hooman posted:

Holy poo poo WA... finally starting to realise the libs aren't good for us.

hooman posted:

Forget what?

Recoome posted:

SynthOrange posted:

SynthOrange posted:

Tasmanian idiot mp who posted 'GAYS ARE THE REAL PROBLEM HERE' apologized this morning.

With a 'Sorry you got offended'

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

No they're all obviously sleeper agents trying to take our booze and pork away from us.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Don't worry, he's assured me he didn't find it offensive.

Gridlocked posted:

Amethyst posted:

Ok, what point is worth putting that kind of thing in a public place, or broadcasting it?

"<public figure> sucks dick and is gay" isn't the kind of thing you should throw around for a joke.

The shallow characterization of Free Speech they are ostensibly critiquing here is a straw man, and Leyonhjelm is well within reason to call that poo poo out.

quote:

Wicked Campers slogans are 'funny', Senator says

But Senator Leyonhjelm said the company had done nothing wrong.

"They make some very funny statements, which obviously have sexual connotations," Senator Leyonhjelm said.

"But surprise, surprise sexual connotations are part of life.

Wicked slogans 'gain free publicity'


Wicked Campers do not use slogans like "suck away" to promote sexism, but instead gain free publicity, a media commentator says.
"You need to be a particularly wowserish type of person to not find them funny."

Gridlocked posted:

Is AusPol always like this? With the YOSPOS shitposter coming into dance around like a fool?

thatfatkid posted:

The premise of the skit was that the chaser crew assumed that Leyjonhelm was only for free speech when it had no consequences against him. The chaser people then show that we he said about the backpacker vans has consequences via the skit with the hope that he will be outed as a hypocrite. This doesn't happen so they just act like wankers outside his house in an attempt to provoke a response. It really was a petty and childish skit.


See above.

starkebn posted:

Talking about a homosexual act without a moral judgement of it is not homophobic

starkebn posted:

If you can explain how the context makes this homophobic then I might agree with you, but I'm not seeing it.

Amethyst posted:

You can't strip the moral content from "This fag would look great with a cock in his mouth". Sorry.

Amethyst posted:

You need to learn to read. Literally nobody in this thread doesn't get the joke. You don't need to explain it to anyone. That doesn't invalidate the critique.

markgreyam posted:

My page opened to "Return the bush".

I don't know if I'm generating a political slogan, or an assertion that 80's porn was better.

e: the very next one was "Quinoa and slogans" which is awesome.

Amethyst posted:

Yeah, it's definitely worth sustaining a pointless tax cut, tertiary education deregulation and budget cuts, 3 more years of primary and secondary education under funding, the undermining of the welfare and health systems, and complete inaction on climate change for speculative short term political advantage. You are a smart man.

wayne curr posted:

Nationals MP to vote against super change


hahahaha, so how's that "mandate" working out for ya' Turnbull?

QUACKTASTIC posted:

Cartoon posted:

It is sobering to see more evidence that we (The West) are actually the bad guys. Russia is prepared to let our head of state physically threatening him slide while the US won't tolerate an alliance signatory wanting some control over the disposition of nuclear weapons (and systems) within it's own borders. Yeah, we are clearly the reasonable people here.

Lid posted:

...
The ABC “Four Corners” program a few nights ago showed just a few seconds of edited footage which has now resulted in politicians from all over the country jumping on the bandwagon and declaring years of torture and cover-up in the management of juveniles offenders in the NT.
...
Please don’t misunderstand me, I would never condone the use of excessive force and a couple of incidents shown on video would suggest that staff may have crossed the line and gone too far on those occasions.
...
But that said,... blah blah blah

LibertyCat posted:

Being an actual preacher would require an easily obtainable "Freedom of Religion" license, which the government can deny or withdraw if they are not a Fit and Proper Person.

Starshark posted:

I started laughing when he argued THERE'S A MILITARY TARGET IN AMONGST ALL THE CIVILIANS SO YOU CAN'T SAY WE TARGET CIVILIANS. Comedy gold.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

As you may or may not realise, the next Australian Census will be taken in one month’s time on Tuesday, 9th August, 2016.



For the first time this year there will be a “No Religion” option. Please be careful how you answer this question. Bear in mind that although many Australians have no religion these days, the Muslim population in Australia will all declare that they are Muslim and this fact will be counted to ascertain what type of country we are in regard to religion.



Even though you may now have no religion, please consider entering the religion you were christened or born into, when answering this question. Otherwise in time Australia will officially be declared to be a Muslim country – because the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census will reflect this. Just imagine the repercussions if that were to happen.



For Australia’s future I would ask you to please pass this message on to your family members and friends.