Dear Foxy,

You wonder why anyone would vote for Hanson?

Sometimes good acts have unintended consequences. In 1952 the US Supreme Court outlawed segregation in the public schools on the grounds that segregated schools were unequal. I think that was a very good decision. However, in reaction to this, fundamentalist and bigoted Christians withdrew their children from the public schools and established private schools so their children would not have to mix with blacks. Unfortunately, these children were not only isolated from blacks but also from less bigoted white children. I feel that these private schools were in the background of many Trump voters.
Look back in Australian history and possibly you will find a reason for the Hanson voters.

Desperate times require desperate solutions.

Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood begins with the quote: “In times of tyranny and injustice, when law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history.”

;)

"In a land where freedom is a memory, and justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaws". Zorro

:P

Dear David F.,

I know why Pauline Hanson attracted support.
She is tapping into the prevailing political
distrust in career politicians - and those
people who yearn for the "good old days."
She at her most potent when she can play the
belittled "victim" against the out of touch
prejudices of the inner city "elites."

To give her the oxygen of publicity is essential
to her survival.

The clue in dealing with One Nation is in its policies.
In other words, facts. - not generalised blame and
grievance, but facts that allow the disillusioned voters
she claims to represent on whether her ideal world would
help or hinder their lives. As with her "let parents decide,"
foray into vaccination policy - the evidence revealed her
ideas to be retrograde. With her factual scrutiny is what
needs to be done.

Canem Malum,

If we want to move forward as a free, fair, and vibrant
society - I have no doubt that we can find the solutions
that suit us, provided we do not succumb to the siren calls
of demagogues, charlatans, and ideologues.

I have more faith in my fellow Australians than some, Hanson built her castle on fears and even hate of the lesser informed voters who think this country can not, like the rest of the world,be every bit as good as it has been and take in other races,yes some have been a mistake, individuals not whole race/faiths, Hanson can deliver nothing, she fails to even hold her party together and that is the truth

Dear Belly,

Hanson still plays on her image as an underdog.
In her maiden speech she declared herself as an
unpolished politician, a woman who'd had her
share of life's knocks. But she's now a very
wealthy woman. She's owned and managed mutliple
properties and still votes fairly consistently
against the most under-privileged in society.
She really wants to be part of the main-stream
of politics. Her party votes fairly consistently
with the government on major issues.

It's a pity that her die-hard followers haven't
noted that her party is an opportunistic platform
strictly foe her own benefit.

How have we allowed so much time and political
oxygen to be wasted on her?

Well said Foxy but just what do her supporters think she can deliver?almost every time she votes for the party she came from Liberals