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Adam Bandt and the Australian Flag

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I believe this is the first time that Adam Bandt
has refused to stand in front of the current
Australian flag. What his motivations are - none
of us really know. The fact remains that he is an
elected official of the Australian parliament and
as such he is required to serve the country and
her people - which means serving under the current
flag. At least that's how I understand things.

On the other side of the coin if I was living in
either Germany, or Lithuania - would I stand as a
member of parliament in front of the swastika or
the hammer and sickel?

I don't know - to be honest, if I would be that brave
back then.

At least in Adam Bandt's case - his life is not under
threat or in any danger - for having done it. So it's
not really such a brave thing to have done. It does
appear to be more of a stunt.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 23 June 2022 1:31:40 PM
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Self-hatred is a disease of the West, unknown in other societies.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 23 June 2022 1:39:58 PM
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Self-hatred, self-guilt, and shame, are important
factors in some of the many mental disorders worldwide.
Common amongst Afro-Americans, Catholics, Jews, LGBT
and individuals, to name just a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_hatred
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 23 June 2022 1:54:47 PM
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Issy, when you were fighting as a mercenary, under what foreign flag were you doing so, and you were paid to shoot at innocent people. Correct

shonky, in this case Price is referred to as a coconut, she is obviously brown on the outside, white in the middle.

We have 3 official flags in Australia, there is no need for any MP to give a press conference in front of one or the other, or any of them for that matter, its not a legal requirement. End of story. Why stand in front of the Australian flag when it contains the Union Jack which is stained with indigenous blood. If you want to defend aboriginal people, then fronting the murderous Pommy flag would be hypocritical.

I don't need to defend Adam Bandt's action, as it was absolutely correct. No one can defend the murder and genocide associated with the Pommy flag. Within two years of raising the Union Jack at Sydney cove, hundreds of Aboriginals had either been slaughtered or succumbed to European small pox, that continued for the next 200 years..
Posted by Paul1405, Thursday, 23 June 2022 2:02:26 PM
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Any sitting member of the Australian parliament
should not object to standing in front of the
Australian flag. It is inappropriate for a member
of parliament to reject the Australian flag.

Don't Aborigines regard themselves as Australians?

If we are to have reconciliation in this country - we
need unity, not division. And we're not going to get
it by divisive acts such as this one.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 23 June 2022 2:16:23 PM
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Foxy,

The pedogreens think that everyone else should feel guilty. The problem is that the rest of Aus does not give a hoot about what they or other fringe groups think.
Posted by shadowminister, Thursday, 23 June 2022 2:19:34 PM
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