Australian retailer Gerry Harvey: Shut up, they explained. By 3AW.

Billionaire Gerry Harvey says there was little for him to gain by speaking with Neil Mitchell on Tuesday.

He said opinions had become dangerous.

“It doesn’t matter what you say – you get attacked,” Harvey said on What Makes You Tick.

“Social media is just extraordinarily spiteful, and nasty.

“It’s at such a stage now … why am I doing this interview with you? Have I got an opinion on anything? Probably not, any more. What’s the point? Just shut up.” …

He said the “system was silencing” people and their ideas.

A classic: