Politeness as coercion

Smiling for the status quo

Anyway, you know the story: Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, attended a public meeting with the PM as part of her official duties, and she didn’t smile at him, or for him, and a particular sort of media hell was loosed upon her.

A very important journalist explained to everyone, on his multiple national platforms, how unacceptable this was and said Ta…