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Thread #161431 Message #3836404
Posted By: Helen
02-Feb-17 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Trump Enemies List
Subject: RE: BS: Trump Enemies List
I have to say, Jim, you did manage to confuse me. I thought Austrian was just a typo but the more I read the more I thought, nah, this isn't the Australia I know.
Thanks for the laugh, though!! LOL
We do have a very strange political party called One Nation which probably comes under the heading of Australiofascism. It's headed up by a very strange little bod called Pauline Hanson, who unfortunately has enough of a following to find herself back in parliament after we got rid of her first time around.
I don't think Oz is completely safe from fascism, but it seems to be a bit more immunised against it than some other places in the world.
My theory is that because we laugh at everyone, even when we think what they are saying has some merit, it is very hard for any straight-faced politicians - like our friend Pauline - to be taken seriously.
Pauline Hanson song - last time she was in parliament
Helen