Society/Culture Christchurch Mosque mass shooting

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Odd how racist people never see themselves as racist even when you point out the obvious....
But if they were truly racists, why wouldn't they be proud of that label? Why would they care about the stigma around that label if they truly believe in racists ideas? I mostly agree with you but that word has been thrown around so airily now that it has diluted it's meaning to the point where it has no sting.
 

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Australian Government and news conglomerate let our allied country down, they engineered and radicalised a person who went overseas to a sister nation and executed her citizens to spread our Australian Government message of fear and hatred.
What the **** hahaha
 

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Australian Government and news conglomerate let our allied country down, they engineered and radicalised a person who went overseas to a sister nation and executed her citizens to spread our Australian Government message of fear and hatred.
Are we up to blaming Rupert for this yet? Almost there...
 

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According to witnesses the suspect would go out hunting with his assault rifles to shoot up animals.
I think a picture of how this guy thought is starting to emerge,
So much for his environmental leanings.

He also expects to be retrospectively awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Like most people who exist in warped realities, his ramblings contain grains of truth, enough to catch the attention of the curious. But his worldview is totally unviable.
 

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When Pauline Hanson dressed up in a burqa in Parliament House, what was she trying to achieve?



Would you have an anticipated an event like this occurring based on the rhetoric within the press?
Pauline Hanson is one looney Senator, you're claiming this terrorism was an act cultivated by the current Government of Australia are you in-fact not?
 

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Are we up to blaming Rupert for this yet? Almost there...
There's no doubt the Murdoch press has been using race to sell newspapers, vilify racial groups and embolden racists. Sky news often has racist guests and spouts racist ideas. Sky and the Australian are basically making decisions for the far right of the liberal party. Bolt is another rascist disgrace.There's no doubt the Murdoch press has been running the 'it's ok to be racist vibe' for a while now.
 

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Would you have an anticipated an event like this occurring based on the rhetoric within the press?
Yes and no. There is an argument that Rupert has normalised the right wing and shifted the centre. But then there is the argument that this sort of thing is actually driven by the internet, through people finding a like-minded community somewhere in the ether and then radicalising themselves through online interaction. That bit might have happened anyway without Rupert.
 

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So Pauline Hanson is not part of the Australian Government?
No? The Liberal-National Coalition currently hold majority in the Parliament of Australia, so they would be the government. If you want to be really specific, the members of the executive in the Coalition are they real power holders.

Pauline Hanson has little influence over the governance of Australia, providing a confidence vote to the govt if need be but she is largely irrelevant.
 

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New Zealand last month was when that was taken. But I'm sure the fanbois will provide the context.
I believe that shirt is in reference to all the names JP has been labelled with. It seems to just be taking the piss at those people who label them.
 
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Yes and no. There is an argument that Rupert has normalised the right wing and shifted the centre. But then there is the argument that this sort of thing is actually driven by the internet, through people finding a like-minded community somewhere in the ether and then radicalising themselves through online interaction. That bit might have happened anyway without Rupert.
What if the Murdoch press argued against it?
 

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Pauline Hanson is one looney Senator, you're claiming this terrorism was an act cultivated by the current Government of Australia are you in-fact not?
Scomo and Mathew Guy were fanning the flames of fear at the last election, there's no doubt some politicians and the gun lobby bear some moral culpability for the direction society is going.
 

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He was called "Sharia Courts"?
Actually reading the shirt a bit more, perhaps it's pertaining to the idea that if he is an 'Islamaphobe' then he is against all those things or something along those lines. Basically saying that disliking Islam as a religion means you're against all those things.
 

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Odd how racist people never see themselves as racist even when you point out the obvious....
Yes but we also have to be careful not to go throwing the label around at everyone and everything or it loses all meaning too. Not everyone agrees to the same standard what constitutes racism, which is hardly difficult to understand why. Concept creep on this and similar things is real.
 

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Actually reading the shirt a bit more, perhaps it's pertaining to the idea that if he is an 'Islamaphobe' then he is against all those things or something along those lines. Basically saying that disliking Islam as a religion means you're against all those things.
TBH I think it would have been Peterson thinking "You paid for the photo, you can wear what you like".
 
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No? The Liberal-National Coalition currently hold majority in the Parliament of Australia, so they would be the government. If you want to be really specific, the members of the executive in the Coalition are they real power holders.

Pauline Hanson has little influence over the governance of Australia, providing a confidence vote to the govt if need be but she is largely irrelevant.
Hmmm, so when our real Australian government blamed Bill Shorten for them having to reopen Christmas Island, what happened there? Why didn’t our Australian government step up?

But... Speaking of the Coalition Party, what were their views? I thought ASIO warned them?

She is not. Parliament =\= Government.
I thought the Senate was part of the legislative arm of The Australian Government...?
 
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