The Liberal Party - How long?

[HPKS]

So the SA premier isn't accepting the umpires decision.


THAT'S COOL

Just don't whine when we do it back to you eventually.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Should never lower yourself to a lesser standard.

 

[NSWCROW]

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Should never lower yourself to a lesser standard.

Well the *en high road's got us 8 years in opposition. * shrugs *


You're more than welcome to take it but don't even think about telling me to.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Should never lower yourself to a lesser standard.

Imagine if there were two Penny Wongs though.

Would be alright aye.

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

The Liberals aren't condemnatory, even bystanders, they are players. Dirty Rupe and his band of fawning faux journos are complicit.

Our national leader who noted protesters at the march for justice last year were not “met with bullets”, who has supported a tailored political narrative against the Andrews government, has offered little to quell this fracturing environment. Josh Frydenberg, Victoria's preeminent liberal, and blokes like David Davis and Bernie Finn, instead of totally distancing themselves, couch their condemnation behind cheap shots and mingle with the punters on the steps.

Choosing to play politics in a pandemic, in fervent opposition to all things Andrews government, the incessant Murdoch led media barrage has provided the connective tissue between the mainstream and the fringe, flirting with the misinformation, and validating its acolytes, giving politicians an option to stir the cauldron, and enamouring the conspiracy theorists, legitimising their views by allowing it a wink and a nod on prime time. The incredible gravity of this consolidated misinformation, the way it sits like a solid foundation for the fanciful to dream big on Qanon related conspiracy, trickles down through our society down into the little spaceships in our hands, on our laps, nebulising our brains into endless individual streams.

Sounds of silence and suggestion sow the seeds of unrest

Before we focus our analysis on the people at the protests, we must consider the messaging that got them there and the silence that gave it a voice to speak.

joeljenkins.substack.com

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

 

[Number37]

 

[Power Raid]

Only six months or so to go

 

[sherb]

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That's so funny.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

 

[Chief]

Jesus Christ its the Stepford Wives!

 

[GreyWind]

Jesus Christ its the Stepford Wives!

Fox News Anchor character creator.

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

Well, you could understand the Rhinehart's and Palmer's et al voting for neoliberals because the reactionaries serve their greedy, selfish, plutocratic needs extremely well. Hard to fathom why the average punter, whose interests are antithetical to those perpetrating those acts, would vote for them though. Disinterest, obtuseness, easily conned.......... The plutocracy must have a whale of a time guffawing at the utter senselessness and gullibility of those they piss on from a great height but who still vote for their peeps.

Who would knowingly vote for a government that promotes wanton cruelty to welfare recipients, continues to sell our public service functions to multinational contractors, picks fights with emerging superpowers, treats our money as their own, refuses to regulate the behaviour of our representatives, embarrasses us on international obligations and is prepared to let the planet burn for the sake of political preferment? With their Trumpian idea of limiting the vote, they are putting lead in the Labor Party’s saddle bags. So who in their right mind would vote for a repressive, authoritarian government which has failed for more than eight years?

The Liberals have undermined democracy and decency — do we care? - Pearls and Irritations

Despite the Liberal Party’s embrace of corrosive neoliberalism, the party continues to win elections. Australians get the governments they deserve. “In general, there is still overwhelming support for representative democracy but with a focus on making the representative system of government...

johnmenadue.com

 

[Gough]

A tale of two Treasurers, Keating speaks and Australia talks about it for a week. Costello speaks and nobody apart from lefties slinging s**t on Twitter really care.

 

[QuietB]

Well, you could understand the Rhinehart's and Palmer's et al voting for neoliberals because the reactionaries serve their greedy, selfish, plutocratic needs extremely well. Hard to fathom why the average punter, whose interests are antithetical to those perpetrating those acts, would vote for them though. Disinterest, obtuseness, easily conned.......... The plutocracy must have a whale of a time guffawing at the utter senselessness and gullibility of those they piss on from a great height but who still vote for their peeps.

The Liberals have undermined democracy and decency — do we care? - Pearls and Irritations

Despite the Liberal Party’s embrace of corrosive neoliberalism, the party continues to win elections. Australians get the governments they deserve. “In general, there is still overwhelming support for representative democracy but with a focus on making the representative system of government...

johnmenadue.com

Great article.

Simply, Australia has it too good.

As a result we don’t really care enough about anything - so we get the empty suit we deserve.

 

[Number37]

Great article.

Simply, Australia has it too good.

As a result we don’t really care enough about anything - so we get the empty suit we deserve.

There is stuff that we care about...

 

[QuietB]

There is stuff that we care about...

Not much that matters

 

[Elroo]

More LNP nutters being exposed:

Liberal MP Gerard Rennick floods Facebook with vaccine posts he admits may not be ‘100% accurate’

Senator denies sharing claims of Covid vaccine side-effects to boost profile, saying he is ‘moved’ by people’s stories

www.theguardian.com

An Australian government senator has shared content from an anti-vaccination leader who previously called for the execution of Jacinda Ardern, while posting a deluge of stories from other people about vaccine side-effects he admits he can’t verify.

Queensland Liberal party senator Gerard Rennick has seen his Facebook following explode by more than 500% in the past three months since he began sharing testimonials of people claiming to have suffered severe side-effects after receiving Covid-19 vaccines.

Delivered without context and in most cases without the person’s full name, the posts include the claims of people who say they developed severe conditions not linked to any known vaccine side-effect, including appendicitis, a stutter, and severe neurological conditions.


Many of the claims shared by Rennick are disputed by expert medical bodies such as the Therapeutic Goods Administration. In a number of cases the person whose story the Liberal senator shared reveals a pre-existing vaccine hesitancy or aversion.

 

[Gough]

More LNP nutters being exposed:

Liberal MP Gerard Rennick floods Facebook with vaccine posts he admits may not be ‘100% accurate’

Senator denies sharing claims of Covid vaccine side-effects to boost profile, saying he is ‘moved’ by people’s stories

www.theguardian.com

Men are too driven by their emotions to run government properly.

 

[Achy Blakey Heart]

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That's is truly awful. Meme's like this just enhance the polarisation.

 

[Chief]

More LNP nutters being exposed:

Where is the party leadership to stop these nutters embarrassing ... the entire country ?

 

[Paul Kersey]

Was just reading an article about the Fraud's religious discrimination bill he wants and noted the term "moderate liberals" was used. When are these "moderate liberals" packing their bags and forming a party free of Family First/UAP kooks?

 

[Number37]

That's is truly awful. Meme's like this just enhance the polarisation.

Has Winnie The Pooh ever lied?

 

[HirdsTheWord]

The upcoming elections are probably the first time since I have been allowed to vote whereby the liberals are not guaranteed my vote.

COVID isn't even my top priority anymore, neither is Climate Change nor Submarine deals, Housing Prices are. Neither Federals nor State liberals have made mention of the housing crisis and how they intend to address it over coming generations to ensure affordable housing. I mean i guess that tells me everything I need to know.

 

[Ghost Patrol]