Lonely guy just thinking baout civil disobedience
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
Rules against malicious campaign material will not apply to same-sex marriage postal vote
The public won't see the proposed changes to the marriage act before they vote
I can't see any way out of this other than refusing to play the game, Australia-wide and in huge numbers
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
don't do that. the ACL won't.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
The going theory is that if everyone except the bigots boycotts the vote, there's no way it can be seen as a representative or even fair process, and Labor will have no trouble explaining that to the electorate when it goes about changing the law in Parliament. I mean the whole process is so clearly illegitimate in so many ways (and I've woken up to discover that fmr High Court judge Michael Kirby and his partner have declared they'll boycott! Maybe that's the start of it)
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
Advice is not to boycott because Labor will campaign for yes while simultaneously hanging shit on Turnbull for all the abuse, all the suicides etc etc.
Meanwhile, day 2 of the Respectful Debate Campaign
Lyle Shelton, head of the Australian Christian Lobby — the loudest voice on the "no" side — refused to withdraw his claim that marriage equality will create a "stolen generation" of the children of LGBTI Australians.ABC News Breakfast host Michael Rowland received a postcard asking if he approved of the "filthy practice" of "sodomy" and compared gay people to "brownshirts" (i.e. Nazis)Liberal MP Andrew Laming, in a tense debate with former Labor premier Kristina Keneally on Sky News, suggested if she didn't like the debate, she could go to North Korea.The minister now in charge of the agency responsible for surveying the public on same-sex marriage once said gay sex was "sordid behaviour" and "unnatural acts".
ABC News Breakfast host Michael Rowland received a postcard asking if he approved of the "filthy practice" of "sodomy" and compared gay people to "brownshirts" (i.e. Nazis)
Liberal MP Andrew Laming, in a tense debate with former Labor premier Kristina Keneally on Sky News, suggested if she didn't like the debate, she could go to North Korea.
The minister now in charge of the agency responsible for surveying the public on same-sex marriage once said gay sex was "sordid behaviour" and "unnatural acts".
R E S P E C T F U L D E B A T E
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 August 2017 07:11 (six years ago) link
Several times I have started to write some kind of cogent response to the spineless bigoted cretins backslapping each other as they grind people's identities and joy beneath their smdnmejcdnkwqeoiucwd kjcakjnacsnjklcdknjcsa kmasd FUCK YOU FUCKING SHITS.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 10 August 2017 07:20 (six years ago) link
We all need to vote so they go the fuck down. I don't even want those arseholes winning a popularity contest.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 August 2017 07:22 (six years ago) link
Firs of many High Court challenge hearings today before 3.30 AEDT.
I just… the effect of all this. Not going into my personal situation itt, but I'm less impacted by this than a million Australians and I'm stressed and terrified. Hate to think what it's like for people who are openly gay, trans people, kids who are scared of being themselves etc. I've been listening to The Informer podcast on Joy Melbourne and even the reporters are audibly shaken by this. It's all just so fucking harrowing.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 August 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
I have to say that
# I thought Australia was better than this.It is. The government isn't.
is a very optimistic view given our treatment of refugees. Australia isn't better than this, as we prove time and again.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 11 August 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
On balance we're slightly better than the government in that a large number of us don't support the worst things that the whole of the government thinks is fine. I agree that Australia is largely a backwater shithole though.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 August 2017 03:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khLEbeV400M
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 August 2017 04:42 (six years ago) link
massive thanks to flipmod is the squizzod for fixing the top post, i had no idea it was so painful to edit posts
turnbull announced he's stepping back entirely from the "campaign". goes to war against his own people, four days later runs away. strong leader my fucking arse.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 13 August 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
ha, be fantastic if barnaby fuckface joyce loses his seat due to NZ citizenship. maybe he'll finally have that massive coronary.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 14 August 2017 00:59 (six years ago) link
iirc joyce is the only leader of a federal or state government who opposes marriage equality. so fuck him.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 14 August 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
There are few Australian political figures I loathe more than Joyce so this would be some antidote to all the other fuckery happening atm
― monotony, Monday, 14 August 2017 04:10 (six years ago) link
NZ just confirmed that Barnaby is an NZ citizen.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 14 August 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
watching reps now, it's a mess
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 14 August 2017 04:17 (six years ago) link
:D
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 August 2017 05:07 (six years ago) link
I can see it now. Barnaby renounces, but is determined to have been ineligible to have stood previously, but now can run in the by-election. Which he then wins because he promises to protect his constituents from dykes and poofs.
This fucking country, seriously.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 14 August 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
Can I distribute bits of paper for people to stick in their plebiscite envelopes that say this? The ABS could count them, I feel sure.
Barnaby Joyce is a CUNT:
[ ] YES[ ] NO
Will this invalidate results? Someone give me constitutional advice.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 14 August 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
I am starting to notice a rich vein of "I'm not a bigot but... fuck equality before the law" hot takes, because there wasn't just enough "I'm a bigot and fuck equality before the law because hurrrr" hot takes.
― Smootown Philly (King Boy Pato), Monday, 14 August 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
Which will come first the postal survey or yet another federal election?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
julie bishop is attacking nz labour now? what the fuck is happening?
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
i keep hearing "shut up you already have equality, it's just the word that's different", which is so clearly a batshit lie that you know they've got nothing
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link
wtf lol
that's like 1 person with a glass of milk asking 1 person with an icecream if they can have some icecream too. "well techically you already HAVE icecream"
*throws milk at them, stabls them with broken glass*
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:10 (six years ago) link
"it's exactly like ice cream in every way, shut up and eat your ice cream"
"but it's liquid"
"i said shut up"
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:13 (six years ago) link
If we can escalate this trans-ditch stoush so much that we can provoke a sneak invasion - NZ law will prevail and we can have gay marriage and no nasty postal survey.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link
well our deptuy pm's a kiwi so
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
turnbull goes on a two day diplomatic trip and boom, west island confirmed
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
Does that mean Barnaby can marry the man of his choice with he goes to the NZ high commission?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
yes, in fact he married kevin andrews on a cycling holiday
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
btw ed you've picked up the gist of our political culture damned quickly, great work
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:08 (six years ago) link
i'm watching reps question time, it's exactly like a sitcom
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
even the lnp's dixer was like a punchline! she asked turnbull about foreign interference, OF ALL THINGS.
plibers just asked turnbull who'll be acting pm when turnbull is away next week, turnbull said "usual arrangements", the roof came off.
every second this goes on, the postal survey implicitly dissolves further into satire.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
they're tripping over their own dixers, it's like the plank x 75
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
What's there to know?
1) Democracy Sausage2) Knockabout fun at question time is preferable to getting any real work done3) Elections are preferable to getting any real work done4) If you've exhausted your options 2 and 3 change PM and try again.5) Fuck Barnaby Joyce, Tony Abbott and George Christiansen6) Preference deals lead to surprises!7) Xenephon, Katter, McGowan, Hinch, Lambie etc. - not all loons all the time8) Fuck One Nation Pauline Hanson and her nasty tribe9) Sovereignty was never ceded so this all should be moot anyway - ignore that one ask hard as possible10) Democracy sausage, except when voting ing a mean, spiteful and meaningless postal survey
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:43 (six years ago) link
10 out of 10, you're hired
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:47 (six years ago) link
So when Turnbull goes away next week our Prime Minister will be a New Zealander and our Head of State is British.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
efforts to keep foreigners outside our borders not so successful
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
Maybe we should just have a rule that you're not allowed in parliament without a second passport. Might improve things.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:54 (six years ago) link
Of course we've already had a British-born PM with all his Sir Prince Phillip nonsense so whatever
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:58 (six years ago) link
so our queen of state is married to sir prince philip of australia, so it's all fine
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 04:59 (six years ago) link
*head of state
don't want to say that the government are getting desperate but Christopher Pyne was going off his nut in QT claiming that asking advice from NZ Labour meant that the ALP are probably colluding with the Chinese Communist Party as well
― Smootown Philly (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
it's like asking a colleague for advice in NAZI GERMANY
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:08 (six years ago) link
wtf at this whole thing
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:13 (six years ago) link
australia is not like the caricatures you're used to, it's 17 times worse
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:14 (six years ago) link
also i know the cost is completely besides the point, but pay me $12.2 million and i'll conduct this survey by mail. how in the world can it cost $122 million, that's insane. seriously, someone pay me $12.2 million, i will do great things with the money.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
one thing i would do: i insert the words "<<< You're a complete asshole" by the YES option
we're allowed to draw dicks on the form so
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 05:24 (six years ago) link
sic.xls
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 17 November 2017 08:08 (six years ago) link
still so impatient. I have literally had the number of people I could go into a sham marriage DOUBLED, WHY MUST I WAIT.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 17 November 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
Heartening conversation with my 100yo grandmother last night, who is all in favour of gay marriage and voted yes
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Saturday, 18 November 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
We got a new green state mp, first indigenous woman in the state parliament too. Things are looking up.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 19 November 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
yeah this is a clear and long-overdue turning point imo.james: that is incredibly excellent and almost made me cry (again, for like the 70th time this week)
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 19 November 2017 08:39 (six years ago) link
I had avoided even discussing the topic with anyone whose views i did not know as it was all so depressing, so this was a very nice surprise
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 19 November 2017 08:43 (six years ago) link
me too, legitimately could not deal with learning who the bigots are
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 19 November 2017 09:08 (six years ago) link
also you have the best grandfather
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 19 November 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
nice sizzle there pato
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 20 November 2017 10:54 (six years ago) link
maybe we're meant to be surprised that bigots are falling over themselves to corrupt this
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 07:26 (six years ago) link
And now we can have a golden gaytime this summer.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
golden gaytimes should be banned because my religious freedoms
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
Barrie Cassidy was pointing out the obvious on AM this morning with Jon Faine that if they push hard for "religious freedoms" around this, they shoot themselves in the foot cos hey, Islam is a religion too you idiots.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
otm, can’t wait for them to accidentally defend burqas
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
no they'll say it's about fuckin' 'strayan fuckin' values which are Judeo-Christian and not some raghead bullshit.
why? because they are cunts.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 November 2017 06:23 (six years ago) link
Wearing a burqa = un-Australianfiddling kiddies = GROUSE!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 November 2017 06:24 (six years ago) link
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 23 November 2017 17:23 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
look edwardo, they're only trying to strike a balance between the freedom to destroy the lives of everyone they hate and the freedom to turn every australian into a fucking handmaid
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:17 (six years ago) link
it's not their fault they're hostile fucking bigots who ignore everything about their religion the second they have a chance to kick a non-straight literally in the face
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:18 (six years ago) link
it passed!!
― Dan S, Thursday, 7 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
IT DONE
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 December 2017 07:31 (six years ago) link
and something in the region of 900,000 people are telling lyle shelton to eat shit
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 December 2017 07:32 (six years ago) link
finally a good thing in a terrible year
― estela, Thursday, 7 December 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
YES
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 December 2017 08:12 (six years ago) link
i have cried several times this evening and now i am drinking pinot noir
went to trivia tonight and our team name in round 1 was "Suck shit Lyle", then in round 2 we were "Keep sucking shit Lyle"
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
lol
― estela, Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
Listening to the Senate debate last week with all the “reasonable” arguments about the “rights” of bigots to cling to their bigotry was enough to erase any magnanimity toward the misguided noes. Imagine in the aftermath of the 1967 referendum, arguments being made to modify the recognition of indigenous citizens to protect the beliefs of people who really really feel that non white races are inferior. I mean, it’s their traditional belief, right? And yet all this poison was spoken righteously and entered into the parliamentary records of our country. Fuck you, bigots, I hope you squirm in your discomfort. It’s done now. Fix your hearts or die.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
eat shit Lyle made my morning
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
That's pretty beautiful.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
love my homeland for eat shit lyle <3 brings a tear it does
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 December 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link
a genuinely admirable display of GOOD Australianness, which we've been sorely lacking recently
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 8 December 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
So who's getting an invite for January 9th?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 8 December 2017 02:36 (six years ago) link
The correct term is proposal.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 8 December 2017 06:48 (six years ago) link
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 7 December 2017 23:06 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is excellent i am certainly stealing this
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 December 2017 09:34 (six years ago) link
I mean, it’s their traditional belief, right? And yet all this poison was spoken righteously and entered into the parliamentary records of our country. Fuck you, bigots, I hope you squirm in your discomfort. It’s done now. Fix your hearts or die.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 8 December 2017 00:23 (twenty hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well said. what a fucking embarrassment. although it was delightful to hear christensen shriek about the cheering in the gallery, which was followed by cheering in the gallery. and the more the gallery cheered, the more it wound up the bigots. there's nothing like an angry sore loser, especially when they're fucking muck, and it's on video and in hansard for eternity. good. they can fucking die.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 December 2017 09:40 (six years ago) link
...it will take me a VERY VERY VERY long time to stop being weapons-grade furious with those fuck trumpets, probably never
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 December 2017 09:42 (six years ago) link