It's always interesting when someone whose politics you think you know supports something unexpected: the NRA member who opposes capital punishment, the socialist who favours free trade, the pro-life feminist. How often are beliefs only found in a set because of a historical coalition, not any deeper principle? Do you hold any beliefs at variance with your political in-group?
In May, the #Queensland Liberal-National opposition provided bipartisan support for legislation establishing a 3-4 year #TruthTelling process, as a necessary precursor to the (extremely belated) negotiation of a treaty or #treaties with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples. And they did so in response to the #UluruStatementFromTheHeart (that had called for #Voice, #Treaty and #Truth).
At the time, opposition leader #DavidCrisafulli had personally encouraged people in his state to "embrace this [truth-telling] wholeheartedly". On the day the legislation passed, he said: "I believe in truth-telling and to me that means telling it like it is. […] We cannot shy away from the real experiences of #Indigenous Australians throughout history. We must tell the truth about the real challenges they are facing today."
But now, five months later yet before any of the formal processes of truth-telling have begun, he's withdrawn #LNP support for the legislation, promising to tear it up should his party be voted into government at the next election.
He claims he is doing so because he is listening—to the voices of the 'No' voters, who outnumbered the 'Yes' voters at last Saturday's #referendum.
Just a few years ago then Immigration Minister #PeterDutton was very keen to welcome white farmers from #SouthAfrica as potential #refugees to Australia, (despite the alleged threat they faced being more or less a complete beat-up).
But when #Palestinians are being slaughtered by the thousands in collective punishment for the #WarCrimes of #Hamas, Dutton instead calls for Foreign Minister #PennyWong to be sacked due to her briefly advocating (in a very minimal manner) for the restraint of violence against non-combatants in adherence with #InternationalLaw.
I know pointing out blatant hypocrisy and #racism from Dutton is hardly ground-breaking material, but it really does need to be repeated, because too many people still refuse to see it, despite months of his fear-mongering and #dogwhistling over an #Indigenous#VoiceToParliament. In the footsteps of #Trump, Dutton is continually testing the waters of increasingly hateful rhetoric as a way of ensuring media attention, and has not yet discovered a line that will cause a sufficiently large chunk of voters to desert him.
En visite au Proche-Orient, Macron coincé dans son soutien à Israël
Durant quelques heures dans l’État hébreu, Emmanuel Macron a fait à nouveau part de son soutien total à #Israël. Le président de la République a même proposé que la #coalition internationale contre Daech puisse lutter aussi contre le #Hamas». Au milieu de cette rhétorique, la question palestinienne, elle, semble secondaire.
The coaltion of puritans rages on. We all knew Luxon had it in his wheel house but then Seymour and Winnie... well they've tossed their 'freedom' and 'libertarian' ways to the side. With an ease that suggested they never cared about freedom or the individual in the first place.