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- Comment on what is up with u/dwazoup 21 hours ago:
Whether or not you meant it, your post is quite poetic. A tragedy in two lines, or perhaps a koan, the irony of their inactivity screaming out to them in vain.
- Comment on what is up with u/dwazoup 1 day ago:
Do you know if anyone’s tried to contact the person running all those accounts? Their Lemmy accounts would be flooded with post replies so I doubt the owner even looks at them. I don’t have a microblog account so let’s see if this ping works:
@Dwazoup@mastodon.social, hello! I’d like to hear your point of view on these posts :)
- Comment on It turns out there is a Lemmy alternative with categories - anyone got stories about it? 6 days ago:
I haven’t tried any Piefeds or mbins. My impression is similar to yours: interpreted language and “no fancy design patterns” gives me the idea it’s probably great for quickly prototyping new features like categories and moderation tools, possibly at the cost of performance. If you’re looking at hosting, maybe reach out to a few piefed admins, ask what they think about it and if/when they tried Lemmy for a comparison.
The great thing about the Fediverse is afaik you can test other instances and even other softwares while still getting access to the same communities and posts.
- Comment on Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested outside court [DE-PAYWALLED LINK IN POST] 1 week ago:
Police confirmed Tuesday’s arrests were over the attack on Camp Sovereignty.
Alright, let’s see how wrist slaps they get for leading a violent gang to beat up an encampment (without a police uniform).
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 1 week ago:
It’s not an insult. It’s a political association, which as we saw in Melbourne and Sydney, the neo-Nazi group who call them selves Nazis and named their group after the German Nazi Party, played a key role in organising many of these rallies and were given the platform to speak on stage at them. Adelaide thankfully had some people with a bit of dignity who fought back when they saw actual, actual, nazis insert them into the protest.
considering the left smeared everyone associated with the rally a nazi
Who is this “the left”? I, for one, know the difference between a nazi and a nazi collaborator.
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 1 week ago:
They did say that included counterprotesters. but still seems a bit high. They showed with the March for Humanity how far off their estimates can be so I’ll wait for others.
- Comment on Not The Onion: "Six people gather for Albany rally, drawing six counter-protesters" 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 2 weeks ago:
ex card carrying marxist here
I’m extremely interested to hear which card you carried, as this Marxist group sounds very strange and, well, not Marxist.
The sentences you said after clearly contradict Marx’s own theory and actions, as well as those of every Marxist group I’ve talked to in this country. The only one (1) I’ve know to be anti-union was the SEP, who are tiny and inconsequential.
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 2 weeks ago:
and I see the excuse that protesting is still useful because it gives you a means to organize for further action
That’s not “an excuse”. Look at basically all revolutions which weren’t just military coups and you can find meaningful protests. They’re a major entry point to those “better ways” you mention.
A protest isn’t inherently effective, going there and simply standing around listening to speeches is a waste of your time, but it is still an important tool in social change.
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 2 weeks ago:
They are free to believe what ever idiocy they choose.
You say this as if their beliefs are inconsequential, merely ideas in an abstract. This group is a predatory cult. It was recently publicly revealed that one of their members already killed themselves due to internal oppression. They regularly threaten people (including politicians) with violence and commit violence, and members have been charged and arrested for doing so. They’re still doing it and growing in size. The law has shown itself ineffective at stopping them.
But ultimately, at the end of the day, this cult is organising with the explicit intent of exterminating people, including me. So, when do you believe I, or we, should stop them?
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 2 weeks ago:
Some of the antifascists in Australia have had success with YARDing (Yelling At Racist Dogs): “How to deal with alt-right pests at rallies”.
Demonstrating to these idiots that they’re outsiders to the communities they’re targeting is, you picked the right word, demoralising. One of the main neo-Nazi organisers here (Joel Davis) made a speech to the UK Patriotic Alternative, quote “You guys might get demoralised sometimes when you do a demonstration and there’s fifty of you and there’s two hundred antifa- I’m not saying that’s happened, but I don’t- I don’t know all the details, but I’ve been in experiences like that where I’ve gone to protests […] and there’s ten of us and, like, two hundred communists. And it feels like shit. i-it’s horrible. It’s horrifying.”
- Comment on Tell them to fuck off 2 weeks ago:
Relinking this recent exposé about the main neo-Nazi group involved in this rally: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo2xBrImsg4
and the White Rose Society guide to media reporting on these scum: …writeas.com/9-principles-for-journalists-reporti…
- Comment on PM brushes off push for Israel sanctions as a 'slogan' | Canberra CityNews 4 weeks ago:
Non-lethal meth components, your Honour.
- Comment on Police escort neo-Nazis in early morning march through Melbourne’s CBD 4 weeks ago:
spoiler
On the other hand, I suspect there are enough informers in the group that feds, antifash and even journalists might have known. The amount of leaked information in the past has led to many of them being exposed and fired, and I doubt their vetting process has improved much.
- Comment on Police escort neo-Nazis in early morning march through Melbourne’s CBD 4 weeks ago:
In case this was just a kneejerk guess, it’s worth pointing out one of their unmasked members (Nathan Bull) is the son of an officer.
- Comment on Police escort neo-Nazis in early morning march through Melbourne’s CBD 4 weeks ago:
It would be a shame if it were accidental. ¯_ (ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Police escort neo-Nazis in early morning march through Melbourne’s CBD 4 weeks ago:
To reiterate what Price was hinting at, that they do these timid little flash mobs when most people are asleep because they keep getting beaten up or humiliated whenever they do anything in daylight. The same tactics have been used (and admitted by former members) in the US. These neo-Nazis exist outside of communities.
And if anything, it’s validating that enough people are putting in the time and effort to make these scum scared of the daylight. Antifascism isn’t just the people you see on television or social media, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes to push back on these groups in the ways law enforcement agencies either can’t or won’t.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
A lawyer arguing in favour of their client? Great reporting, ABC…
- Comment on ABC Mediawatch: possible link between new social media online age requirements and appeasing the gambling industry 5 weeks ago:
My video player grabs YT videos but ignores the timestamp, so I got stuck with the opening report of Sky News crying about muh migrants in Europe. It’s depressing to know that a couple of cookers I know eat that kind of garbage up.
- Comment on Breaking: Pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge allowed to go ahead 5 weeks ago:
Great day for it ay
- Comment on Breaking: Pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge allowed to go ahead 5 weeks ago:
Of course, there have been arrests at the bridge for longer than it’s been open.
- Comment on Breaking: Pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge allowed to go ahead 5 weeks ago:
Police said there would be a “significant” police presence throughout the city, including the Public Order and Riot Squad, mounted police and Highway and Traffic Control officers.
Probably not worth getting a bingo card going. I doubt there will be any real instigation from protesters, even by any very fringe groups (a bridge is just begging to get kettled), and given the court decision and general audience I doubt the police will pick this time to instigate either, but after cops previously punching protesters in the head and trampling them with horses, I honestly wouldn’t be too surprised.
- Comment on A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing? (2023, linked study is worth a read). 1 month ago:
Given the age of consent is 16
Generally true for most states, a couple are 17 and there are various special cases. I didn’t realise how different it is between states and about authority rules (e.g. in some states, a person has a higher AoC for a guardian or teacher).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_Oceania#A…
I also didn’t know how recently some states passed anti-homosexuality laws, esp Tasmania.
- Comment on I was punched in the face by NSW Police, as Chris Minns' anti-protest laws crack down on Palestine dissent 1 month ago:
Like Hannah said, this violence against protesters isn’t unique and their connections and platform are a privilege that other protesters don’t have, so other victims are more easily brushed under the table.
- Comment on Australia tests new long-range missile capable of hitting targets 500km away 1 month ago:
500km isn’t even from Sydney to Melbourne. Couldn’t even launch them at Pine Gap.
- Comment on Greens and Coalition bristle against Labor’s changes to the standing orders [to allow kicking out MPs for longer and to avoid recording the names of MPs who on some motions] 1 month ago:
Yeah, astroturf (both political and commercial marketing) is common but at least it’s a lower barrier of entry to get heard, more grassroots can spring up.
- Comment on Greens and Coalition bristle against Labor’s changes to the standing orders [to allow kicking out MPs for longer and to avoid recording the names of MPs who on some motions] 1 month ago:
Cheers mate!
- Comment on Decoding a voter’s poor handwriting is subjective – let’s enlist AI to help with the Bradfield recount | Simon Jackman 1 month ago:
There’s an interesting discussion about whether forcing people who don’t want to vote into voting is a good thing.
I definitely think our mandatory voting system has some great benefits, especially that it makes voter suppression far more difficult. But at the end if the day, I’ve seen electors who couldn’t name two federal PM candidates or the party policies of the two main parties. What is the benefit of forcing such people into voting? They clearly don’t have an interest in making the correct decision for themselves or our state. So it simply makes the election less effective, turning it more into a gimmicky popularity spectacle than a decision making process.
- Comment on Greens and Coalition bristle against Labor’s changes to the standing orders [to allow kicking out MPs for longer and to avoid recording the names of MPs who on some motions] 1 month ago:
fr why are you becoming a politician in Aus if you just hate democracy and transparency
People who care about those things don’t get the support of mass media major shareholders, huge financial backers, and other corporate interests that have the power to more easily sway elections.
The bottom line is our electoral system is dominated by people who don’t benefit from democracy or transparency. Bad politicians aren’t an outlier or corruption, but the system working as it’s been built to.
