Dear One Nation voters, One Nation is a conduit for soon-to-be independent whack-jobs. After 20 years of not spotting that, I guess you can’t be helped. You are to blame for “Senator” Anning, and in some way to blame for Christchurch. Not your individual views, but your collective vote.
Anning promoted a “nazi” event in Melbourne. The media and do-gooders stupidly gave it prominence. Ch’Ch happened soon after.
Solutions:
1. Don’t let unelected people have political power. Anning became a senator with 19 votes. I love proportional representation, but it must be combined with actual voting for the person who gets the position. Otherwise, it never works well.
2. Don’t give media attention to “nazi” dickheads.
I was there. I was more there than pretty much anyone. There were 30-50 “nazis” having their little meeting. It was meek, stupid, and the people who turned up were clearly not the brightest. The organisers are off the ilk that feel they are very smart (compared to their followers they are) but mistaken when comparing themselves to actual smart people. They cleverly repeated that they weren’t “nazis”, they were just concerned about safety in the community. They alleged that the media were keeping the truth from them, even though it was only through sensationalist media that they even heard about “african gangs”. Laughable.
Meanwhile many hundreds of do-gooders, primary Greens and uni students, were taking the opportunity to promote what good human beings they are, oblivious to the fact that they were causing this humble, pathetic gathering to appear on the front page news, therefore emboldening the more extreme right-wingers out there.
I can’t blame the police, who also numbered in the hundreds, including riot squads and mounted officers. They were textbook perfect in keeping the opposing groups apart. And it was intense, with opposing groups sometimes running to take up new positions.
The do-gooders were the only ones chanting, the only ones inciting… Yes, there were around 3 idiots (and I mean that technically) that though it funny to act like real Nazis, saluting etc. It was more John Cleese than heart-felt. The passion of the do-gooders massively outweighed the passion of the “nazis”. 50 to 1.
How do I know this? I sat close enough to the “nazis” to hear their mild and cautious speeches, without being close enough to be part of them. I was roughly 8-10 metres away. None of the “do-gooders” heard a word of what they were protesting against. Like I said, it was mild in words, but with a few catch-phrases to get some cheers from those wearing a hoodie over a cap. Me, and 2-3 others, were the only ones who got the full picture.
If the do-gooders never turned up, the police would’ve stayed home, and the event would have had zero media coverage. The media coverage may have had some effect on the events in Christchurch.
3. Again, media: don’t mention such events. You have collectively decided not to publicise suicide, because of the known copy-cat effect. So don’t mention “nazi” rallies. It helps nobody. I didn’t think it would lead to a massacre, but I did fear it wouldn’t help…
Note: I say “nazis” out of respect. The people who are acting like “nazis” say that isn’t what they are. The original “nazis” didn’t pretend otherwise. Also: don’t want to be sued.
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