On one hand i don’t agree with the burqa and don’t really think it’s based in Islam and their are plenty of Muslim communities don’t that wear if. This however is not an acceptable approach. It’d be like appropriating a head wrap to protest Sikhs. You’re clearly not part of the religion/culture so it isn’t an appropriate method of protest. Also she’s not wearing it right? Like you can still see her legs?
Question: I don't agree with what Pauline Hanson did, but doesn't it kind of challenge the senate's stance on the issue to have reacted the way they did? Imagine if they had shrugged what she did off.
Submitted 18 hours ago by PatrickStar@sh.itjust.works to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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CTDummy@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Inaction on racism and islamophobia isn’t a senate stance I want to see…
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Can we all agree that both sides of this debate suck?
Pauline Hanson is a racist bigot we shouldn’t be giving the time of day to; but as a tolerant society, we should also not tolerate or allow burka and niqab in a similar fashion to how we don’t allow motorcycle helmets and other headgear which fully obscures one’s face?
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4oe1EXro6s
In this case no, I skimmed the video but in this case I don’t see her doing anything wrong
It’s a bit ironic that the greens lady in the video is so loud and outraged about someone wearing a burqa, maybe because most people feel this way, just not about Pauline in particular wearing it.
Unfortunately Nu Greens members have tied the party into a very odd spot, progressive and regressive simultaneously which is leading people to leave to labor, resulting in one of the saddest poll results ever:
The latest Guardian Essential poll also found One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election, putting support for the hard-right party above the Greens.
theguardian.com/…/australians-back-labor-albanese…
Congrats to the greens, you played yourself
eureka@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
in a similar fashion to how we don’t allow motorcycle helmets and other headgear which fully obscures one’s face?
…these are allowed. In fact, it’s illegal to ride a motorcycle without a motorcycle helmet.
I’m guessing you’re talking about special or private places like banks, but that’s not what Pauline Hanson was proposing, at all.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Yes, to clarify, I did mean wearing a motorcycle helmet while walking into a public or commercial space like a bank, supermarket, shopping centre etc.
I have no problems with hijab, shayla and other open/face head coverings as a self-expression of religious modesty - but at a point that ‘modesty’ is either no longer a personal choice (ie. imposed by pressure from family, friends, spiritual leaders), or begins to negatively impact public safety.
Such garments are no longer fit-for-purpose in an a progressive society such as ours.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
“If they don’t want me wearing it — ban the burqa,” she said.
Pretty much
“She is disrespecting the Muslims out there, Muslim Australians, it’s absolutely unconstitutional,” Payman said.
Wearing a burqa is unconstitutional? What?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
No, not in the slightest. She appropriated someone else’s culture with the specific intent of demeaning them. The only point she was making was that she herself is exceptionally racist.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Islam is not a race
eureka@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Correct in a vacuum, but in context we must acknowledge that people like Pauline Hanson use anti-Islamic arguments as a proxy for racism against Middle Easterners. It’s distinct from mere opposition to the religion itself.
We see the same thing with critique of Judaism being used as a pretext by antisemites to launder their racism against people with Jewish ethnicity. Bigots know that the majority of society object to overt racism, so the more tactful ones use proxies like cultures and religions to attack race.