Australian’s death in IDF attack prompts antisemitic response

The death of an Australian aid worker following an IDF airstrike in Gaza has led many to question Australia’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas, with some advocating suspension of further monetary support for the nation. Some on alt-social have used the deaths to promote blatantly anti-semitic views, with some expressing support for Hamas’ October 7th terrorist actions and pushing for retaliatory military action against Israel. Much of this hateful and violent commentary is couched in well-worn anti-semitic tropes and the calls for a disproportionate use of force suggests such sentiments are not being driven by the death of an Australian national but rather by a hatred of Jews and the Jewish state.

Islamophobic sentiments remain prominent on alt-social

As a corollary to the above anti-semitic sentiments on alt-social this week, certain commentators on alt-social have used the death of the Australian aid worker in Gaza to express Islamophobic sentiment. Often portraying Muslims as “subhuman”, the rhetoric espoused by this faction generally calls for a genocide of Palestinians in particular, and Muslims more broadly, is language typically used to incite such atrocities in ethnic cleansing episodes throughout history. Interestingly, while some of these commentators clearly harbour Islamophobic views, their sentiment towards Jews and Israel is typically lukewarm at best and outright hostile at worst, suggesting no discernable allyship for the Jewish state or its people.

2 jet controversy has alt-social ridiculing Albanese’s solar plan, leadership

News of the government’s decision to charter two jets from Canberra for a clean energy announcement was met with ridicule on both mainstream and alt-social media. While the government contended that such an arrangement was the only practical logistical solution, many commentators on alt-social relished the opportunity to assail PM Albanese for the decision and ridiculed the seeming hypocrisy of the government’s climate actions. Others noted that even with the terrible optics of the situation, they were concerned that the $1 billion solar effort would allow the importation of cheap Chinese photovoltaics and crowd out Australian products.

Climate change deniers fume as heavy rains, floods rage

Heavy rains and flooding in Sydney has prompted evacuation orders and fears of a dam overflow this week. Climate change deniers, however, have taken to alt-social this week to spread misinformation and criticize the government’s actions to curb greenhouse gases. These commentators generally take the view that climate change is a conspiracy concocted by Globalist elites to tax and control the consumption of fossil fuels. While the number of climate change deniers in Australia is generally small compared countries like the United States, this vocal minority positions its criticism of the climate change as a critique of the Australian government, and specifically its efforts to internalise the social costs of pollution through taxation.

Anti-immigrant, racist, anti-LGBTQ and anti-vax sentiments remain prominent themes on alt-social