Comment on ‘People have lost all sense of shame’: three threats against federal politicians reported to police every day

UncleArthur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Carawou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What I’m going to say may sound very shocking to some, but by global standards, Australian politicians are actually pretty decent.

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There are no mass shootings.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bondi_Beach_shooting

    There is clean water.

    …com.au/…/0e438bf03899ec43bd33c7180500d34c

    www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/…/103469214

    You don’t get beaten or arrested simply for criticizing politicians.

    you do if you disagree wit their polices

    www.9news.com.au/…/bf9f3b4d-b13c-49b5-a7ea-405166…

    theguardian.com/…/nsw-police-commissioner-urged-a…

    www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/…/104721294

    When you go to the hospital, you find doctors and nurses

    I haven’t had that experience, well … only after waiting hours in agony

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    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Don’t forget “We’ll fix the housing crisis” but owns six+ houses.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      what the commenter means is the Australian government didn’t shoot or hang 37,000 dissenters in January like Iran did.

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  • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The price of freedom I eternal vigilance.

    There are lots of Australian cases where politicians are downright criminal.

    We need to have protections in place to stop our Polies emulating the like of Indian Russia, Brazil and Lebanon. Those protections need to be enforced, so the don’t emulate the US.

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  • UncleArthur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh, I completely agree: violence is never acceptable against politicians. Well, Putin aside. But my fundamental point remains: politicians have lost all sense of shame. When you think back to the Profumo affair, or even Nixon, politicians used to resign when caught out. They were held to a high standard as representatives of the people. These days they won’t resign unless forced after weeks.

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    • porcoesphino@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’re replying to their comment about Australian politics compared to other countries to make a point about the shame of Australia politicians by using an example of British politics and US politics? Somehow I still can’t tell if this is a deliberate troll

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      • UncleArthur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Nope. I genuinely believe most major party (democratic?) politicians are about the same.

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