Because I am a vindictive bastard I derive a perverse pleasure in putting Pauline Hanson's 1 Nation party dead last on the senate sheet every election.

Of course that means you have to fill out the numbers 1 to 168 (or whatever) and it takes you a good 5 minutes to do so but an unintended happy coincidence of that pettiness is that I am one of the few people that can stand up and say that all those minorities that got in via mad preference deals had nothing to do with me.

I bring it up every time the father-in-law goes off about the senate not passing anything. ("Yeah but you voted above the line only right?" )

Fuck off. You should be able to disagree with someone on an internet forum without being harassed on another forum by keyboard warriors.

Show some common decency and class FFS.

It's the Internet, shit happens when you carry on using your real name.

Yep, shit people happen.

That's why the world hides behind usernames so they can shoot their mouth off without repercussions. Sad really.

Sad and predictable. These keyboard wannabe warriors would never dare run off at the mouth in a pub because they'd be punched out in a second flat but are happy to insult, badger, bully and harangue anyone here that doesn't agree with them.

Your typical, tough in a group, shitscared bunch of spineless cowards if ever caught out by themselves.

You're a hero MT. A 24 carat champion. Mum'd be proud of you.

Politics is a blood sport in Canberra. But inside the Young Liberal movement it gets even more serious than that.
There was a lot more shouting than normal

On the night after the Malcolm Turnbull v Tony Abbott leadership spill, a Young Liberal meeting in Sydney erupted into wild scenes, with allegations a member of the Abbott-backing conservative faction physically assaulted a Turnbull-supporting moderate.

An official complaint was lodged with the NSW Liberal Party on Thursday morning, following the event at the City Tattersalls Club on Pitt Street on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for state director Tony Nutt said: "Sorry, we won't be saying anything."
James Camilleri.
James Camilleri. Photo: Supplied
Almost 100 people are said to have witnessed the altercation as the factions divided in support of the contenders in Canberra.
Fairfax Media has learned that James Camilleri, a member of the moderates, has claimed the hard-right's Jakov "Jay" Miljak grappled with him after a fiery debate over female quotas in the party.
The temperature in the room had already risen to boiling point as conservatives argued against a motion congratulating Mr Turnbull on becoming the new Prime Minister.
Jakov "Jay" Miljak.
Jakov "Jay" Miljak. Photo: Supplied
Mr Miljak, a staffer for the conservative senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, is alleged to have grappled with Mr Camilleri in a "push punch" incident against the wall of the meeting room.
A Young Liberal in the room said there was some "pushing and shoving" before others intervened. "The whole room had to stop. They were dragged apart by their colleagues," the source, who is not factionally aligned, said.
Mr Miljak, who has been asked for comment through Senator Fierravanti-Wells' office, had been arguing against quotas to raise the representation of females in the parliamentary ranks of the Liberals.
It is not the first Young Liberal event that has descended into ugly scenes and controversy.
Tuesday's meeting was the first under the presidency of Alex Dore, one of the organisers of the infamous 2012 Sydney University Liberal Club dinner at which broadcaster Alan Jones claimed former prime minister Julia Gillard's father had "died of shame".
Jones has compared Mr Dore to a young John Howard and backed him against moderate candidate Craig Laundy for preselection in the Sydney seat of Reid before the 2013 election. Mr Dore worked as a staffer to NSW minister Pru Goward.
In 2014, the stalls of the right-aligned Conservative Club and the moderate SULC had to be separated after an orientation week brawl at Sydney University.
And in 2009, police had to break up a Young Liberal event amid brawling and claims former state upper house Liberal Marie Ficarra, a member of the hard right, had made a "throat slitting" gesture - an allegation she denied and called an "outrageous slander".
An attendee at Tuesday's function said the mood was "particularly unruly" after Mr Abbott lost his grip on the leadership.
"There was a lot more shouting than normal. Alex [Dore] obviously doesn't know how to control the room."
Mr Camilleri could not be reached for comment and Mr Dore declined to comment when contacted.


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Fucking Young Libs :lol:

-PB

Did you see the pictures of the two of them?


Classic :lol:

We never had a defence minister?

-PB

Yeah, meant to say first ever female defence minister :lol:

Did you see the pictures of the two of them?


Classic :lol:

I am disturbed by the increase in the "right = uneducated" sentiment.

Especially idiotc when both sides of politics have the "uneducated" and "educated"

Yep.

The working class are just as likely to be pro-workplace rights and Labor fans as they are of being nationalistic, anti-immigration social conservatives.

Yep.

The working class are just as likely to be pro-workplace rights and Labor fans as they are of being nationalistic, anti-immigration social conservatives.

if you think believing in a bearded man in the sky and denying science is educated then go right ahead

Plenty of right wing people are atheists though. Andrew Bolt is an atheist.

What's wrong with this? It's not like they're mutually exclusive.

Nothing.

It just means they will vote for different parties. My point is socio-economic status does not dictate political persuasion.

Nothing.

It just means they will vote for different parties. My point is socio-economic status does not dictate political persuasion.

Has it really been 6 months?

-PB

It just means they will vote for different parties. My point is socio-economic status does not dictate political persuasion.