Comment on Dorinda Cox accuses Greens of racism in scathing resignation letter
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 5 days agoI think, given the (presumed) widespread perception that the Greens are arrogant, they ought to publicly air that reflection. If I’m speaking purely strategically, that would be more likely to win votes from me than what they ended up doing. I think the reason they don’t is because they’re incapable of such reflection. The only policy changes I recall them making are to support increased defense spending following Trump’s win, and to oppose IRV and support PR after Bandt lost his seat (I BTW, support going the opposite direction with Condorcet).
As for Chandler-Mather, I think the other MP’s complaining is more to do with them not seeing him as an adult than the severity of his treatment. Given how he went on the radio to complain about the treatment, I’d say they were right to.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 5 days ago
I think the perception that the greens are arrogant is mostly a media thing to be honest, and I’m not sure how much they can do to fight that. Imo there is a general perception of any activist or left wing group that they’re all arrogant/holier than thou types.
They ended up backing Labor’s housing policies despite the analysis from think tanks like the Australia Institute saying they would do nothing. This all seems like a double standard anyway to me, did Labor change any policy on housing? It took months to extract some direct cash on top of the HAFF then they refused to negotiate, the greens at least tried to, yet the greens are arrogant.