Albo?
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- It wasnât an ANZAC day ceremony.
- Albo hĂĄs been pathetic in his obsequiousness to a Murdoch machine which will never judge him fairly in any way
- Protests tend to offend the pearl clutching crowd. Whatâs an acceptable protest for you all, how does it stand up as a protest, and who will notice or report it?
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Are you seriously suggesting the Australia Day awards arenât a political event?
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Itâs a political event. Everything with a politician, a camera and an audience is a political event.
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bloody hell, Albo agrees with me
Absolutely.
Given that anyone can nominate someone, that sitting state and federal politicians and current vice-regal officers are not eligible and the awards are voted on by an independent panel, then yes, I am seriously suggesting that the Australian of the Year awards arenât political.
The PM hands out the award, that is their sole involvement in the process.
Theyâre not there campaining or promoting policy, theyâre simply handing out an award. That doesnât make it a political event.
When Albo goes and watches Souths does that make that game a political event?
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Yeah, cause he should be supporting the jets. Marrickville isnât in South Sydney.
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I donât understand all the pearl clutching about this. Her idea was to protest and the intent of a protest like that is to reach the widest audience possible. This is basically the most attention she could or would get in a year to promote her views.
A lot of the whinging that happens around this seems to be based on âplease donât bring this stuff up somewhere/at a time that I have to notice it â or âin a way that inconveniences meâ. In other words, please feel free to protest but make sure you arenât too noticeable. Itâs not all that different from whinging about school kids protesting climate change on a school dayâŠâŠ âof course they can protest, but why canât they do it on a Saturday on their time instead of clogging up a busy city and missing schoolâ. Exactly because of thatâŠ. A weekday brings more attention. Its a no-brainer
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Its up to Grace Tame whether she wants to wear a âFuck Murdochâ shirt or not, but thereâs probably more consequences for a peasant like me if I did wear it. Iâd more likely wear something else instead, which I think gets the message across just as well.
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My 5c: Iâd be pissed if someone rocked up in a âFuck (insert cause I support here)â shirt to an event like that. So I should disapprove of this too. Which I have now done. So I donât care anymore.
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He also supports the Jets. Iâll allow it as Newtown donât play in the same comp as Souths.
I wouldnât care if it was, but FYI it wasnât even the awards ceremony. It was at a breakfast at the lodge.
Big supporter of Grace Tame. You need people to ruffle feathers to enact change, along with people who can convince others to join. Her cause is important.
Agree with the sentiment she shares around Murdoch. Donât know that itâs a great way to do it though.
Firstly, I sympathise with those saying itâs a political event, but itâs meant to be a community event, celebrating the achievements of citizens and promoting positivity. Her doing this, when itâs not âher yearâ takes away from last yearâs recipient handing over, and this yearâs receiving (yes I know itâs not the ceremony itself). Her protesting like this is at the cost of coverage of others worthy of their time in the media spotlight. If she does this on her year, not a problem.
Secondly if the purpose of a protest is to gain attention and sway minds, is there anyone who didnât know Murdoch was a terrible influence on society who now does? Yes itâs good to keep it in the spotlight, but donât know that this is really achieving much, at the cost of the experience and platform of her successors.
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If it was a footy player wearing a shirt that said âFuck the ABCâ they would love it.
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Are you interested in purchasing a bridge?
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Every Souths game is a political event.
Weâre dealing with the fuckhead who dumped his Australian citizenship on a whim and who helped actual Nazis and fascist misogynistic cunts be in charge of the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world and this is what weâre talking about?
Itâs never the right time is it. If everyone waited for the right time weâd still be in the stone ages.
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A toothless affair.
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You know that media coverage of things isnât a net zero game, yeah? I get that thereâs still people who watch time-constrained FTA as their main source of news, but even then, they will often have multiple ânot really newsâ stories like a 3 minute piece on an individual crime or human interest story that can easily get cut.
As for media spotlight⊠Iâve seen a lot of coverage on socials, TV and radio of Daniher, which is more content than Iâve had delivered about someone associated with the AFL in a long time.
This isnât âGet Konyâ. The problem with Murdoch, and our media landscape in general, isnât with people not knowing thereâs a problem, itâs that weâve just been letting it slide. Thereâs a hell of a lot of people talking about our concentrated media this weekâŠ
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The problem that Grace has is that sheâs so incredibly articulate, that is impossible for mainstream media to twist her words against her. So instead they just trash her public image.
Australiaâs mainstream media machine has once again proven itself to be a vacuous, hypocritical, self-serving vortex of exponential waste, ironically ensuring that my point was made over and over and over again. The imperialist hegemony is more afraid of equity, justice, truth, peace and a sense of humour than it is of the world literally burning.
Anthonyâs predictable response to my two-word statement has reinforced just how poisonous Murdochâs grip on the Western world still is. Itâs also revealed that while Australia casts itself as a laidback larrikin, game for a laugh, it is in fact a cowardly cop bought by the illusion of civility politics.
Whether you agree with her or not, you canât argue that these two paragraphs leave any doubt to how she feels. Brilliantly written. And thatâs why no one will report on it.
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