Just like Trump in the US, Pauline Hanson is normalising the targeting of anyine who isn’t from a European background.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    and yet she leads the most popular party in Australia according to recent polls, her hate and stupidity resonate.

    I had a friend say to me “she just makes sense”… and yet there is no part of me that thinks anything she speaks of makes sense

    • dustycups@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      So fucking embarrassing.

      It hits me right in the smug. We were the last sane democracy for a while there. Still plenty of time for an implosion before the next election though.

    • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I had a friend say to me “she just makes sense”…

      I guess because, like most populists, she uses very simple messaging to dumb down complex issues so that anyone can understand them.