Indigenous senator who yelled 'You are not our king' at Charles III is censured in Australia
Indigenous senator who yelled 'You are not our king' at Charles III is censured in Australia
Australian senators have voted to censure an Indigenous colleague who yelled at King Charles III during a reception in Parliament House last month.
Summary
Australian senators censured Senator Lidia Thorpe for her outburst against King Charles III during his visit, calling him a colonizer and demanding land and reparations. Thorpe defended her actions, stating she would repeat them if Charles returned.
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How dare she say something true!
She's right, but outbursts like this are the equivalent of activists throwing paint at the Mona Lisa. It makes that side look petulant and doesn't effect change. If she really wants land and reparations, did she really think this grandstanding was the way to accomplish that goal?
No, not the plastic sheeting in front of the Mona Lisa! It'll take minutes for a janitor the come wipe that off.
I think she's as fully aware as black and indigenous Americans are that she'll never actually get what she's owed, so she might as well tell the king that's been forced on her people to fuck off.
Noone's forcing Charles on Australia. Aussies are generally in favour of becoming a republic, thing is they can't agree on what kind of head of state they want so for the time being it's gonna continue to be the British Monarch.
There's lots to be said about the failure of Australia to properly address indigenous concerns, literally nothing Charles can do about that but be a symbol to throw ire at to get some press coverage. He can't even tell "his government" to deal with the issue, the thing he tells "his government" to do is whatever the government tells him to. They're writing their own marching orders.
Noone’s forcing Charles on Australia.
The aboriginals who ran the continent for tens of thousands of years before white people took over might disagree with you on that.
Last I checked Australia is independent, and last I checked I also said that Australia has to account for a lot of failures when it comes to addressing indigenous concerns.
Nothing of which has anything to do with Charles who has literally zero power over the situation. I'm pretty much as republican as people can possibly be but let's not blame on powerless monarchs what's actually the fault of elected representatives. Gets into the way of holding them accountable.
No one said he had any power.
That doesn't mean he's deserving of the title of king over the people who's land was taken from them. I'm not sure why you are insisting he is.
I'm not saying he deserves anything I'm saying he has no choice but to be the king, best he could do is abdicate but that only would put his son in the same position. It's up to Australia to abolish the monarchy, not House Windsor.
He could simply not go play king in Australia. If you don't want to be king of a country your ancestors forcibly colonized, you can just not. None of this is an obligation.
And yet he's still not their king.
The news coverage on this was the point. Bringing awareness to her people's situation.
Although its still too damn high, only 50% of British people believe the monarchy thats been forced on us is important.
They are losing the popularity contest here too.
If it made Charles momentarily uncomfortable then that’s enough justification for me.
Royalty should be uncomfortable, either temporarily or permanently
He’s used to it.
I have rarely seen him not acting like he's feeling awkward and uncomfortable.
It's the British way
I think the whole point of acts like you describe show how you (people) care more about a painting than the continual ravaging of life on this planet by those who seek wealth and power.
What does the Mona Lisa matter when more and more of the worlds population is scrapping to survive under constant threat of environmental and economic collapse and war brought on by the people who host and visit such works of art.
You're right, that's why thanks to those brave protesters, climate change is now a thing of the past! Oh, wait...
TIL activists have to achieve their goals in a single act.