also be a double-edged sword. Governments could exploit such laws to justify withholding information or controlling narratives under the guise of protecting the public.

[@koda10ng]

44:30 Charlotte Mortlocks call to action for Australian innovators to build the next big social media platform. Who's in?

[@macca7941]

It’s clear none of the people on this show can even consider that they’re thinking maybe wrong.

[@rossbaker9721]

The book of boys and men is a fantastic book. Made me rethink my place in the world and being a dad of a boy makes me me more conscious of this all.

[@rishiverma2432]

Bunch of Snowflakes

[@macca7941]

It’s clear none of the people on this show can even consider that their thinking maybe wrong.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

Gamblers can vote, kids cannot. Therefore, kids get the shaft. The same reasoning they used for women not voting is what they use for children: they'll just vote the same as their parent/husband, they should just stay in school/the kitchen, they don't understand the issues (that last one would disqualify a majority of adults too).

[@hoodie3810]

20:10 "the big parties know how to compromise" is such a bad take lol, Zoe Daniel hit the nail on the head there.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

For some, like lgbt and neurodiverse, it can mean cutting off the entire community and forcing them back in the closet. I'm autistic and this hits close to home since I wouldn't have known what my struggles were even called until I found my community and got the resources to get diagnosed and such. For many young people, social media isn't just a pastime-it's a critical platform for communication, self-expression, and forming relationships, especially in a digital age where geographical boundaries often matter less.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

In regards to cutting off social media for minors:

[@bengray4339]

5:45 "what's worse is putting the government in charge, once we do that we're basically living in a totalitarian state" - this is a logical fallacy. We have municipal water which is safe to drink, an industrial base which produces textiles for clothing to a predictable and warrantable standard, networks of roads that are maintained, brakes on cars which reliably operate, restrictions on driving speeds, rules against violence, standards for the production of food. We also have rules which provide incentives to limit what we say to one another, rules which permit penalties in the event of defamatory or hateful remarks. All of these things are the product of governance. Good democratic government is the heart of civil society. Civil society is the closest approximation to freedom so far. The ancients understood this. Aristotle. The utilitarian would argue, the polis aims to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number and this is what true freedom in society is. Hateful or defamatory speech is not condoned in the street or at home so why should it be in an online space? It should not. This person seems to be advocating for anarchy. Anarchy does not provide protection for individual or collective freedom. The point made by the speaker was utterly simplistic and fundamentally flawed.

[@tara-lyncarter6664]

I was the person asking the first question, and I agree. She said some odd things across the course of the night, some, like the comments about social media were actually just incorrect.

[@asgardian001]

You’re misquoting and taking out of context. She is not claiming that the government shouldn’t be in charge but rather shouldn’t be in charge of what is true and what is false. Get off your high horse

[@user-ln8we1ud9c]

Just listened and all she said was government shouldn't be in charge of free speech. How is that anarchy ? I don't trust government to regulate speech because most governments humans even are partisan so there will always be bias. You advocate more government control over our lifes she advocates less. I think I prefer her view thanks.

[@harrisonmccoll1093]

"Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it"

[@jackhughes9896]

She wasn't making the claim that there should be no government intervention in any aspect of society or our lives, it was specific to social media. And the misinformation bill targets a lot more than just hateful speech.

[@TM-bx8es]

Why dont you challenge these lefty stances. Elon musk did what? We just pass that really quick

[@Tarrith]

So go after the social media companies and stop silencing the teenagers or forcing adults to upload their ID to said social media companies.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

For some, like lgbt and neurodiverse, it can mean cutting off the entire community and forcing them back in the closet. I'm autistic and this hits close to home since I wouldn't have known what my struggles were even called until I found my community and got the resources to get diagnosed and such. For many young people, social media isn't just a pastime-it's a critical platform for communication, self-expression, and forming relationships, especially in a digital age where geographical boundaries often matter less.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

For some, like lgbt and neurodiverse, it can mean cutting off the entire community and forcing them back in the closet. I'm autistic and this hits close to home since I wouldn't have known what my struggles were even called until I found my community and got the resources to get diagnosed and such. For many young people, social media isn't just a pastime-it's a critical platform for communication, self-expression, and forming relationships, especially in a digital age where geographical boundaries often matter les

[@Xepher217]

35:00 is the truth all need to hear

[@steveremington]

To the woman who asked the question about not enough women conservative politics, may I suggest you drop the phrase “leftist woke ideologies” from your vocabulary, unless of course your intention was to have words come out your mouth but say anything comprehensible.

[@bobmarli6095]

Q&A getting worse as times goes on

[@Burkutace27]

Masculinity has not and never was demonised. Toxic masculinity is rightly demonised, and they are very distinct things; Immortan Joe Vs Mad Max, for e.g. Anyone who says different is selling something.

[@jackhughes9896]

What are the aspects of masculinity that aren't toxic?

[@darth3pio]

Tim Costello seems quite progressive compared to his brother.

[@joemwas5442]

This is an absolute nonsense discussion

[@OR10777BE]

Really, could you explain which part of the hour of discussion is nonsense and how?

[@SatoshiPayneOfficial]

​@@OR10777BEthat successful people are somehow automatically narcissistic rather than successful people and narcissistic people having overlapping qualities, the misinformation/disinformation bill is just a set of "guard rails" that not at all gives the final say of truth with the government, and that young people saying stupid stuff only started this century with the likes of Andrew Tate. So many bad takes to choose from.

[@OR10777BE]

Thank you all for a truly excellent hour of discussion. Your collective insights and experience have proven illuminating and captivating.

[@finepointproductions8436]

Would’ve appreciated Michael tat on the program.

[@thecivilservant7334]

The responsibility of Ministers for the public safety is absolute and requires no mandate. It is in fact the prime object for which Governments come into existence. The vast majority of free nations have a Department for Communications in which Newspapers, magazines, television, radio and advertising are licensed and regulated. Baseless or exaggerated claims cannot be allowed to promulgate on wide broadcasting platforms. A local nutter on a soapbox on a street corner will not cause much of a stir but a platform that is open to millions will be a recipe for disaster especially when figures known to the public are supporting these twisted pronouncements.

[@dtaylorreviews]

Ask yourself what the difference between newspapers, magazines, television, radio and advertising, and social media are. Social media is the people in the square, the former are people who are part of capitalist organisations in private buildings. The local nutter on a soapbox can say whatever he likes on the street corner as long as he isn't causing harm or calling for harm. This is what social media is, don't be angry that sometimes that "nutter" on the soapbox has a bigger microphone than you. The problem is sometimes the government calls the upstanding gentleman calling them and their private business friends out a "nutter on a soapbox" and looks to ban them from the town square.

[@rossbaker9721]

The anxious generation is another great read.

[@rossbaker9721]

Simple answer deleted your twitter and Facebook account. We all survived without them. I got rid of mine much happier.

[@Commander.Starfleet]

We all survived without email and cellphones too. And telephones in the home.

[@steveremington]

Ah, the old “Just doing everything we did in my day, because something, something, the good old days” answer.

[@rossbaker9721]

Major parties is a way of sorting the electorate around ideals and policy. The reason independents are successful is the zero sum methods of politics where it’s about nothing but winning and gaining power, even if it’s against the national interest.

[@UnorganisedBookshelf]

What a bizarre take. The major parties are more motivated on winning the next election then actually doing what needs to be done. Ideals be damned. Including kicking people out of the party (in Labor's case) if they cross the isle on anything. Not exactly very democratic