arbilp3 @ arbilp3 @aussie.zone

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To prove a point and well done too!

Do you want to go too (if you're human)?

What? All humans? Violence has never solved a problem properly.

[Netanyahu] simply told him what he wanted to hear.

AND, made sure the Israel lobby and wealthy connections paid up big to Trump's last election campaign. Money is the other language that Trump understands.

Yep, ok, but for those who are interested in some of the details both in the US and worldwide the report you can link to in the article is worth looking at. It also means that we have to remain awake, stay engaged and not let matters get worse.

Our govt says: “We encourage those wishing to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza to do so through established channels.” But these channels are being impeded and slowed by the Israeli govt. Palestinian children are malnourished, many are unwell and have no decent shelter. People are still getting killed every other day within a 'ceasefire'. So, our govt's words sound hollow and cynical. Plus they're also saying 'we can only do so much' and that's not much at all. Meanwhile, Australians are becoming scared of speaking up because our own govt is legislating against freedom of speech.

Enjoy!

Some positives are being achieved but he is not getting the message through in a way that people see him as Labor leader in a positive way.

I don't know how else to do the link.

EDIT: Ok, I think it's ok now. Apologies, I overlooked the name bit. I was shocked by the news.

So do I and I hope they speak publicly about it. Let's keep an eye on what they say so we can respond.

You are right to not buy it. Keep not buying the numbing narrative. You younger people need to put a stop to the insanity leading the world into more and more poverty, war and climate destruction. With you all the way.

Both you and Gorgritch make really good observations. To add my 20c worth, of all the Liberal PMs in the last few decades he was the most progressive, not great as you point out, but his instincts were much more civilised and pluralist than the 'conservatives' and climate deniers who were baying for his blood and finally plunged the dagger.

Unarmed Australians were threatened at gunpoint and 6 have been taken as hostages in international waters by Israeli naval forces.

Astonishing it may be but it's true. I well and truly know now what seppo means 😆

Taleya I was responding to your comment which was about how US citizens are finding out now what the rest of the world think of them. You didn't mention the 'seppos question' 😂 at all. And yes, ironically I had never heard the word before so there you are.

Nath, I know. I've been in Australia for over 6 decades but not everyone understands our larrikin humour or has seen the word 'seppo' before.

Taleya, most educated US citizens would very much know that they are not universally loved and have been so aware for many generations, not just recently. Remember 'Yankee Go Home"? This phrase has been used since the 1950s by diverse countries and groups in response to US meddling in their affairs and stoking wars.

What if you don't feel 'at home' in the country you were born? What if you feel unsafe? What if you can see through the propaganda that many of your countrymen and women don't? What if you can't see yourself making a difference but do see yourself as a target for some uniformed or ununiformed thug or madman with a semi-automatic, or as someone whose career will be scuttled if they object? This and a lot more is happening in the US right now. It is oversimplified to lump all Americans (or Australians, or anyone else) in one basket.

No one begrudged German Jews leaving Nazi Germany when they saw the writing on the wall and they still had the freedom to leave (which was later taken from them). If we uphold democratic rights like freedom of movement for ourselves then we should uphold it for everyone who supposedly lives in a democracy.

Perhaps none of this matters in a cosmic sense but it does matter to those facing government-sanctioned organised violence and social insanity in their everyday lives as many Americans have to do.

Thank you for your sensitive words fizzle 😆

Some if not most of the Americans that are in this community would have had to look up seppo just the way I did. They might not see it as friendly banter. We need to be supporting each other to create a better society. Call me snow flake but I am not a fake. Understanding other people creates connection and solidarity. We need that now.

Ned, I know about rhyming slang in general (I've been on this earth long enough :D) but the use of seppo IS derogatory and unfair. If (god forbid) ON won our next election and the Americans called Australians 'losers' for it would that be justified? I don't think so. Right-wing narrative control in the US is very heavy and we are going in the same direction but the rest of our political landscape is not as lightweight as theirs is. Their voting system is different as you know and the economic situation a lot worse than here.