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+x+x[quote]There has also been support from churches, NGOs and business. However, these groups don't provide campaigners, but moral authority and money. Having said this, the most seasoned political activists knock doors, but often 70% won't. Personally, I least favour phone banking!
In our churches, it is virtually 100% voting NO. This video explains how to look past the propaganda-speak, and look to the basic core principles why some Christians will be voting NO. An axiom in the Yes 23 milieu has been that the majority of Churches are supporting Yes. I'll ask my area Yes 23 Campaign leader in the next few days what his sources are? I believe him.
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+x+x[quote]There has also been support from churches, NGOs and business. However, these groups don't provide campaigners, but moral authority and money. Having said this, the most seasoned political activists knock doors, but often 70% won't. Personally, I least favour phone banking!
In our churches, it is virtually 100% voting NO. When you click the link, it comes up with a Facebook login screen - but you don't have to log in. Just click the x to dismiss the login screen. https://www.facebook.com/aussienewstonight/videos/1707463453104045/The video is entitled, " A compelling Argument for the NO VOTE, and how the Government is attempting to deceive the Australian People by wording the.." This a typical right wing, conservative propaganda outlet. I expect it. However, the fact that many of us in the Yes camp concur that SBS ( not from as big a sample of reports) and ABC, are supporting the No case, is what is pretty tough to swallow.
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+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? . The gap between Indigenous folk and others in Aus are profound in education, health, housing and incarceration. The Voice is a mechanism to close the gap. It is not for non-Indigenous Aussies to find solutions and hand them down, but a grass roots First Nations paradigm that Aboriginals have conceived and developing from Indigenous stakeholders on the ground.
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+x+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? . The gap between Indigenous folk and others in Aus are profound in education, health, housing and incarceration. The Voice is a mechanism to close the gap. It is not for non-Indigenous Aussies to find solutions and hand them down, but a grass roots First Nations paradigm that Aboriginals have conceived and developing from Indigenous stakeholders on the ground. Excellent, I am all for this, but why does it need to be "enshrined in the Constitution"? And why is the language around what the advisory "powers' that will flow from this arent made clear before we all give our oppinion on whether or not it should go ahead? Also, do we not have a minster for indigenous affairs? What is it that they are mandated to achieve exactly? Why does this "First Nations" paradigm need a constitutional involvement when it is, from what I can understand a mainly health, facilities and education issue? I think your beloved party has misread the room, again. The language used (by both sides of the argument to be fair) is abusive, jingoistic and unnecessarily polemic. You state in a previous post, Labor's surprise at ABC and SBS's support of the No vote...... what did you really expect? A fair Australian society is for all to benefit from and enjoy the freedoms of and has not time for talk of stolen lands, reparations and appropriating blame for past generational transgressions. And for the record, Im not a feeble minded child to have a wobble boarding, door knocking idiot preach to me about what my opinion should be on a particular topic and will take very poorly to being interrupted in my daily life by some numpty trying to convince me one way or another. And as for falling under the spell of Trump advisory marketing companies..... Ill ignore the implied insult.
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+x+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? Everyone wants to help the least fortunate amongst us Decentric (at least those with a heart and conscious do) but Im afraid your referendum will fail simply because we are a progressive society and, mostly, see past the racist garbage of the past.... If the question on the ballot paper was more along the lines of "Do you agree to increase funding on health and housing programs and, crisis centres to combat alcoholism and child abuse issues affecting disadvantaged indigenous people: the answer would have been a resounding YES.... A bunch of doo-gooders telling us that they see "Indegenous Australians" as a different type of Australian is morally reprehensible... Huge NO vote from me. Even though the Noalition has argued the Voice is nebulous and not specific, they use the same tactics the conservatives have over any past plebiscite or referendum. Once The Voice is enshrined in the Constitution, the shape of it can evolve from there. It is simply an advisory body. I was reading in the New Daily yesterday the No campaign has employed an American company who have campaigned a lot for Trump, whose name I can't remember, to devise strategies for the No campaign. In terms of being a progressive society, many of my Indigenous comrades I've met through the Yes 23 Campaign, claim they suffer inadvertent racism all the time - still. There is also supposedly a differential depending on which part of Australia one lives in terms of latent and blatant racism. The fact that you intend do vote No augurs poorly for the Yes campaign succeeding. Given your previous posts over the years, I would have predicted you would vote Yes. It shows that the Trumpian company's tactics is indoctrinating Aussies successfully. My main hope is on the doors, and the Pre- Poll booths, in the last 3 weeks until October 14th. There will be a plethora of Yes volunteers on Pre - Poll booths for the early voters and voters on the day booths. Many won't take up their mind until walking into the booths. Yes 23 has decidedly more volunteers than the likes of Advance Australia and the Noalition. We will have more volunteers trying gto preside voters to vote Yes on the booths. More and more Liberal MPs are supporting Yes. Many volunteers won't door knock, which has a significant impact. I've persuaded heaps of vacillating voters to vote Yes knocking doors. It isn't 'white do-gooders' who've conceived The Voice. Many of us are supporting, and acting on, what over 80% of First Nations want. The First Nations conceived The Voice at the Uluru Statement of the Heart. Sorry Im not sure what the "Noalition" is but i assume some facile bon mot by the illluminated few? I wonder sometimes if political activists EVER live in the real world? As for your presumption of my politics, what would ever make you think I would be comfortable with considering a person more or less Australian in this country because of their race, colour or religion? I have been arguing that very thing over and over and over again on these pages.... Aboriginal Australians, Anglo Australians, Greek Australian etc etc etc are all JUST AUSTRALIANS... BTW You had to speak to an "indigenous comrade" to find out that racism still occurs in Australia in 2023??? There are millions of Aussies from the subcontinent ( thousands of times more than there are indigenous people) who get treated the same way every day, where is their "voice to parliament"?
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Can Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you One Nation and Sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard?
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+x+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? Everyone wants to help the least fortunate amongst us Decentric (at least those with a heart and conscious do) but Im afraid your referendum will fail simply because we are a progressive society and, mostly, see past the racist garbage of the past.... If the question on the ballot paper was more along the lines of "Do you agree to increase funding on health and housing programs and, crisis centres to combat alcoholism and child abuse issues affecting disadvantaged indigenous people: the answer would have been a resounding YES.... A bunch of doo-gooders telling us that they see "Indegenous Australians" as a different type of Australian is morally reprehensible... Huge NO vote from me. Many volunteers won't door knock, which has a significant impact. I've persuaded heaps of vacillating voters to vote Yes knocking doors. Or more likely they've said they'll vote yes to get you off their doorstep. But kudos to you for being politically active 'comrade'. We need more actively involved people in our democracy.
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+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... ....
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+x+x+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? Everyone wants to help the least fortunate amongst us Decentric (at least those with a heart and conscious do) but Im afraid your referendum will fail simply because we are a progressive society and, mostly, see past the racist garbage of the past.... If the question on the ballot paper was more along the lines of "Do you agree to increase funding on health and housing programs and, crisis centres to combat alcoholism and child abuse issues affecting disadvantaged indigenous people: the answer would have been a resounding YES.... A bunch of doo-gooders telling us that they see "Indegenous Australians" as a different type of Australian is morally reprehensible... Huge NO vote from me. Many volunteers won't door knock, which has a significant impact. I've persuaded heaps of vacillating voters to vote Yes knocking doors. Or more likely they've said they'll vote yes to get you off their doorstep. But kudos to you for being politically active 'comrade'.We need more actively involved people in our democracy. "The Internationale" I was taught speaks to the workers of the world to unite against oppression and greed, never mentions ANYTHING about one race or nationality getting more than any other...... :)
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Just another mechanism to validate an increase to the army of mainly white middle class employees in the government to say "We're here to help", blow $billions, for no tangible improvement.
Unfortunately you cannot assimilate a culture that does not want to be assimilated.
Lets be honest about that at least.
So No from me.
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Enzo Bearzot
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+x+x+x+x+xIm with you. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Just like the gay vote. They got the yes and look at them now - you can marry your pet, a table a family member. It’s absolute madness. If you want to end racism, you have to stop treating people differently based on their race. First Nations have been greatly disadvantaged based on outcomes. The Voice is an attempt to close the gap. So rather than federal and state funded health and social housing programs targeted at rectifying the imbalance of some of these "outcomes" you support an ambiguous "voice" to parliament for a very small minority of population, whose purpose is to represent Australian citizens who are somehow different than other Australia citizens because of their race? Or is it their colour, or maybe religion? . The gap between Indigenous folk and others in Aus are profound in education, health, housing and incarceration. The Voice is a mechanism to close the gap. It is not for non-Indigenous Aussies to find solutions and hand them down, but a grass roots First Nations paradigm that Aboriginals have conceived and developing from Indigenous stakeholders on the ground. Depends who these "others" are. The gap narrows if you look at the lives of non-indigenous in low socio-economic areas in the outskirts of capital cities. If you are middle class, live in the inner capital city, with the best infrastructure, schools, access to healthcare, public transport, and have nice public service job then you can be forgiven for believing every other non-indigenous group has it just as good as you. This is false.
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No surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
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+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits.
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+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged
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+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
Hahahaha they really do look like a special breed eh? Dozey bastards dont realise how much damage they are doing to their actual "cause" All they have to do to get what they want is shut the fuck up and let normal mainstream Australia do what it does best... instead they are going to make a song and dance about it and lose a few marginals voters who dont want to be seen agreeing with the nut-jobs ... This country is hilarious sometimes.
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+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with.
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+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Oh 100% some of them are nauseous half of f them are pushing towards people towards no
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+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences. The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks.
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Muz
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+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help.
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Enzo Bearzot
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+x+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences. The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks. How many 5G/ Pedo Ring/Flat Earthers would you say there are?
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+x+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help. Do you seriously think that generations of people before you have not had the same ideas and tried too achieve the very things you're saying? Around $35 billion PER YEAR currently is spent on aboriginal affairs. This is about the same as Medicare AND Private Health Rebate combined. Is there any time when we actually take an audit of what is being achieved with that money, are the root causes being addressed, or is the solution yet again even more money?
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+x+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences. The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks. They are all so stupid. It’s frightening.
Look how the same folk are all supporting Russell brand with conspiracy theories
‘deep state is trying to shut him up’
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Yeah cause some washed up hippie sex pest that nobody with a brain takes serious is spewing the same crap that has said about big pharma for decades.
Yeah the deep state went back in time to start a four year investigation with dozens of women instead of just taking him out. Because they still want him to be able to sell his vitamins on his YouTube of course
Because none of these people either have an education or have hands on experience in real world they make up all these ridiculous things when then simple answer if right in front of them.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences. The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks. They are all so stupid. It’s frightening.
Look how the same folk are all supporting Russell brand with conspiracy theories
‘deep state is trying to shut him up’
😂😂
Yeah cause some washed up hippie sex pest that nobody with a brain takes serious is spewing the same crap that has said about big pharma for decades.
Yeah the deep state went back in time to start a four year investigation with dozens of women instead of just taking him out. Because they still want him to be able to sell his vitamins on his YouTube of course
Because none of these people either have an education or have hands on experience in real world they make up all these ridiculous things when then simple answer if right in front of them. Brands accusers have said they felt compelled to come out after Brand's new found prominence as online influencer with millions of followers on youtube and other sites... Source The Hill.
Why should that be the motive to accuse someone of rape? Why go to the media before going to the police ?
The UK government has made a statement insinuating his guilt yet he has been charged with nothing. Its Higgins v Lehrman, Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp v Amber Heard all over again.
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+x+x+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help. Do you seriously think that generations of people before you have not had the same ideas and tried too achieve the very things you're saying? Around $35 billion PER YEAR currently is spent on aboriginal affairs. This is about the same as Medicare AND Private Health Rebate combined. Is there any time when we actually take an audit of what is being achieved with that money, are the root causes being addressed, or is the solution yet again even more money? Fair enough. You're right. We should stop trying with money and well intentioned people and use thoughts and prayers instead. By the way why am I not surprised you're parroting One Nation talking points? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-28/fact-check-tony-abbott-niaa-voice-parliament/102656190https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/factlab-meta/niaa-does-not-spend-$30b-on-indigenous-programs-annually
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+x+x+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences. The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks. How many 5G/ Pedo Ring/Flat Earthers would you say there are? In society or at No rallies? In society an increasing amount. At No rallies more than the average populace.
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+x+x+x+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help. Do you seriously think that generations of people before you have not had the same ideas and tried too achieve the very things you're saying? Around $35 billion PER YEAR currently is spent on aboriginal affairs. This is about the same as Medicare AND Private Health Rebate combined. Is there any time when we actually take an audit of what is being achieved with that money, are the root causes being addressed, or is the solution yet again even more money? Fair enough. You're right. We should stop trying with money and well intentioned people and use thoughts and prayers instead. By the way why am I not surprised you're parroting One Nation talking points? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-28/fact-check-tony-abbott-niaa-voice-parliament/102656190https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/factlab-meta/niaa-does-not-spend-$30b-on-indigenous-programs-annually What a coward sack of shit that Abbott is - he should be told to fuck off from campaigning. Remember when he campaigned against the gay marriage vote when it came time to actually vote on the bill he chickened out, man of convictions hey.....
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+x+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help. "The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve?" Sorry mate, but that is plain wrong.... Speak to our wonderfully diverse Australian migrants about the reason why they "chose" to come here and you will hear many a tale of dispossession of land, theft, rape and murder... My neighbour is a lovely Cypriot man and his wife who migrated here in 1974 after the Turkish army invaded his homeland and to this day remain as illegal occupiers of his actual house (a house that had been in his family for at least 5 generations)... that was 50 years ago.... let alone 250 years ago like British colonisation. Or the Vietnamese bloke down the street that came here with his mum and sister on a boat in the late 70s when the Commies killed his dad and overtook Saigon and kicked them out... ... Or our South Sudanese communities, or Lebanese in the 80s or ex Yugo countries etc etc etc etc.... fact is, the world over.... bad countries invade other countries and take whatever they want..... its not FAIR but it is human nature and history ..... To the victor go the spoils.....
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+x+x+x+x+xNo surprises of the freak shows at the no rally.
Nazis 5G Vaccine mandates digital currency paedo rings
Etc etc
just some of the brilliance on display 😂😂😂
I did laugh at the pictures of the 'No' campaigners. You forgot 'no 15 minute cities' but yeah a real cornucopia of nutjobs there. The usual suspects in abundance. Imagine if you were a 'no' campaigner in good faith and had to mix and talk with those fuckwits. Also the climate hoax gang were there. tbh if you are white, I can’t see why you’d be actively campaigning for ‘No’ - besides the obvious reason.
Fair enough of you want to Vite no, but making a sign and pushing it just makes you look unhinged In fairness mate, some of the wobble board, tin rattlers in the "yes" camp aren't exactly the sort of people I wold want to be in the same room, let alone have a conversation, with. Yeah the hair shirt mob are annoying too but in general they're not 5G annoying. You could play conspiracy bingo with 20 buzzwords on a card and you'd tick them off in 5 minutes flat at any No rally. I usually like in the comments on Facebook that are along the lines of 'have you had your 8th booster yet?' And then something about the gub'ment', Agenda 21, Moderna and Bill Gates. I actually think we probably reached peak average intelligence about 10 to 20 years after the internet became popular. And then vested interests realised you could say anything to anybody with no restrictions at all with predictable consequences.
The rise in flat earth beliefs as an example is just baffling. The movie Idiocracy is becoming more like a documentary every day. I'm on the local weather watch page in my town. Every other day some fucking clown is on there talking about chemtrails and weather engineering and how the gub'ment makes it rain whenever you want. When you ask them why we still have droughts that the government then has to pay out billions in supports it's just crickets or a link to a cloud seeding page somewhere as if that means 'case closed'. And it's not 1 or 2 either, there's dozens of the stupid pricks. Truer words have not been spoken (typed) Its a scary as fuck world out there.... I always thought Idiocracy was a prophetci movie ... In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king and all that.
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+x+x+x+xCan Muz have a crack? Vote however you want but the disappointing aspect of the first referendum to be held in the social media age is the plethora of debunked misinformation that's getting spewed out. Particularly by the usual suspects. Looking at you one nation and sky news. Argue long and hard but argue the facts. It's all reminiscent of the Mabo campaign for those that remember. The Aboriginals were all going to claim our backyards if Mabo got up. It was going to be the end of times. It was garbage then and it's garbage now. 5 minutes on Facebook or Twitter and you can see debunked claim after debunked claim. It really almost should be illegal. Again I'm not saying ban free speech. I am saying have the argument based on facts. Once something has been debunked then it needs to be set aside. Debunked by who I hear Rusty ask. Why is it so hard? Indeed Muz, argue the facts... Sorry I dont want to come across as having ANY affiliation with the NO or the YES campaign.. my "beef' Is with the lack of clarity in the messaging of both and what in essence is being debated here.... . Simple fact I would like cleared up for me. By both sides of the argument if possible. Is this referendum we are voting on a voice to parliament for ALL Australians or just ones of Aboriginal ancestry? If so how can a modern Australian who does NOT have any indigenous roots NOT feel racially excluded by virtue of NOT having their own direct "voice" (based on whatever minority, religious, ethnic or sexual grouping they so choose to identify with).. Yes yes I know the argument that we do already as part of the normal parliamentary process but so do indigenous Australians..... don't they? Positive racial division is STILL racial vilification, no matter how much it "feels good" to be doing something to right the wrongs of the "bad old days"... .... The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve? And then he we are. I'm all for helping the black fellas out. I know a lot of people are why should they get free education, free uni, free courses, grants for this grants for that. For sure it's unfair. Why are they special? But I guess I'd rather have a black fella getting a degree and a job and paying taxes for the next 50 years then being a train wreck for the rest of their lives and dragging their kids and family down with them. Costing the taxpayers orders of magnitude more in welfare, healthcare, incarcerations etc etc. An upfront investment for a long term payoff. Given an either/or I'm going for helping them out. You can run the same arguments for prisoners. Why are we paying for them to get an education and a trade in jail instead of punishing them? But they're going to be released one day. Do we really want them walking out the door and not be productive members of society? Will the Voice help achieve a 'levelling up'? I tend to think something is better than nothing. Enzo and Rusty will say they already get billions and that's a fair point. I'm not in Aboriginal affairs, I have nothing to do with policy, I don't know what is happening on the ground in every part of Australia and I think anyone saying they do know is talking out of their arse. I would say that I believe (or I want to believe) most people in these areas are trying to help. "The only thing I'd say to that is they were here first and were dispossessed (along with everything else that happened to them) and that is different to everyone else that was sent or chose to come here. I feel like some sort of recognition is deserved. I guess the argument is what does that 'recognition' involve?" Sorry mate, but that is plain wrong.... Speak to our wonderfully diverse Australian migrants about the reason why they "chose" to come here and you will hear many a tale of dispossession of land, theft, rape and murder... My neighbour is a lovely Cypriot man and his wife who migrated here in 1974 after the Turkish army invaded his homeland and to this day remain as illegal occupiers of his actual house (a house that had been in his family for at least 5 generations)... that was 50 years ago.... let alone 250 years ago like British colonisation. Or the Vietnamese bloke down the street that came here with his mum and sister on a boat in the late 70s when the Commies killed his dad and overtook Saigon and kicked them out... ... Or our South Sudanese communities, or Lebanese in the 80s or ex Yugo countries etc etc etc etc.... fact is, the world over.... bad countries invade other countries and take whatever they want..... its not FAIR but it is human nature and history ..... To the victor go the spoils..... No one's arguing that but none of those things happened here and as tragic as all these events are that's not relevant to the people that were living here first. That's my point. And yes occupation has occurred all though history across the whole world. I'm not denying that either. None of that means it can't be recognised and addressed. Have a look at the reevaluation of the British Empire that's currently happening. Once upon a time it was just a given that what they did around the world was fine. Ask any Indian what they think about the empire and it's not so black and white anymore. So it is different to what happened here and why there's a discussion going on about it here. The Turks, Cypriots, Armenians, Yugoslavs, Sudanese can have their own discussions.
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