Australians, thankfully, are not Americans. My boss was in Colorado during the election and would go into diners or cafes for breakfast. They’d be playing Fox and she laughed out loud at some of the incoherent things Trump oe the hosts were saying - the people around her would get hostile.
There’s just a level of media literacy and critical thinking that people who came through our education system have that a lot of Americans do not. Their schools are broken.
They only have to convince their constituents to vote for them though, not the entire country.
I for one have been very happy to have an independent representing me. They actually ask questions in question time that are important to be answered instead of just a soundbite for the news.
I’ve been preparing myself mentally for the last six months at least. It’s not going to be pretty.
The fact that you know what your independent is doing in politics probably puts you into the minority… No offence in anyway on that
We’ve just been hit with 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium going to the US
Those French submarines are looking better everyday.
Trump also said he is giving “serious consideration” to giving Australia an exemption because of our trade record with them. Maybe he wants Albanese to suck his pin dick a bit more before he gives the exemption.
I thought Stormy Daniels said it was some kind of weird mushroom looking thing.
Anyway, that’s enough visualising for me. I think I need to go throw up.
Google enoki mushrooms, it can be both.
It must be hard to concentrate on your studies, constantly fearing the weird kid is going to pull an AR-15 out and start spraying…
I think you’re over estimating Australian media and critical thinking - the trouble is that like-minded people talk to like minded people and can’t imagine why anyone would think anything else.
Take Dutton for example - I can’t imagine who would think he would be good for the country . … but I don’t know people that watch Sky News, read the Daily Tele or live in country areas of QLD, WA, etc…. Remember how most polls thought the Yes referendum was a done deal before Dutton and Co started throwing misinformation about? Obviously plenty of people that are receptive to his message.
This man was Prime Minister - and through winning an election!
So the terror tried to instigate an antisemitism incident at Cairo Takeaway in Enmore yesterday and failed. 13 tweet thread, and the account mentioned in them has more pictures.
(As an aside, this is maybe why we can’t fully drop twitter links here yet, as much as I would appreciate the intervention to help stop my addiction)
Logout of twitter.
Delete the app off your phone.
Expunge it from your desktop history.
Sorted.
You forgot deleting/deactivating the account
Ok but a lot of Australians have had negative attitudes and beliefs towards first nation people since 1788. For sure it was a victory for them but a referendum is not the same as voting for a certain party on a 2pp in your local seat.
In QT this week the Libs are trying to attack Labor for not doing enough on antisemitism, which isn’t going to appeal to some voters in the swing seats they need, but they have obviously decided its time for a War on Terror/Tampa moment to cut through.
Once that’s fallen on its face, its only a matter of time before John Howard is fired out of a cannon straight into the middle of a union protest.
Its useless now anyway for people without an account. Cant see the replies and if you just go to his account nothing is in order.
I assume the terror sent in an agent provocateur in a frontline-esque effort to get a rise out of someone?
Check inside there’s a threadread
Is anyone really surprised?