The Greens’ vote is actually up. So I don’t think One Nation is a threat to our [Greens’] Senate seats. But […] One Nation is a threat to the type of nation we want to be. And I say that without apology.
[…] There is real grievance out there, that is absolutely true. But Pauline Hanson isn’t dealing with the grievances […] She’s one of the savviest, trickiest politicians in this place and pretends otherwise. She punches down on people, she punches down on Indigenous communities, she punches down on migrants, she punches down on single parents and single mums, she punches down on gay and lesbian Australians – and then has the gall to turn around and complain when she gets called out.
I think there is […] a kind of hand-wringing from some in progressive quarters to say, ‘oh, we can’t take her on’. Well, I just say rubbish. She has to be called out and taken on. Her voters, and those who are looking at One Nation because they’re frustrated with the system, their grievances are real. But Pauline Hanson is a phoney.
5 Comments
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1d
Who is saying this?
Wataba@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d
I see it a lot on lemmy circles. They hide it behind bitching about Labour and wilfully ignore the Harpy as she continues to chew on Trump's bone spurs for ideas.
arbilp3@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1d
Are you saying Labor is progressive?
arbilp3@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1d
Have you thought of asking her, or the journalist?
I wonder whether by naming any group(s) she would be seen as wedging the progressive side and that's what it needs least. Perhaps it was just rhetorical. 🤷♀️
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1d
I don't think anyone is saying this.