Take our resident liar Harry, he's clearly of Vietnam age & just
as clearly from his almost daily ****canning of his own country here a
traitorous cowardly dog,

Here in the US, expressing disdain, disgust, disagreement, and distrust of any
administration currently in power is a healthy part of self government. It may
be different in AUS- I wouldn't know since I haven't spent time there and am
not qualified to render an opinion about what type of speech is appropriate
there.

Many in the US would agree with you latele. Our esteemed fellow citizens who
are so quick to holler "treason" and "sedition" every time a dissident speaks
out were certainly singing a different tune just four short years ago.

For most people, it's a party thing. They're happy when one party or another is
in power, and that president can do no wrong for the duration of his term. Some
of us see the D and R parties as identical wheels on opposite ends of an axle.
They actually need one another to function effectively, and while they are
separate they are definitely connected.

Then there are others who are independent. Some of the independents sit
squarely on the differential, an equal distance from both wheel. Some of us are
so suspicious of the axle we want no part of either wheel, and we keep a bit of
distance where we (hope we) can better observe where the gravel truck is headed
and make sure we don't get run over in its course.