Australia Day wasn’t just a debate about a date.... it was a warning. A man holding the Australian flag was mobbed, assaulted, and doused in red paint. Police largely stood back. Meanwhile, a speech, words may now be one of the first tests under Australia’s new hate-speech laws. Violence tolerated. Speech policed. Symbols targeted. This is the same pattern we’ve seen overseas. Ideological mobs in the streets. Selective enforcement of the law. A growing message that some Australians are allowed t