RECENTLY Tasmanian Greens MPs Christine Milne, Nick McKim and former Greens leader Bob Brown have likened the actions of Ta Ann protesters and the Whitehaven Coal hoaxer to those of people like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
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The actions of the latter were courageous and done at great personal cost to advance a race of people and a nation.
The actions of the activists were cowardly and possibly criminal.
To group the activists with two of the greatest modern leaders is absurd at best, and disrespectful of the immense achievements of both men.
These three Tasmanian politicians appear to condone and applaud the commission of trespass and fraud.
- VIVIENNE GALE, Launceston.