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Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Affidavit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rather than sharing a useless link, why not specifically say which part of what I wrote was a 'lie'? I'd be very interested to see which part, considering I specifically tailored my comment to adhere as much to the proposed wording in the amendment to avoid sanctimonious people coming and claiming with their noses 10-foot in the air that, 'I was lied to'.

[–] Anchorite@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing your actually saying is that it’s racist, which is a gross misinterpretation of the word. Racism as a form of harassment or degradation can only effectively apply to a minority or marginalised group, it requires a power dynamic to be in play.

Saying that giving a horribly treated minority group the power to have their voices heard in law is racist is double think, it’s a perversion of the term racist.

You have been misled, and your happy about it because it means you can be righteously wrong

[–] Affidavit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

it requires a power dynamic to be in play

Tell that to every major dictionary.

You using an out-of-whack definition of the word that almost no one outside of the liberal-arts agrees with is not me being 'misled'. Language is owned by the masses.

But not owned by you.

Everything you wrote was a lie.