Commentary Lockdown opponents took to the streets of Sydney’s CBD in late July, in defiance of public health orders, to protest the severity of COVID restrictions imposed by the New South Wales (NSW) government. Violence broke out, resulting in numerous injuries and many arrests. NSW Police Commissioner, Mick Fuller, was quick to brand those who attended the Sydney rally as “anarchists” because they flagrantly flouted health restrictions. Of course, there may have been some who really did seek abolition of all government and to provoke revolution to turn society into a voluntary cooperative … but they were almost certainly a minority. Similar protests took place in Melbourne as part of the World Wide Rally for Freedom. The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews quickly dismissed people fighting for their livelihoods as merely “selfish,” while for NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, the protests—which she said demonstrated “utter contempt for their fellow citizens”—provoked her “disgust.” …