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uriel1972

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34. we had a brief period between the white australia policy...

Reply to ansible (Reply #30)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 03:01 AM

Mar 2019

being formally dismantled and the John W Howard government where it wasn't so bad.

However it's bad very, very, bad now.

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Australian lawmaker blames Muslims after white supremacist kills 49 at two New Zealand mosques [View all] brooklynite Mar 2019 OP

Not the Onion exboyfil Mar 2019 #1

"The real cause of the gas chambers was the program that allowed Jewish fanatics... Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #2

"Australian lawmaker" can 127% go f himself. Afromania Mar 2019 #3

I'm more in the 132% camp BBG Mar 2019 #26

I'd say that too... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #33

WTF? BumRushDaShow Mar 2019 #4

Wow 😮 shocking but not surprising. mountain grammy Mar 2019 #5

I am SHOCKED - that this remark didn't come from a Republican. bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #6

I'm sure our republicans were disappointed in themselves for not saying this first. nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2019 #7

He's in the One Nation party geardaddy Mar 2019 #21

Maybe he can come to the US and work for Trump. raccoon Mar 2019 #8

It's true: right-wing mongering of irrational fear definitely caused this knightmaar Mar 2019 #9

This is the same excuse the Pittsburgh shooter used when watoos Mar 2019 #10

Damn PatSeg Mar 2019 #11

The real cause of rape are that women are allowed to go to school and work IronLionZion Mar 2019 #12

yep - they are just asking for it rurallib Mar 2019 #24

They can't commit hate crimes against you if you're not here IronLionZion Mar 2019 #27

I see a CPAC speaking engagement for this fellow DBoon Mar 2019 #13

Maybe they can bring him in to replace Goooorka in the WH as whatever the fuck his position was Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2019 #14

I'll give him credit for one part of his statement MissMillie Mar 2019 #15

This fuck stick Thyla Mar 2019 #16

Any chance a normal person could replace him next election? IronLionZion Mar 2019 #28

It's Queensland Thyla Mar 2019 #29

That's a straight-up Greenwaldian-style hot take... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #17

That's as dumb as pretty much anything Trump has ever said. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #18

Australia was originally a penal colony benld74 Mar 2019 #19

Well, at least they just got the criminals The Mouth Mar 2019 #23

Nothing like blaming the victims eh? Hit them with your ignorant diatribe when the chips are ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #20

Never forget that 2naSalit Mar 2019 #22

Here's irony - the shooter was not born in New Zealand csziggy Mar 2019 #25

Australia is an incredibly racist country and has been for a long time ansible Mar 2019 #30

we had a brief period between the white australia policy... uriel1972 Mar 2019 #34

WTF it's not "vigilantism*, it was a MASS MURDER! backtoblue Mar 2019 #31

Rapists also blame their victims. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #32

Well, one of the biggest supporters of terrorism is an Australia Immigrant--Rupert Murdoch Julian Englis Mar 2019 #35