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Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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Congratulations Aussies, we have a Trumpette!

Australia was never monocultural and can never be monocultural. Before and during English colonisation there was a pre-existing culture on this continent which will continue into the future and will not be erased. As for European-descended colonisers, from the beginning the colony was split between Protestants and Catholics, English and Irish, ruling class and their enforcers and convicts and so on. And that's just for starters. There has never been a monoculture. There is a monocle view which makes it simple not to think.

What are your favourite (or reviled) Pauline truisms (or falsisms)?

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[–] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm happy for some didge but there's nothing like singing aaf at the top of your lungs at the mcg

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the anthem? I can’t sing it, I just can’t, it’s awful

I’m biased though, I don’t really like any

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Advance Australia Fair. I also like hearing the Kiwi anthem using Maori and English. Can't sing that one yet though

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah fair, nah I can’t sing them ay, I just stay quiet

I think it might be a throwback to primary school where they made us sing it every morning

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah I remember having to sing at school. Funnily enough, the anthem was optional but the Lord's prayer wasn't; I went to a government school in the suburbs of Melbourne.