Never mind the Hezbollahs
By Jane Salmon
Long-term refugees and asylum seekers at the 24/7 vigils for permanent visas around the nation have received injuries, bashings, threats, flag and sign theft at the hands of neo Nazis, nationalists and hate-filled Anglo citizens.
Red-neck Aussie bogans can be terrorists, too.
The Dandenong vigil outside the office of Julian Hill MP has been hit four times. A woman has had her knee injured.
The latest threat by an Anglo local involved waving a propane lighter around. That is, there was a promise to burn people alive in their tents.
We should a long hard look at ourselves before pointing fingers at others.
Jane Salmon
Refugee Advocate
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Return to home pageWe are indeed, home to a great many Ugly Australians. Those who seem to get pleasure from behaviour deemed shocking by others, devoid of human empathy, their views fed by RW media, which fill them with hatred for others who’ve never harmed them. And then there are our politicians…. Speaking for myself only, I don’t feel proud to be Australian any more.
The year has so exposed the myth of western democracy. Now they bomb the crap out millions of people, starve them and then wonder why they want to get out of whatever new hellhole the west has created for them.
Australians, in an immigrant nation, adopted Howard, Murdoch & Tanton Network nativist agitprop to keep white Oz sentiments alive & understanding many ageing ALP voters also shared antipathy towards the ‘other’.
A US-Oz acquaintance was not a fan of Howard who bossed Parliament for a time Vs ALP (Beasley?), but he said worse was how easy it was to co-opt Howard’s ‘battlers’; yet in the US they would be described as ‘losers’ for subscribing to nativist dogma and xenophobia…..
Australia, the Yucky Country at times, but a book wouldn’t sell, not to the thick, slow, fixated, resentful. pompous pisspottery porkers. Why should there be refugees? Why should people not be assisted, aided? We can do it becase we are rich and isolated from more direct classes of superstious rivals. Why can’t we do more better, obvious things promptly and well?
For y’all who’ve banged the drum on behalf of Julian Assange, here he is, speaking, virtually, as we speak, in Strasbourg, France, today. Click through to 53.40 where the action begins. Worth the effort in terms of the points he makes wrt journalistic responsibilities and the egregious & illegal behaviour of the Americans who sought to shut him down.
Canguro
I saw him and listened – he is looking better but still coughing, he has matured.
He noted that after five years in a British prison after a plea deal with the US government, it was important to remember he was not free because the legal system worked, but only because he chose it [the plea deal] over “an unrealisable justice”
The legal system failed Assange and, in the UK, was used as a weapon against him.
The main reason so many refugees will do almost anything to reach western countries is most likely because they figure we are not going to bomb the shit out of our own countries so they will be safer. In theory. But as Jane says- Red-neck Aussie bogans can be terrorists, too. The amount of attacks and provocation against anyone not ‘white’ or sporting a mullet and southern cross tattoo and living off centrelink payments does not deserve to live there apparently.
I too used to be proud of being born Australian but I am even more glad that I don’t live there now and haven’t for a long time. One day not to far in to the future Albo or the thing from the swamp will announce we are becoming the 51st state of Septic Tank Land then the end is nigh! I am so sick of our species!
The greatest multicultural country on the planet……what bull#$^*
Australia the lacky country.
Will not even mention Israel and our complicity in genocide and the no. Of Australians that haven’t got a problem with the new nazi.
The labour party the greatest disappointment we’ve had to endure.
Every pensioner waiting for “them” to come out from under their beds …… all ready to vote for the non human liberal leader who’s only aim is to keep them petrified.
We and the planet are f$%&d. There is nothing positive to look forward to.
Canguro, many thanks,
Every second of the video (from the time of commencement of the proceedings) was well worth listening to.
Netanyhu won’t stop, and can’t stop, because of the rabid religious nationalist, and dare I say, racists he has done deals with to get where he now is. Sitting on the edge of a very sharp cut throat razor.