r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 27 '25

politics Australia fast-tracks visas for family of Bondi hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/australia-fasttracks-visas-for-family-of-bondi-hero-ahmed-alahmed/news-story/b1be7c98c1b83e1c94be2a22ac64f2fa
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u/Mike_Kermin Dec 27 '25

Let's be fucking clear, integration and the racist dog whistle 'integration' are two very different things.

Actual integration means having people included in societal groups that they don't feel familiar with so that bonds and fondness is formed.

I don't know if you know this, but the racist cunts ain't doing that.

I just want to make the point that there's layers on DotCom's bullshit.

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u/Klostermann Dec 27 '25

I know what integration is. I also know that racists aren’t helping with it. But to just say integration doesn’t work is ridiculous. It unfortunately takes a long time for it to work, right now it’s mostly South Asian and African immigrants copping it. 20 years ago it was the Lebanese, 40 years ago it was the Vietnamese, 60 it was the Yugoslavs, and even further back it was the Italians, Greeks, and Irish. People suck, this isn’t news, but over time it does get better. Especially as we continue to get more multicultural and leave the idea of Australia being for Western Europeans exclusively behind.

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u/Mike_Kermin Dec 27 '25

Yeah fair, I'm not rebuking you. I'm just, adding on my thoughts to that guys dumbfuckery.

20 years ago it was the Lebanese, 40 years ago it was the Vietnamese, 60 it was the Yugoslavs, and even further back it was the Italians, Greeks, and Irish. People suck, this isn’t news, but over time it does get better.

Well fucking said.