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Luckily my immediate family are good eggs, but dealing with it in extended family is a huge headache. Any genuine logical criticism plays into the narrative of "elitist ridiculing" persecution complex that PHON has made... It almost 'vaccinates' their supporters against genuine logical argument as to why One Nation is terrible.
The normalisation of extreme ideology is heartbreaking and exhausting.
Just say "Pauline Hanson has been in parliament for 30 years, she's done fuck all. At this point she is the elite." If they say something about her being a battler, say "it's easy to fight when billionaires are playing for your private jet and flights to Italy. "
Problem is, that doesn’t land a punch. She’s accessible. That matters more.
Attendance? Most of those attending the night the NDIS amendments were voted on in the Senate abstained from voting and most of those were Labor. It’s not an argument unfortunately. Well, it doesn’t land.