And toughen up a bit

The fact is that this 18c is a man-made suppression order that is fostered by the minority and politics in lieu of tackling the real issues of the day. Another issue is that it is the white Aborigines who are the most vocal.
If you want to see the real abuse of the freedom of speech just visit Pickering Post, where people are being abused, because they cannot draw the line between civility and abuse. Unfortunately if you leave people to monitor their own standards you get everything from the intelligent, where breeding comes to the fore and that eventually trickles down to gutter level. On PP the standard is set and open slather can and does prevail. To his credit Zanetti knows the meaning of the term moderation and implements it. It is to the likes of Pickering Post that Burney resonates.

There are very many people who suffer far more hardship in their lives than Linda will ever experience. If she really wants to help both the aboriginal and non-aboriginal underclass she would do better to direct her energies toward rectifying systemic disadvantage for all Australians rather than opposing efforts to reinstate free speech. 18C needs to be replaced with something which targets only direct incitement to violence--let free speech itself weed out those who seek to be gratuitously spiteful.