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[–] 45 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

His honourary English citizenship is in the mail. Come on, calling a politician a dickhead is a national pass-time here, it's unfair to jail someone for it.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    I'm remembering that one time the NSW parliament in Australia passed a motion that Eddie McGuire was a boof-head.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-03/eddie-mcguire-a-boofhead-for-adam-goodes-remarks-nsw-upper-house/6518824

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    Anti-aboriginal sentiment is very weird to me as a non-Australian: sometimes it feels subtle (like calling a war dance aggressive and unpleasant- that’s kind of the goal and shouldn’t be a wild thing to say) and sometimes they just call aboriginal people King Kong.

    It’s always a great object lesson on not playing devil’s advocate (because I could see myself defending someone calling a war dance aggressive, but I would 100% regret that choice with the additional context).

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