Australia - you're standing in it

People will write her off as a nut job.

dandandan wrote:

The real takeaway for me is how things like this continually expose how boring and obedient some Australians can be. They talk big of larrikinism, on anti-authority, on freedom of expression, on being a ratbag, on the underdog, and all this other cultural nonsense but when push comes to shove they love law and order, they do what they're told, and think any diversion from the norms of public decency is an enormous insult. The calls for 'good manners' from some of the same voices that decry the "woke left and cancel culture" is so embarrassing.

100% on this. The love of law and order, do what you’re told and follow extreme safety measures are essential parts of modern Australian society. No other country in the world that I visited, lived in or work with is this extreme. Nowhere near.

dandandan wrote:

Should be surprising to noone that I think Lydia's actions were great, drew attention to an issue in a way she wanted to, satisfied her base as well as brought in more to the more radical cause (even if it put others off), and was also quite funny.

The real takeaway for me is how things like this continually expose how boring and obedient some Australians can be. They talk big of larrikinism, on anti-authority, on freedom of expression, on being a ratbag, on the underdog, and all this other cultural nonsense but when push comes to shove they love law and order, they do what they're told, and think any diversion from the norms of public decency is an enormous insult. The calls for 'good manners' from some of the same voices that decry the "woke left and cancel culture" is so embarrassing.

I think you might be forgetting she is a politician, voted in to make change through the political process that is closely aligned with law and order.

Yet she acts like some childish feral bogan activist always out to get attention, not just once or twice, but time after time, anyone else acting like that would have been fired from their job long ago.

indo-dreaming wrote:

she acts like some childish feral bogan activist always out to get attention, not just once or twice, but time after time, anyone else acting like that would have been fired from their job long ago.

I disagree with that ID. Any politician worth their salt will do lots of things that go far beyond "making change through the political process", and most would agree that the people who voted for her would have done so with that expectation. After all, she was voted in as a Green and based on her existing profile as a staunch grassroots community activist. In any case, Thorpe does plenty of that through work she does in her electorate, and has also pushed reforms through her role as senator, but as a non-government senator there is so much time you can spend on "law and order political process".

It's a weird take to be worried about her grabs for attention for the issues she cares about. Most of a political office's time is spent trying to get attention for the things they care about. There's specific staff members, entire departments, and millions spent on consultants every year by politicians dedicated to doing exactly that. Lidia just happens to be very good at it. You might not like the approach or the content, but many people do and there's thousands of words written about the issue now that wouldn't have been otherwise. Many of us prefer the "childish, feral bogan activist" to the suits, decorum, and status quo law and order political process.

Hiccups wrote:

indo-dreaming wrote:

she acts like some childish feral bogan activist always out to get attention, not just once or twice, but time after time, anyone else acting like that would have been fired from their job long ago.

100%

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GuySmiley wrote:

Hiccups wrote:

indo-dreaming wrote:

she acts like some childish feral bogan activist always out to get attention, not just once or twice, but time after time, anyone else acting like that would have been fired from their job long ago.

100%

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Well at least she hasn’t managed to get anywhere near the same level of influence as populist , dog whistlers, in the US .

Hiccups wrote:

indo-dreaming wrote:

she acts like some childish feral bogan activist always out to get attention, not just once or twice, but time after time, anyone else acting like that would have been fired from their job long ago.

I thought someone would make this comparison as it's what happened after Lidia's first or second stunt, at that stage you could say okay fair point.

But at this stage the comparisons are ridiculous, next year Pauline will have been in politics for 30 years, maybe there was more than this one real stunt, but i honestly cant remember, its like all lidiots stunts have made Pauline look vanilla.

Lidia is now on a totally different level, she has been in politics for 7 years and only a well known politician since 2020 but for her these acts are regular incidents, if she goes 6 month's it's like we need to give her a medal.

BTW. It should also be noted Paulines stunt made a point in a fairly peaceful civil way,

Lidiots are almost always much more unhinged often yelling abuse or just becoming a physical nuisance like laying in front of the police float or needing to get pulled away by police's as she crawls through the mud in a mini skirt at a women's right's rally.