Pauline Hanson a racist? No, she's much worse, she's a re-emerging politician who has a history of picking on minority groups for political gain.
She is the classic school yard bully, targets those who are weaker than her and then whips up fear and hatred against them while being urged on by her support group.
This panders to her voters, they seem to prefer lashing out at those who are weaker, those they fear or someone to blame rather than taking the fight up to the major parties and putting forward constructive policies.
Adolf Hitler would be proud of her and her tactics, nationalist and flag wrapped, she could easily claim the role of Adolf Hitler's spiritual wife.

Middle... I think you are more likely to the left of Marx there.

Did you see Banjo's well documented post ? Most of what people 'think' about Hanson is based on media and leftist hysteria as you ably demonstrated in your post.

I have no problem with Pauline being criticised..but its nice if it is based on FACT rather than pre-set opinion and hysteria.

Perhaps this is why so many of her /1-nations policies were taken up by the coalition ?

Pointing out health impacts of unscreened 'africans' (the race bit is an important point) is not only accurate but socially responsible.
How can you say this is 'picking on' minority groups ? Do you describe 'All Australians should be treated equally" as 'picking on minorities' ? well.. now that you have said it, I do expect a response please.

BOAZ.....I think you need to take a closer look at what Pauline actually said in her much publicised tilt at running as an independent.
She referred to black South African immigrants.......get it, not immigrants in general or even immigrants from South Africa....as coming into the country with AIDS and not being screened (unlike a lot of white South African immigrants she knows..transcript on ABC radio online.)Great to be socially responsible isn't it? But to point at a minority group (black South African immigrants), say they are being treated better than white South African immigrants, that the black South African immigrants have AIDS, will cost us money and cant work, where do you think this is going? Smacks of apartheid doesn't it?

If you agree that people are to be treated equally, why aren't you having a go at Pauline over her comments? I heard her comments on the radio and read the articles, have you? Have you thought about why issues in NSW that Banjo refers to are used by Pauline in Qld. Could there be any link between the large number of people with very dark skin from other countries who live in the area Pauline works? Or is she just into immigration cause she is so socially responsible.

You said
"Most of what people 'think' about Hanson is based on media and leftist hysteria as you ably demonstrated in your post."
Have you met her and spoken with her a length? Or have you yourself based what you think on media reports or perhaps you have a pre-set opinion and hysteria of your own.
And One Nation policies were taken up by the Coalition as a vote grabbing exercise, existing right wing politicians do this as they have the most to lose in terms of votes, left wing politicians wouldn't lose many votes to Pauline.
She has a pattern of behaviour, including the claim that she's being criticised because she's a woman. She still behaves like a bully, she still talks like a bully......she's still a bully.

I apoligize to the NSW Premier, for not including his full name in a previous post. The sentence should read. The Premier Mr Morris Iemma said that only 37% of the 4000 refugees from Africa had been screened before arriving in Australia. No disrespect intended.

I think we all should be alarmed at what the Premier said 9 months ago. All immigrants/refugees should be screened for diseases before entering Australia. 37% is not good enough, we need 100% whether they are black , white or brindle. or come from Buckingham Palace.

Pauline was being critical of the Government and other Parliamentarians in her comments, and why should she not be. Only those that are properly screened should be allowed to enter. Oh, and negative result.

How negligent of the Government for allowing this situation. Both the minister for Health and minister for Immagration should be sacked forthwith.

And what of the Opposition? Asleep on the job? They must have known and had a golden opportunity to get stuck into the Government, but no. Bob Brown must also have known as some Greens sit in NSW.

How come it is left up to a prospective electoral candidate to make us aware. Pauline is the only one caring enough to bring it to our attention. She should be given a medal, not critized.

In the last 9 months the government has acted. They now say the percentage of screening is now 50%. Absolutly disgraceful! Only those that are screened should be alloweed.

By the way, the actual figure for HIV/AIDS in sub-Sahara Africa is about 25 million people. This is akin to us importing weapons of mass destruction.

Fester,

You highlight the point I'm am trying to make that racism at its core is based on our need for survival and that we are in competition with our fellow humans as well as all the animals on the earth many of whom we have driven to the point of extinction as our push into their territory has left them nowhere to survive.

Yes,people will support immigration when it lines their pockets. But if our fear of non survival ever becomes too desperate at the tribal level then we seldom commit wholesale slaughter against our own tribe as we need a tribe around us to survive. What happens is that war and killing breaks out between differing tribes over resources control.

The reason we are so tolerant of our own tribe, I mean what do we know or care, really? about the bloke down the street. The reason we support our nieghbours and have a strong sense of community is because we need them for our own survival. Its our survival instinct that leads us to support our communities for in so doing we insure our own survival.

I'm sorry I present such a bleak picture of mankind but I believe what I am saying is the way it really is and our best hope for preventing wars and living in peace together is to aknowledge the awful truth and try to put measures and solutions in place to circumvent the bloodshed before it starts. Namby Pamby ideas like love and tolerance just will not work when man decides the survival of his tribe and utimately his family is at stake.

The truth will set you free. Maybe the truth can free us from wars and bring about world peace if only we will try to come at the problems from the perspective of truth about our true natures.

Bl....hell guys.Is any of you from migrant stock? If so (if you are white or whitish) then most likely you are. If you look back ,maybe far enough, to the colonist attitudes your forefathers or fathers had and LEARNED from that experience,maybe ..just maybe you can understand where this feisty lady comes from, the battlerette she is. I personally came to this country to find the Aboriginal people to be respected for what they are and I am afraid that following the Oz history does not show much respect for this ancient people. However,having visited various camps in the north I can honestly say that I feel they are better off following their own beliefs,values,local laws and food gathering skills then it is to adopt the whitemen's modern crap,which by the way is killing them still way to early. (average agewise that is) What I do understand about Hanson is that for the present government to bring in another culture (multiculturism) is another way of saying aboriginals are worth less then the newcomers, so we don't really need to look after them anyhow and to make a little profit we can always flog useless vaccines,old cars and petrol to them. Those people are seen as unprofitable by big corporations and governments.We could learn (heavens forbid)from their earthy experiences for they could look after mother earth as they have done for so long.Give them whitemen's food and they will die out.Let us learn about their food,eat it and we WILL survive. If you happen to be worried about your progeny you have a choice to stay with your own colour.Just because you wish that your daughters and sons come home with your own colour,does not make you a racist, it makes you look after this deepdown self-survival streak we all have in us.It takes guts to speak up and I wish her all the best luck.Goodonye' Pauline!