James Ross/EPA, via ShutterstockSYDNEY, Australia — Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida who has made a name for himself as an extreme opponent of vaccine mandates, announced at the end of last month that Australia was “not a free country.” This was surprising news — most of all to Australians.澳大利亚悉尼——佛罗里达州共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)以极端反对疫苗强制接种而闻名,他在上个月末宣布,澳大利亚“不是一个自由的国家”。
Cam Smith, a public broadcaster and independent researcher who tracks the far right, noticed videos claiming to show recent acts of brutal police violence against hapless citizens “just pinging around, devoid of context” across anti-vax and anti-lockdown channels. But the footage, Mr. Smith discovered, was re-edited recordings of incidents that took place in the country 12 months earlier, some from a provocation campaign by anti-maskers to defy restrictions and initiate confrontations with police officers.公共广播员和跟踪极右翼的独立研究员卡姆·史密斯(Cam Smith)注意到,一些视频声称显示,警察对不幸的公民实施野蛮暴力的画面,在反疫苗和反封锁频道“四处传播,并且不交代背景”。
Delta circulated and lockdowns restarted — yet Australia remains a free country. Even amid the global economic disruption, Australia’s wheels of free enterprise have managed to find new ways to spin, for good or ill. Free and fair elections have continued to take place. Yet the truth has no value for those who insist on policies that undermine public health.德尔塔毒株流传开来,封锁重新启动,但澳大利亚仍然是一个自由的国家 ... 阅读全文