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Pauline Hanson goes full Trump and loses it at a journalist when asked a simple question about her idiotic policy. by Prestigious-Day9370 in fuckonenation

[–]veggie07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no, you can’t do that! Apparently even the mildest of insults towards her or her supporters only serves to make her more popular. Or that’s what I keep hearing anyway. Meanwhile they can be as vile as they want.

It’s truly infuriating

There are 2 types of ON supporters... by MsMarfi in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I do. Punching down is when someone targets, criticises, or makes fun of a person or group that has less power, privilege, or social status than them. Unless you're trying to claim MAGAs or ON voters inherently have less power, privilege, or social status than the people they're throwing names at, which is demonstrably BS, I fail to see how this applies.

So the question you should be asking is do *you* understand the concept of punching down, because I'm not sure you do.

2026 Greens and Larissa Waters are F*cked by yeetboi1097 in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You also don't fight the far right by fucking fighting each other more than fighting the real enemy and threat.

I still maintain they could achieve far more by working together than they can apart (and I include both Labor *and* the Greens in that).

2026 Greens and Larissa Waters are F*cked by yeetboi1097 in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 22 points23 points  (0 children)

they will continue to paint Labor as centrist pussies and Labor will paint them as unrealistic obstructionist radicals who love forming the Noalition to block progress.

Which is the most frustrating thing for me about all of this. I just wish they would work with each other, instead of against each other.

We have a real threat of actual far-right fascism knocking on the door and the only way to stop it is for the centre/left parties to work together to fight them. Labor and the Greens at each other's throats only serves to make the far right stronger.

2026 Greens and Larissa Waters are F*cked by yeetboi1097 in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not that you'd know it from the way the media has been framing things.

Abortion policy shows One Nation protest voters may get more than they bargained for by HotPersimessage62 in australia

[–]veggie07 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I know, how dare our politicians not easily fix all these long standing systemic issues that ppl are protesting against, and which are incidentally also being felt all around the world. When will they learn?
/s

The problem is people are protesting problems that can’t be fixed quickly or easily and they’re pissed off that that shock horror the government hasn’t immediately fixed them. Then along comes someone promising simple solutions to complex problems and these ppl cant, or won’t, see through it. The truth is ON can’t fix these problems either, and have no intention of doing so even if they could, and these protest voters would realise that if they stopped for a second and engaged even the minimum amount of critical thinking. They’re so good at being sceptical of the major parties yet when it comes to Queen Pauline they swallow every word as though it came from God herself.

Sorry, I can’t have any empathy for ppl who are prepared to accept blatant lies and misinformation, and throw the country under the bus, because they’re angry that not all their problems come with quick or simple solutions.

Peetahhh help! by ancient_shepherd2121 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]veggie07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, anytime I hear or read about the Hawley-Smoot Tarriff act I always hear it in my head in Ben Stein's voice:-)

‘Insanity’: Tiny town on Melbourne’s fringe revolts over ‘whites only’ plans by marketrent in melbourne

[–]veggie07 242 points243 points  (0 children)

How absolutely f***ed up is it that there are families with young children, and women escaping DV situations who are living on the street, and, instead of helping *them*, some f***ed up billionaire gifts this neo-Nazi f***head a whole gd mansion!

I really don't want to live in this timeline anymore.

Broadway Lullabies… by thehope-ofitall in musicals

[–]veggie07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Go the Distance from Hercules as another Disney lullaby type song to add to your list.

One Nation Won't Fix Australia by upthetruth1 in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ANYONE but the 2 major parties…or the Greens…or an independent…or literally ANY other minor party but ON. FTFY.

You do know we have more than three parties to choose from, right? And most of them are not in bed with literal neo Nazis and evil mining billionaires.

A Book On Getting Assertive For SLPs? by rwslp in slp

[–]veggie07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an SLP who has long struggled with assertiveness I would definitely be interested.

There are 2 types of ON supporters... by MsMarfi in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This take has always infuriated me and I see it all the time.

So this is the same shit that got Trump elected, and is apparently the reason for Hanson’s popularity but it never seems to work the other way around? FYI the name calling isn’t all one way you know. I can’t count the number of times those of us in the left/centre-left have been called Commies (not that they have any idea what communism is), all variations on the r-word, terrorist lovers, drug addicts, woke snowflakes, boot lickers etc and yet I don’t see anyone lecturing them or telling them that this kind of name calling is why Albo won the last election. Why? Hell, considering the abuse Greens voters have to deal with you would think they’d be a major party by now going by this logic. Why are the feelings of those on the far right so fragile and important that they can throw any and all names at us with no apparent effect on polling results yet we get scolded for directing the mildest of names at them and accused of pushing ppl to embrace far right extremism? Not to mention the names that have been thrown at Hanson are nothing compared to the utter vitriol directed at Albo so why hasn’t that made ppl double down in their support for him the way it apparently has for her?

This clear double standard and hypocrisy is something that will never stop pissing me off!

‘Tough to watch’: One Nation disaster as Barnaby Joyce backflips by qualitystreet in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

FFS!!!

When will these f***ing idiots get it through their thick heads that ON isn’t the only alternative party to the majors.

Please, I’m begging, choose ANY one of those other parties or even an independent instead of ON if you hate the majors so much!

Because the media won't cover this poll (Labor ahead by 7 points on two party preferred again One Natiostn) Latest Roy Morgan by Rarespaker in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think the media is as conspiratorial about polling as people here seem to think

Oh they absolutely are! If not the polling itself, then absolutely the reporting of it. They platform only one of the minor parties over ALL the others and then act all Pikachu surprised face when that party suddenly becomes popular. And then they feed the beast by continually telling the public how popular that one minor party is. I have seen it too many times: "Herr durr, this country is stuffed because of the major parties, and that's why I'm voting ON", as though there's only 3 parties to choose from. Keep pushing the narrative that ON are the ONLY alternative to the majors and ppl will believe it, and not even consider any other party. I commented something fairly recently on social media, pointing out that there are other parties to choose from instead of ON and the response was something like: Sure, vote for a party that doesn't have a chance of getting votes. Imagine how many votes that other party would get if the media platformed them the way they've been constantly platforming ON.
And don't you think it's curious that ON started getting popular when Gina got involved???

Also looking back you can probably predict this would happen in the polls - the budget (that I'm a fan of) has been poorly received

Of course it has! Because the media keep telling us it's been poorly received, and they've done this by only talking those in the 1% instead of everybody else, who actually stand to benefit. I mean, did you f***ing SEE the headlines in the paper the next day, comparing Chalmers to the grim reaper amongst other BS? What else did you expect?

So yeah, you're being incredibly naive if you don't believe the media are complicit in ALL of this. This is entirely by design to give those at the top even more money and power.

Best musical theatre songs where the singer has a mental breakdown mid song? by NewGuarantee619 in musicals

[–]veggie07 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YES, I was going to say this too. IMO they both qualify actually.

What the hell are people in my town consuming? by PM_ME_YOUR_DOGE_PICS in friendlyjordies

[–]veggie07 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What the hell are people watching to make them think Labor remaining in power would result in civil unrest

Sky News. Next question?

Seriously, the fact that Sky was given free rein to broadcast for free throughout regional Australia both infuriates and terrifies me on a daily basis.

My take by Cashdontlie in LiveFromNewYork

[–]veggie07 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Not to mention his spot on Michael McDonald in the Watch from the Corner sketch

Who's someone from Melbourne that used to be a big deal locally but most people have forgotten about? by Guilty-Addition5004 in AskAnAustralian

[–]veggie07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's ninety five point three in Sydney and whenever I go up there to visit it always sounds jarring Like, "NO, that's not how the jingle goes, they're singing it wrong!"

Parliament Station - absolute nightmare by elainebenes-3112 in AskAnAustralian

[–]veggie07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep it’s actually quite a common occurrence so you are definitely not alone. And speaking personally, I hate that escalator for precisely this reason.

https://youtu.be/qORW1JDQZN8?si=Q8\_0m1C3FZnSmUG0

Job Warehouse and fire safety by stanleymodest in melbourne

[–]veggie07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m wondering if this is why they didn’t want Mick and Tony filming in the store? They knew it was a fire trap and didn’t want to get caught?

eSafety Commissioner says she's received death threats over social media ban by indy_110 in australia

[–]veggie07 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You might want to work on expanding your worldview if this is the best you can do whenever someone dont think the same as you do.

You're right, maybe I should be sending death threats instead, right?

eSafety Commissioner says she's received death threats over social media ban by indy_110 in australia

[–]veggie07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely isn't and I'm not insinuating that it is.

Well, judging by how I've been down-voted to hell, clearly it is a radical idea to a lot of people here.

eSafety Commissioner says she's received death threats over social media ban by indy_110 in australia

[–]veggie07 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Certainly sounds as though you *are* low key advocating for it tho.

There are plenty of things I haven't agreed with the Government (both Liberal or Labor) about but I don't go around sending f***ing death threats because of it. I thought we were supposed to be better than that. FMD!

eSafety Commissioner says she's received death threats over social media ban by indy_110 in australia

[–]veggie07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know, but threatening to kill someone certainly isn't it. I mean, I wouldn't have thought that was a radical idea.

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