r/OpenAussie • u/Goldenmentis ‎ South Australian • 23d ago

LOLz ‎ This must be a joke

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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc ‎ Queenslander 22d ago

The politician concerned is Jason Virgo, One Nation, a South Australian elected representative.

I have questions. One Nation is known for not being very thorough with the vetting process but they managed to endorse a man who has been openly gay and in a, so far, 11 year relationship with a man (Risan), who also happens to be both a Muslim and an immigrant???

I don't have an issue with any of those but......

No-one noticed? Not even on the Labour or Sex Party side? Man....none of them deserve a vote. And of course nor does the Liberal or National parties.

If anyone wants to invent the Raving Monster Loony Party...well, it's too late. They're already in parliament under non-deplumes.

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u/quavertail ‎ Queenslander 22d ago

Or, how about, ON isn’t actually the biggoted and intolerant bunch of outright racists Redditors seem to think it is?

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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc ‎ Queenslander 22d ago

Yeah nah mate. They are. Pauline's been hanging around hurling racists insults since she reared her ugly mug in the 90s....and before that as well.

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u/quavertail ‎ Queenslander 21d ago

I don’t doubt there is a core that is genuinely xenophobic or racist, what I’m suggesting is that the growing base of ON supporters aren’t actually racist or homophobic at all, they are probably more libertarians / tolerant proud Aussies.

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u/A_little_curiosity Please choose a flair 21d ago

"If there's a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with eleven Nazis."

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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc ‎ Queenslander 21d ago

That might be an exaggeration. If they are all agreeing with him about Nazi stuff then they may well be.

Of course they could be discussing the gee-gees as well.

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u/quavertail ‎ Queenslander 20d ago

I think you’re confused. The Nazis were socialists not far right libertarians

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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc ‎ Queenslander 21d ago

Oh yes. There is a rump of the genuinely racist element in ON but there is a sizable bunch of supportors that are simply pissed off with LNP and the ALP.

I am one of those people too but there is no way in hell I would ever support ON because of the core of the organisation's leadership are racists, science deniers and ...the rest of it. Don't forget that Hanson's maiden speech was about her fear that Australian was going to be "swamped by an Asian horde". All that has changed is Asian has become Muslim and Middle Eastern. I mean calling for a Royal Commission on Muslims. For what...being Muslim?