On August 3rd, 2025, Libertarian member of the NSW Legislative council, John Ruddick, allegedly abandoned libertarianism and abandoned his christian faith. On that fateful day, John – allegedly – became a Muslim; and a Marxist; and an antisemite; and a violent terrorist.

If this sounds dubious to you, that’s good. Because it is nonsense. Obviously. John’s beliefs and values have not changed. He still stands out as one of the few sane, rational, intelligent and well-informed minds in contemporary Australian politics.

However, if you have been infected with the new right-wing woke mind-virus, you might believe John really has turned into a monster? You might believe that such a transformation is not only possible, but occurs in anybody who asks a legitimate question about what is going on in Gaza?

John caused aneurysm’s among sufferers of the right-wing woke mind-virus recently when he not only questioned the situation in Gaza, he attended a protest against the genocide there. His actions – walking in a protest and talking amicably to people – blew up the internet with abuse and criticism.

So I spoke to John about what he was protesting for, the definition of ‘genocide’ according to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and whether that is the situation in Gaza?

0:00 Intro

4:48 Why Did John Protest?

14:08 Qualifying a ‘Genocide’

24:27 Why is Israel exceptional?

34:52 Libertarian position on war

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