The important part is just that they didn’t follow the correct process to put the ban in place. They’ll just follow the correct process this time and it won’t be overturned.
Yes, and as awful as that sounds, this is the right way of doing things.
What must happen now is that the minister opens a public consultation, and then you go out and bring along every single ally you can muster and you make yourself heard, and you convince everyone and their mothers that these guys can never be elected again.
And if the rest of the country doesn’t agree with you, then they don’t.
The only issue is when money comes into play, and it’s used to amplify the message from one side and drown out the other. Then the country is fucked.
Unfortunately, yes, there’s a good chance they do that. It’s also possible that they’ll take the L and quit while they’re (relatively) ahead. Recognise that their Trumpian culture-war bullshit doesn’t work as much as they thought it did.
Late on Tuesday afternoon, Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced in Queensland Parliament that he would issue a health directive, effective immediately, to resume the freeze.
The important part is just that they didn’t follow the correct process to put the ban in place. They’ll just follow the correct process this time and it won’t be overturned.
Yes, and as awful as that sounds, this is the right way of doing things.
What must happen now is that the minister opens a public consultation, and then you go out and bring along every single ally you can muster and you make yourself heard, and you convince everyone and their mothers that these guys can never be elected again.
And if the rest of the country doesn’t agree with you, then they don’t.
The only issue is when money comes into play, and it’s used to amplify the message from one side and drown out the other. Then the country is fucked.
Unfortunately, yes, there’s a good chance they do that. It’s also possible that they’ll take the L and quit while they’re (relatively) ahead. Recognise that their Trumpian culture-war bullshit doesn’t work as much as they thought it did.
They’re not quitting
Trumpian culture-war bullshit?
Yeah. Anti-science, anti-expertise, aimed specifically at causing harm and spreading hate towards vulnerable groups.