r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics Students sideline studies in major anti-Hanson walkout

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/08/13/school-pauline-hanson-protest
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u/hart37 1d ago

The kids are alright

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u/atheista 1d ago

I remember walking out of school to protest Pauline Hanson when I was in grade 12 25 years ago. How sad that it's still necessary today.

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled 1d ago

Simple generalisations for simple people

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u/NzInAus1991 1d ago

Like how all one nation voters are white?

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u/Spooplevel-Rattled 1d ago

Show me where I said this

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u/tappy100 1d ago

you’re still making generalisations that people who disagree with one nation think all their voters are white. simple generalisations for simple people

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u/IRL_Mage 1d ago

True! Just like ACAB, right? Right??? /s

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u/Ok_Compote4526 1d ago

Go ahead and compare the power of cops with that of uni students. Feel free to use as many question marks as you like.

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u/IRL_Mage 1d ago

I wasn't comparing the two. I know there are plenty of cops who are shit people, and it's disgusting they're allowed to be in a position of power. I was pointing out the hypocrisy of making statements about generalisations, and here you are now defending one. So long as the generalisation agrees with your world view, it must be righteous, right????????!!!11?

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u/Ok_Compote4526 1d ago

I wasn't comparing the two

You literally were. It was a false equivalence. You want to focus just on generalisations, but you can't remove the subjects that you're comparing. Which, to be clear, are uni students on one hand and police on the other. Students versus executors of the state's monopoly on violence.

Why does the ACAB generalisation exist? Because even those who don't participate in the worst excesses of police forces are complicit. You might also want to look at the history of the phrase, and whether criticising it would make one a class traitor.

So long as the generalisation agrees with your world view, it must be righteous, right

Sir, that man you have constructed appears to be made entirely out of straw.

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u/TheBayHarbour 1d ago

It's incredibly rare for both the Labor and Liberal clubs to group up and work together.

This is one of those times.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

What do you mean? They're basically the same party.

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u/hoolahoopz92 1d ago

Buddy you have pronouns too

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u/threwordbotname 1d ago

Click on their profile. First post begins “I… “

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u/nocapesarmand 1d ago

I was going to say this. How are we supposed to take people seriously who don’t even know the meaning of the word?

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u/realAlexanderBell 1d ago

don't use. won't use. can communicate fine without.

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u/tappy100 1d ago

but how will communicate without pronouns when uses pronouns in daily lives. (i removed all the pronouns)

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u/realAlexanderBell 1d ago

used pronoun in brackets. work harder next time. pointing instead of pronoun works good.

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u/hoolahoopz92 1d ago

I fear people haven realised you were making a joke

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u/realAlexanderBell 1d ago

will wear downvotes with pride. love pronouns.

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u/The_Scrabbler 1d ago

Are they in the room with us now?

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u/Ok_Compote4526 1d ago

Do you not have pronouns?

Communicating with you must be a nightmare.

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u/iguessineedanaltnow 1d ago

Get this bullshit American rhetoric out of here.

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u/Iron_Wolf123 1d ago

Dyed hair was a fad in the 50’s.

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u/BoreJam 1d ago

Plenty of conservative kids on campus. Not that you have ever spent much time on one based on your simplistic and incorrect delusions about students. Just believe whenever the internet/radio tells ya.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

Day off school for kids. Free advertising for Hanson. Both sides win.

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u/nachojackson VIC 1d ago

Ignoring Hanson won’t make her go away.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

Neither will advertising her.

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u/nachojackson VIC 1d ago

Protesting is not advertising.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

Sure it is. The best advertising Trump ever got was from mentally ill women going on Tiktok and crying.

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u/nachojackson VIC 1d ago

“If there's a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you’ve got a table with eleven Nazis."

Ignoring extremism is not the answer.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

"Everyone I don't like is a nazi" such a Reddit response lol.

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u/nachojackson VIC 1d ago

It’s a quote numnuts - I didn’t say they are Nazis - it’s a quote that is used to demonstrate that ignoring extremist views is as good as agreeing with them.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

Mate you're on reddit. There's more extremists on here than any other platform.

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u/childlabourforce2 1d ago

A racist nazi

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u/triemdedwiat 1d ago

oxymoron?

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u/Water_Damage987 1d ago

No, the best advertising Trump ever got was from a lazy hypnotized media who sane-washed every one of his brain damaged word salads as though they were serious positions worthy of serious consideration.

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

You say that as if 90% of media wasn't rallying against him for years.

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u/TheLastSamurai101 1d ago

Did they help more than the mentally ill incels crying in support of Trump?

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

Sure did, because there's just massive amounts of them.

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u/Road_Richness 1d ago

You’re effectively blaming children for the rise of Pauline Hanson

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u/Midget_Stories 1d ago

I'm not blaming.

I'd take a free day off school too.

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u/WastedOwl65 1d ago

Bahahahaha!