Who Next Will Be Accused?

Dinesh D’Souza, an American commentator, recently coined the phrase ‘identity socialism’ which describes the current politics of race and gender. These politics aim at condemning, silencing and banning views and opinions which are incompatible with the current agenda of our left-wing intelligentsia. A good example is the destruction of historical statues of people who are deemed to be racists. The current banning of Dr Seuss’ books, for example by eBay, also provides evidence of a disturbing trend to rewire our society. In Australia, ‘identity socialism’ is particularly evident in the current media focus on gender issues.

This focus was on display on Wednesday afternoon, March 3, when the Attorney-General, Christian Porter gave a highly anticipated news conference. The news conference concentrated exclusively on a well-known story: he had been accused of horribly raping a 16-year-old girl in Sydney in January 1988, when both participated in a debating competition The…