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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The question doesn’t take that into account so one would assume that in some seats there would be a viable independent that some voters (Greens, for example) would be even more open to than One Nation. An interesting point raised in the podcast was that perhaps some Greens voters see themselves as outsiders in the same way as One Nation voters do, and therefore view a party like One Nation as a more viable option than traditional centrist parties that haven’t done shit for anyone other than those on the inside.

  There is always a question mark over this stuff until we get close to an actual election, though. Many people are unhappy right now and might just be trying to send a message to the major parties via polls like this. A sort of “do something or else” type response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And here’s the direct link to all the data corresponding to the question. 32% of Greens voters were also open to voting for One Nation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re interested, here’s the corresponding Guardian Essential podcast where they discuss the results and the rationale behind the questions and the phrasing of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, it’s another reminder of the very widespread underlying racism in this country. If you give Australians a reason to target minority groups under a false premise (housing prices, cost of living, etc), many will happily take you up on it.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pauline Hanson issues partial apology for suggesting there are no 'good' Muslims⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Senator Hanson told the ABC on Wednesday that she did not believe there are no “good” Muslims and referenced a non-practising Muslim woman who stood for One Nation.

  She apologised if she “offended anyone out there that doesn’t believe in sharia law, or multiple marriages, or wants to bring ISIS brides in, or people from Gaza that believe in a caliphate”.

  But she added: “In general, that is what they want — a world caliphate. And I am not going to apologise … I will have my say now before it’s too late.”

  Senator Hanson then suggested that the government’s policies were being unduly influenced by Muslim voters and called for a “far more stringent” vetting process for prospective migrants.

  “People are in fear. We don’t know who these people are. You’ve got 18,000 people on ASIO’s watchlist. Doesn’t that tell you something?” she said.

  “We’ve had terrorist attacks in this country, and it’s not just about terrorist attacks, it’s about our changing way of life.”

  Senator Hanson alleged that Australians were not welcome in some suburbs with large Muslim populations, such as Lakemba in Sydney’s west.

  That’s not an apology. It’s not even a “partial apology”, she straight up doubled down on her original comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Angus Taylor rolls Sussan Ley to become Liberal leader⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, elect two of the people most responsible for throwing your last election campaign as your leaders. Fantastic. Great move. Well done Liberals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because you aren’t paying attention, does not mean it’s not a problem. Yes the other protests went well, but consider if there were more Chris Minns. Imagine if One Nation is in power, how would they utilise the police?

  Putting aside the fact that you just agreed with me that police in other states and territories do not have this problem, “imagine if they also had Chris Minns” completely ignores the second part of my reasoning. Sydney has a culture problem and consistently elects terrible politicians. Other cities do not have this cultural problem, therefore they do not elect Chris Minns, therefore they do not have insane people utilising the police against protestors. Live in denial if you want, everyone outside of Sydney knows it is a shithole and not representative of the rest of the country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the police are a problem everywhere.

  And yet no other city or town experienced these issues. It’s a NSW Police and Sydney culture problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liberal election autopsy delayed after Dutton suggests report defamatory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost reads like a satirical headline lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As I understand, in that instance the guest decided not to attend. I think you’re focusing on the wrong part of the story if you’re trying to determine whether any of the guests were morally in the right/wrong or whether we should feel sorry for them. The problem is that the event is now caving to pressure, which completely kills its premise of being an open space for the discussion and sharing of ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli president invited to visit Australia after Bondi shooting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hitler was put on the United Nations War Crimes Commission’s first list of war criminals in December 1944, after determining that Hitler could be held criminally responsible for the acts of the Nazis in occupied countries. By March 1945, at least seven indictments had been filed against him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens Preferences Flow to Labor – 2010 and 2025 Compared | Antony Green⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They depend on each other in the sense that Labor needs Greens preferences and Greens voters need an alternative to a Coalition government.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens Preferences Flow to Labor – 2010 and 2025 Compared | Antony Green⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an interesting relationship between the two parties, for sure. As he says at the end, they kind of hate and depend on each other at the same time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favourite (least hated) and Most Hated Prime Ministers ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably Gillard within my lifetime. Frankly, there haven’t been any impressive PMs so she wins by being least worst. Howard was by far the worst and most destructive, although it feels like we’re constantly discovering new information about how fucked Morrison was so maybe he’ll end up being worse for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🤡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is absolutely no way the Coalition is winning the next election. They are basically extinct fron most major cities now and their core voter base is rapidly dying out. The Liberals been bleeding out to female teal independents over climate policy for 2 elections and a big group are STILL trying to kill emissions targets and overthrow their first ever female leader. It really cannot be overstated how fucked that party is, they are absolutely hopeless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, it seems like Labor sees the Coalition falling apart as its chance to setup decades of dominance as the “sensible centre” party, rather than use the minimum two terms they now have to actually show some centre-left ambition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the Social Media Ban coming in next month what's the plan?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is how I feel as well lol

  I’m willing to jump through some hoops for messaging services, assuming all my friends and family do the same, but for just general social media I am perfectly content to wave goodbye. It is so far from being an essential part of my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Financially illiterate Greens supporter appalled by PM schmoozing leader of world's biggest economy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Betoota Advocate being employed by Labor makes this less funny than it otherwise would be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I’ve wondered exactly the same. Will that be millennials like me (not actually me though lol) in another decade? Again, a lot of the polling so far suggests that us and zoomers move to the right slower than previous generations, but we are still young enough for a big shift later in life. I do feel like there is a certain age at which men often become quite grouchy and stubborn, which are conditions that can lead them down the right wing populist rabbit hole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  According to RedBridge, the biggest shift to One Nation is among Gen X men. Kinda interesting because I already associated that demographic with cooker culture and now they seem to be making the shift to cooker politics as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s surging because the Coalition vote is collapsing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It hasn’t changed much.

  • There are 6 new maps, 2 are smaller and limited to certain game modes. None of the new maps are great, a couple are quite bad.

  • Inconsistent footstep audio hasn’t been fixed.

  • Shotgun secondary on Assault wasn’t removed, so there are still loads of OHK shotguns in every match.

  • The movement penalties that existed in the beta are heavier (bigger weapon sway when landing from a jump, etc).

  • Physics engine is kinda fucked. Infantry movement feels floaty and you can bounce off objects and fly in the air like there’s low gravity.

  • They added a ladder as a default gadget to the Assault class. There are head glitches everywhere now, it’s very annoying to attack into on game modes like Breakthrough.

  • Not sure if this was the case in beta, but smoke is locked to Support so you basically have to play that class on game modes like attack Breakthrough if you want to reach the objective.

  If you liked it in the beta, you will probably still like it. If you disliked it, you will probably still dislike it. If you were on the fence like me, you will be glad that you only paid for a month of EA Play Pro and not the full game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk in his own words.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you were actually being genuine, I would explain that DEI initiatives do address structural imbalances because they allow equally skilled people from diverse backgrounds greater influence and ability to contribute to problem solving. You cannot fix structural issues if the only people in the room are from the white majority.

  But we both know your only purpose here is to whitewash Kirk’s racist views, so just drop the act already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk in his own words.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice try, but you’ve now gone full mask-off in other comments so it’s quite clear what you’re attempting to do here. Are we really supposed to believe that you aren’t trying to legitimise Kirk’s DEI arguments when you type stuff like this?

  The problem, IMO, of DEI is that it addresses the symptoms in a superficial way for social media back slapping purposes, but doesnt address the causes of why these programs need to exist at all. Is this a right wing view? I think black people should have better access to the tools needed to compete, you think they should just be handed things as they need the charity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk in his own words.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see how any of that is relevant, unless you are attempting to deflect criticism away from Kirk’s beliefs. It’s enough to say the DEI comments are edited. You don’t need to start explaining why his argument is technically correct in some cases, because all that does is justify its continued use. It’s a bad faith argument based on racial hatred. That’s it, there is no “well ackchyually” with this stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk in his own words.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That doesn’t explain why you felt the need to give examples from your own life that support Kirk’s argument.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charlie Kirk in his own words.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The DEI pilot clips were also edited alongside his comments about Michelle Obama and a couple of other prominent black women (the “brain processing power” clip) to make it seem like he was saying black pilots are stupid. However, the DEI argument is not an intelligent or nuanced one and you are falling into the trap of giving it more respect than it deserves. It’s an obvious trojan horse for racism and paragraphs of anecdotes from a different country don’t change that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dibber dobber Donny: Trump tattletales on TV reporter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  assuming the legislation only bans users with accounts

  It requires the providers of social media platforms that full under the legislation to take reasonable steps to prevent users under the age of 16 from having an account with the platform (this is very close to the actual wording used). The media’s reporting on this has been very lazy and misleading because it’s clearly not a complete ban, as has been repeatedly suggested. You can also use TikTok without an account and it will also still continue to provide algorithmic recommendations.