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[Opinion] Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own

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[Opinion] Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own

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brisk@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish ·
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Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own
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The Australian media's explainers on rubber bullets don't explain that our police have them too — and that they use them here, on us.
  • the_q@lemmy.zip
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    Isn’t Australian society very similar to American conservative crap?

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      They are. In fact, we can thank America’s largest spewer of hate (fox) on one of their homegrown assholes, Rupert Murdoch.

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        Hey now, he might have been born here, but he’s not our arsehole. And he hasn’t been for 40 years.

        • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          He doesn’t even have Australian citizenship, does he?

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            Yeah exactly. He chose to get rid of it 40 years ago this year.

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            Only because he forfeited it.

            • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              I mean yeah, that’s what I was getting at. He can’t even live here, he’s not our problem anymore.

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      Not nearly to the same extent as America, but in general, yes. Same direction, just less extreme.

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        We also voted against the Trump crap last election, I’d imagine if America had preferential and mandatory voting they would have too

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      No, Australia is already outright owned by plutocratic mining corperations. In the US they have to go through all the lobbying and buying millions of trumpcoin.

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        Riiiight, Australia is the one that’s outright owned by lobbyists, and America is a bastion of free speech. Yeah, alright mate.

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          Removed by mod

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      Yes, alas pretty much

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      Unlike the MAGA movement, most of Australia’s right wing are neither Vatnik, nor Fascist. I mean, there are those as well, like Clive Palmer, but he is a spam pest and a joke - most people think he is ridiculous. So no.

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      No.

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