Stop Equivocating, Specific Steps

Stop Equivocating and Specify 
​To equivocate: To use equivocal language, to deceive someone or to avoid committing oneself to a position. synonym: lie. [Making false equivalents.] 
​All religions are not the same. Islam is not equivalent to Judaism & Christianity. 
​All Muslims are not the same. Common Muslim-folks-just-trying-to-get-by are not equivalent to colonising, militant, violence-advocating, radical Imams who are inciting terrorist actions. We need to apply the hate speech laws to them specifically. 

Specify the causes of bad. 
​It is high time for Australian leaders to speak unequivocally, to specify the causes of antisemitic violence, such as we saw last night on Bondi Beach. 
​The violent ones have been unequivocal over the last two years about what they want. Who? Specifically, the so-called "pro-Palestinian", antisemitic, violence-advocating Muslims and sympathisers. Every week, they explicitly broadcast their violent intent in their ​rallying cries, such as "globalise the intifada," "from the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free,” “where’s/gas the Jews,” etc. They rally behind the flags of genocidal Hamas, Hezbollah, and foment with Iran's Ayatollah. ​It's not like their views are hidden; they proudly proclaim violence to the Jewish race - what more evidence is needed! 
We should detain such teachers or deport them to countries that align with their views. Because we don’t want those views taught here, this is specifically what we must not import. Immigration officials, stop equivocating about religions and apply this reasonable, specific filter. 
​Such specific muslim worldviews must be prosecuted under hate speech laws because they promote actual violence, which we've just seen yet again. 
Sure, sure, if the ISIS connection proves false, and if the perpetrators turn out to have some other kind of antisemitic worldview, then we will specify that worldview too. The point is, name and remove the violent view specifically. 
Equivocating allows specific violence to worsen. Equivocating allows such muslims to do to Australia what happened in: ​Mauritania 1958; Iran 1979; ​Sudan 1989; ​​Afghanistan 1996/2021; ​Somalia 2006; ​Gaza 2007; ​​​​Libya 2011; Yemen 2014… 
In Australia, we must resist such specific, violence-inducing worldviews. 

Specify the causes of good. 
At Federation, Australia worked for freedom - not freedom to spruik “anything," such as these violent worldviews - but freedom to do as we ought, according to Natural Law, to the ways things should be, to a Judaeo-Christian ethic. That's the specific kind of freedom at the heart of the unifying Australian project. So now again we must specify those once-assumed values that do produce a peaceful society. Even atheists agree that these are specifically Biblical values. 

Stop equivocating.
Not all religions or worldviews are the same.
So don't equivocate to me about keeping ​“religion out of politics." Politics reflects values, so we must specify which values we do want as our reference-points, and specify those we do not. Equivocating only allows bad values to infiltrate and influence us. 
Specify Judeo-Christian ethics of Federation as a unifier. And specify violent Sharia, violent tribalism/paganism, or violent naturalism/socialism, as dividers. History repeats how these three drift towards tyrany & violence. 
​And don't equivocate about "Christianity causing wars too," because specifying reveals that wars are caused by sin, by departure from Christianity. Christianity is not equivalent to worldviews in which violence is adherence to their core doctrines. 

​Look, I understand the temptation to equivocate to avoid conflict - we give their words the most positive spin we can, to try to sort-of-agree. 
But equivocation produces false agreement. It deceives us. It allows evils that should be resisted. We can’t equivocate our way to real solutions. We can't solve problems we won't even name. That’s why, for some time now, we have seen Australian leadership failing to distinguish between good and evil. Then failing to stop evil’s spread.  
Stop equivocating. ​
Specify. 
​Name the problems, name the solutions, and be specific about what you mean. 

PS: Our card to our local Jewish community on Dec 15 2025.

PPS: Action steps - Mark Leach at Never Again Is Now: (Watch this 5-minute overview)
"And over, and over again, people have asked me, ‘what are we to do now?’, ‘what comes next?’.
So, what can you do now?
Firstly, sign and share a pledge to combat antisemitism. 
Secondly, email (or call) your Federal MP to ask them to address antisemitism in the following ways:
1. Address the scale and composition of our immigration policy. We need to ensure that anyone who is predisposed by virtue of religion or political ideology towards antisemitism, is not granted a visa to enter, or remain in Australia.
2. Show moral leadership by holding to account all those community leaders (religious, political, etc), who rally people around the hatred of Israel, the hatred of ‘zionists’, who lead antisemitic chants and speeches, such as calling to ‘globalise the intifada’ or establishing a muslim state ‘from the river to the sea’. 
3. Shut down any mosque or Islamic centre or community group or charity that is teaching violence against Jews or ‘infidels’, or which calls for the establishment of sharia law or an Islamic government in Australia. These groups pose a clear and present danger to Jewish life in Australia.
Click on the link below which will connect you to your MP. Once you have entered your address it will automatically load your MP (so ignore the first MPs name you see). You can edit the email if you want to change the wording or emphasis. https://actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QEZDQUY= 
Thirdly, will you donate generously to build our influence?
The more money we have, the more impact we can have to build a country where our Jewish community is safe and free. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. 
What better gift can you give to the Jewish community at this time than using your voice, your networks, and your money to ensure their safety in this country? https://www.neveragainisnow.com.au/donate?

These are practical steps. Will you take them? 

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