OnDusk

Sanctioning rights to mock, with a determination to offend, is chasing that elusive butterfly that drifts just fingertips from capture. Wings flutter against your skin, but your delight will pass, when opened palms reveal, you’re will has crushed your desire beyond submission. Our defiance will endure, and leave you with the broken body of freedom of speech. Repealing the race hate laws isn't 'freedom' to Indigenous people writes @SivParker http://t.co/tDJCGB7RlN via @guardian — Cif Australia (@Cif_Australia) March 27, 2014

Are you interested in Closing the Gap on Indigenous life expectancy? Do you want to be involved in an online Close the Gap storytelling event? Perhaps you thinking of joining Twitter but just haven’t got around to it yet? How about joining in a collaborative #TweetYan on Close the Gap Day 2014? I created #Tweetyarns in 2013 - explanation  here , and an example here : Maisie May Statistically I can expect to die nearly 20 years earlier than most of the people I am favouriting and retweeting. Indigenous Australians are 2.7% of the population, however this small minority grooup cannot expect the life span of the majority of the population. And if some people have their way , I should not expect to live any or all of a life free of hostility and abuse. Some prefer an Australia where some of us live on guard for abuse and must be prepared to fight back.  But it wont be everyone who will be expected to be in robust debates on street corners, online ...