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DavidB.
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« on: June 03, 2017, 07:17:46 AM »

So I haven't followed Australian politics since the election. Why is nothing happening with regard to gay marriage? Wasn't there going to be a referendum?
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DavidB.
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2018, 10:10:03 AM »

Great speech.
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DavidB.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2018, 06:32:21 AM »

You're Jewish. You do realise what "Final Solution" is a reference to, no?
I don't think he meant it as a reference to Nazi Germany. And the actual content of his speech, i.e. an end to mass immigration and support for an immigration policy that takes into account cultural compatibility with Australia, was great and refreshing.

Too many people always look for a reason to be outraged with someone supporting ideas they oppose, find one thing (usually out of context or deliberately misunderstood), and use it to discard the entire argument and smear the person who said it.
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DavidB.
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2018, 07:02:00 AM »

The Holocaust had absolutely nothing to do with anti-immigration policy*. Nothing. If this speech was about getting rid of minorities with Australian passports already living in Australia, I would wholeheartedly agree with you. I also agree that this was poor wording exactly because of the connotation of this term. But I don't think this was intentional.

* its scale would have been smaller if third countries had opened their borders to Jews being persecuted, but that is a very different point.
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