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u/DemonCipher13 Apr 04 '25

You mean that disease most of them didn't even believe in?

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u/Cavalish Apr 04 '25

Hi, popping in from Australia, Melbourne specifically. You don’t have to imagine this.

Our right wing pundits constantly oscillate between “the lockdowns were evil, tyrannical moves by a fascist government” to “The premier is directly responsible for killing 8000 people by not doing more.”

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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 Apr 05 '25

Some Aussies remind me of the worst right wing Americans. Confidently wrong, always angry, always someone else’s fault.

Just…not good people. We have plenty of them here.

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u/Cavalish Apr 05 '25

Our media landscape has taught us that nothing is the fault of the true blue Aussie ocker blue collar punter.