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Unimpressed posted:Surely you don't seriously believe this. I mean, it's at least possible that some of them think it's bad but that it's better than other alternatives (as they see it). I would classify that as not believing it is evil, sometimes you have to do something you think isn't ideal for a greater good and I can understand that even if I don't agree in that specific case. Unimpressed however was describing politicians who think something is wrong, and would vote against it, but decide not to because it would hurt their standing in their party to do so.
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loving Queensland what is it this time...ABC Online posted:Queensland Parliament passes new domestic violence laws granting victims 'special witness' status Oh. Um. Sorry Queensland, you're all right.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 13:58 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Why are Australian politicians so uptight about voting along party lines compared to the UK, US, etc? Australia is a much more homogeneous country than the UK and the US and our parliamentary system owes more to heritage than practical application. Queensland and Tasmania have far more in common with each other than (for example) London and Cornwall or New York and Wyoming.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 14:49 |
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I had a great dinner with my stepfather tonight in which I found out that he's not just racist and homophobic (par for the course amongst Aussie baby boomers) but also anti-Semitic. I'm always puzzled as to where Australians pick anti-Semitism up. I mean, he's a boomer, so it's not like he's exposed to the internet or much international culture. And Australia's Jewish population is negligible. How do they pick up these notions? I mean, I was a pretty well-read kid, and I was probably in university before I realised that anti-semitism was ever a fact of life outside of Nazi Germany.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 14:52 |
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The whole "Political Correctness Gone Mad!" thing has been pretty big in Australia for a couple of decades. He might have picked up the Frankfurt school conspiracy from somewhere?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 15:34 |
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freebooter posted:And Australia's Jewish population is negligible. on a whole yes, but it is not evenly distributed, Glen Eira in Melbourne is around 20% jewish from memory.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 15:49 |
I'm pretty sure I don't know any Jewish people IRL.
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freebooter posted:I had a great dinner with my stepfather tonight in which I found out that he's not just racist and homophobic (par for the course amongst Aussie baby boomers) but also anti-Semitic. I'm always puzzled as to where Australians pick anti-Semitism up. I mean, he's a boomer, so it's not like he's exposed to the internet or much international culture. And Australia's Jewish population is negligible. Australia's population is mostly of European origin and antisemitism is well ingrained there. These days it's rarely, kill all Jews, it's a lot more, Jews like money and control lots of things.
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HookShot posted:I'm pretty sure I don't know any Jewish people IRL. I know about 15 Jewish-Australians. I met them all while studying in Sweden, which was kinda odd. They were all from Sydney and on exchange for a semester or 2 abroad. I think a lot were from the St. Ives area and all knew each other somehow (relatives, primary school etc). Well, that's my story.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:25 |
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I miss the times when Tony Abbott was the Prime minister.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:26 |
My grandad was Jewish, but given that the religion passes along matrilineal lines, I was never brought into the conspiracy. *tips a 40*
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:39 |
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Tommofork posted:For some reason I interpreted that as ABC new reporting on a section of the West Gate bridge collapsing 45 minutes ago. Maybe I should sleep. There is a part of it at Monash University at the Clayton Campus, out the front of the Engineering Faculty to remind the students what happens when things go wrong.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:44 |
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Australians are openly, shamelessly racist. How can you possibly think anti-semitism is a bridge too far when that's the starting point?
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 22:50 |
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Queenslands best state status is hitting critical levels.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:14 |
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Anidav posted:Queenslands best state status is hitting critical levels. Let's just calm down there mate
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:31 |
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quote:
http://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/local-man-spends-entire-first-date-disputing-mainstream-account-of-911/
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:43 |
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teacup posted:Let's just calm down there mate *vibrates violently* *XXXX frothing from mouth*
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:44 |
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I agree with his views on Valentine's day.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:44 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/local-man-spends-entire-first-date-disputing-mainstream-account-of-911/ Turnbull Secures Highly Influential CrossFit Vote With 120KG Power Clean
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:45 |
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"The only hole theyve dug is the one for the former Prime Minister" - Albo on the Coalition's spending on infrastructure.
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:49 |
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Anidav posted:"The only hole theyve dug is the one for the former Prime Minister" - Albo on the Coalition's spending on infrastructure. P. sick burn but only really works if you ignore the two still-fresh graves in Labor's camp. Would have been better if it came from someone like Tony Windsor. ...miss that guy...
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:56 |
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*albomania intensifies*
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# ? Oct 15, 2015 23:58 |
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Ahh Yes posted:I miss the times when Tony Abbott was the Prime minister. So do I, actually. I was hoping maybe the dignity of having an actual human as PM would be nice, but it really doesn't have any upsides when they're still peddling the same crap.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:06 |
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Yeah but the messaging has changed or something
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:29 |
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LET ME BRIGHTON YOUR DAY The leader of far-right wing group the United Patriots Front has stepped down after members laughed at a video making fun of him. Shermon Burgess has handed over the leadership of the group in a video posted online, which has led protests against a proposed mosque in Bendigo, after a fellow member made a video about him. “He made a video mocking myself and another patriot who have actually done things for the movement,” Burgess said in a video posted online on Thursday. “Yet here are supposed patriots sharing this video and laughing about it.” Burgess has handed the leadership of the UPF to Blair Cottrell. “He’s got what it takes, and the man is a natural leader,” he said. “I won’t be doing it anymore. Sure, I’ll still support the movement, but I won’t be making videos, and I’ve taken down my [Facebook] page, the great Aussie patriot.” Burgess said he was not stepping down due to the media or “because of death threats from Islam, even though I’ve received many of those. It’s because of dumb gently caress patriots out there.” He said it was due to a man who “goes to patriot rallies, but he’s really a lefty”. Burgess said being a leader in the movement brought a lot of pressure from the police, from people trying to find out where he lives and from dealing with the media. “It’s like we’re at the rally continuously,” he said. “This is what we’ve got to put up with. Now I don’t mind putting up with death threats from Muslims, I don’t mind [dealing with] media, but when your own loving people start turning against you and having a laugh, and spreading left wing poo poo, after all the sacrifices you made for them, that’s where I draw the loving line and I’m done. I’m loving done.” Burgess said he had lost his job due to his involvement in the UPF, which he was proud of building up from scratch.
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Come on people it's time to confess. Who here "goes to the rallies, but is really a lefty"?
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Unimpressed posted:Come on people it's time to confess. Who here "goes to the rallies, but is really a lefty"?
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You Am I posted:There is a part of it at Monash University at the Clayton Campus, out the front of the Engineering Faculty to remind the students what happens when things go wrong. They should put a guillotine out the front of polisci faculties
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:41 |
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Apparently we are laying "kilometres" of copper to make sure the FTTN NBN works. I mean you could just put fibre in the loving holes you're digging. What the hell.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 00:52 |
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Laserface posted:Apparently we are laying "kilometres" of copper to make sure the FTTN NBN works. We're a forward looking country that likes digging holes in the ground. We're looking forward to digging up those same holes in five/ten years times.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:18 |
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The leader of far-right wing group the United Patriots Front has stepped down after members laughed at a video making fun of him. this is just really loving funny
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:22 |
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Just dig a hole and put the country in it.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:28 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:The leader of far-right wing group the United Patriots Front has stepped down after members laughed at a video making fun of him. Anidav had that covered. Anidav posted:“This is what we’ve got to put up with. Now I don’t mind putting up with death threats from Muslims, I don’t mind [dealing with] media, but when your own loving people start turning against you and having a laugh, and spreading left wing poo poo, after all the sacrifices you made for them, that’s where I draw the loving line and I’m done. I’m loving done.” This quote was the best bit.
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Ler posted:I know about 15 Jewish-Australians. I met them all while studying in Sweden, which was kinda odd. They were all from Sydney and on exchange for a semester or 2 abroad. I think a lot were from the St. Ives area and all knew each other somehow (relatives, primary school etc). To be fair, a work crew for a client of mine had wreaked her prized bonsai tree, but I was taken aback and was all It's easily the greatest insult I've ever heard hurled, just rolls off the tongue.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:31 |
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Is this UPF guy the same one that was on the 7:30 report recently? His 'serious' videos were a complete joke too.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:33 |
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Rougey posted:A lovely little old Jewish Lady in St Ives called me an "Aryan fascist pig fucker" once. Hi David Cameron
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:41 |
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Money well spent Refugee transferred to Cambodia in multi-million dollar deal with Australia returns to Myanmar
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:42 |
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Anidav posted:LET ME BRIGHTON YOUR DAY This Friday keeps getting better and better.
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# ? Oct 16, 2015 01:44 |
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"Hate group leader huge loving sook"
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Two things about the recent UPF changeover. 1. You should all watch the video, purely to see him brought to tears. 2. The leadership has been passed on to a bloke called Blair Cottrell, who is a literal Nazi
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