• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      1 day ago

      You’re right, the point of the AFL isn’t the same as a protest.

      The point of the protest is to stop our country’s government from aiding and abetting a genocide. Anything else pales in comparison.

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          13 hours ago

          Ah mate, you’ve now just lost any credibility you may have thought you had.

          *The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

          George Orwell, 1984*

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          18 hours ago

          “Alleged+” is certainly an interesting way of phrasing “officially declared by the relevant independent UN commission”. That certainly is above alleged.

        • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zoneOP
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          2 days ago

          After reflection i suppose you’re right. The outcomes are different, one car in my way on the freeway is there to protest, the other car in my way on the freeway is there to AFL. Very different outcomes there… *

          ^*Maybe we should ban all cars but mine? Am I crazy, or would that solve my problem?^

          I suppose totally different messages being sent though: one is, ‘i care about this thing and you’re also gona have to for a bit’; the other is, ‘i care about this thing and you’re gona need to wait’. Theres a nuance there.

          Sadly there is one unavoidable outcome :) MUZZA DOESN’T MAKE HIS COURT APPEARANCE!! The judge. is. ropeable…

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            1 day ago

            Saying that traffic caused by an afl game is in any way the same to highways and roads being abruptly blockaded by protesters shows you’re not here for an actual discussion.

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              1 day ago

              Uh oh… rumbled. ;)

              Of course i’m not. I am satirising. Because your suggestion, and the implications of which, are ridiculous from the outset. The only sane response is to satirise the idea in the vain hope that through the equivalences drawn the ideas own ridiculousness is laid bare. In a bit of a ‘the emperor has no clothes’ kind of moment.

              Have a good day mate. Lets protect freedom together in our own ways.

                • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zoneOP
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                  1 day ago

                  … in the corner; out the way; down the street; where it can’t be heard… etc it doesn’t matter the caveat.

                  The suggestion that other people shouldn’t have to deal with protestors on the road, because “they’re in the way”. Well shit, the AFL is in my way! And they’re playing for a good half a year or more as well. Point is, certain things people do, especially on our roads, are gonna annoy others.

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                    20 hours ago

                    Or protest where it affects the people you’re protesting to get attention of - at parliament, at the government offices, etc. Not where you’re just pissing regular people off and hurting your own cause.