Sky News host Chris Kenny says the Sydney Opera House has become a “victim of virtue signalling”. Mr Kenny’s comments come after NSW Premier Chris Minns rejected calls to light up the sails of the Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag.
Mr Kenny’s comments come after NSW Premier Chris Minns rejected calls to light up the sails of the Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag.
“Whenever there is virtue signalling anywhere, there will end up being hypocrisy, humiliation or other problems,” he said. “The virtue signallers are causing all sorts of controversy for one of our country’s greatest landmarks. “Let’s stop using the sails as a billboard for what ultimately will always become a competition between political, religious, nationalistic or woke causes – let’s just sail the ships around them.”
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