Australian Federal Election
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If you are a far right anti immigration group and you want to dress up in Muslim clothes and shout anti Islamic slogans where would be the best place to do this?<br><br>
A a church?<br>
Or B a mosque<br><br>
See where these clowns went <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/wake-up-aussies-farright-pauline-hanson-supporters-dressed-as-muslims-storm-church-20160814-gqsclh.html'>http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/wake-up-aussies-farright-pauline-hanson-supporters-dressed-as-muslims-storm-church-20160814-gqsclh.html</a> -
so, not election, but general politics.
When i first got here, I sort of liked what Australia Day was , especially compared to Waitangi Day. At first it was just a celebration of 'straya, and how fucken awesome it was. That sort of morphed a little in to a bit of 'merica! over-the-top-ness, but i still liked it was positive. While back home, thanks to the media, and protesters, Waitangi Day had become pretty divisive.
However, over the past couple of years, there has been a growing "Invasion Day" narrative surrounding aboriginal people, who have used it as an opportunity to air their grievances, and highlight their issues. No problem with that, it's a huge problem that should get all the attention it can. The left of the country, especially those from inner-city areas who have never been within 1,000km of a community, have jumped on-board now, and pressure is attempting to be applied to governments to make Australia Day changes.
The first step was the Western Australian government cancelling the annual Aus Day fireworks out of respect to Aboriginal people. Now however, i have seen a report that Triple J, the leftest of the left radio stations, is "considering" moving the annual Aus Day Hottest 100 to another, less divisive day. Now, this is an unsourced article, without quotes from the ABC/Triple J, but it appears to have gained traction from an online petition signed by a whopping 2,300 people.
If this isn't a beat up (and in all honesty, it wouldn't take much for me to believe Triple J would change it) what the actual fuck?
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@mariner4life look, as long as I get a day off to drink piss in the sun, I don't give a fuck WHEN it is. But having it in summer is nice.
In any case, its a big issue and the ATSI people have been fucked over pretty hard. So go figure that out, recognise them constitutionally or whatever, and then tell me what day I get to watch cricket without work getting in the way.