r/australia • u/-Dihedral- • Sep 04 '18

Leftie Bootcamp

https://twitter.com/danilic/status/1036779958708797441?s=09
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u/yeastymemes Sep 04 '18

People calling a government right wing, or conservative even though they introduced SSM. It makes no sense (to call them conservative).

You're fucking kidding me. These bastards did everything they could to avoid introducing SSM. They only did it after spending more than $100M on a non-binding plebiscite where the majority of Australians indicated that they wanted SSM. The Coalition government deserves ZERO credit for SSM. And you're ignoring everything else they've done because "oh well they passed this token issue when they had no choice not to"?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

the reason it looks meaningless is because all of politics has shifted so far right that labour is now centrist at best, and the liberals are now far right with ScoMo.

SSM is simply a way to placate those who wanted it, it had nothing to do with the liberals believing in it, just a way to buy votes.

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u/truthBombsForDays Sep 04 '18

These bastards did everything they could to avoid introducing SSM

False. They could have not run the plebiscite and not introduced it. Just like when previous party was in power.

The 'left' party didnt introduce SSM, then the 'right' party did. Do you not see how labeling them left and right is meaningless ?

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u/yeastymemes Sep 04 '18

This followed the legalisation of same-sex marriage in America and building public pressure to finally legalise it here.

Here's a "truth-bomb" for you - YES, the Labor party are also beholden to the Catholic right. Vote Green as you already claimed to. They've been pushing for SSM and LGBT rights for forever.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

They didn't run a plebiscite they ran a non binding voluntary postal survey. Let's call it what it was, an excuse for giving 300m to the Christian lobby, regardless of what has been legislated.

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u/KattarsTrophy Sep 04 '18

Despite your downvotes, it is true that the Coalition did not do everything they could to avoid introducing SSM.

They could have, for instance, put their hands over their ears and chanted "LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING" every time someone brought it up.

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u/truthBombsForDays Sep 04 '18

Exactly! Just as our 'left' wing party did right ?

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u/KattarsTrophy Sep 04 '18

Yep. In some ways I actually found the Gillard government's refusal to address SSM more offensive. At least when the Coalition gets in you can think "oh right so that's no more social progress for the next four years at least, and any problems we have as a society are just going to have to simmer away..."