I agree with you on that one. I’ve watched more FOX News of late because they just report the facts as it is and offer valuable analysisis.
The other news channels don’t want to do that with this current Administration.
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And the audacity.
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I don’t think that is fair. I think the far anything has lost the plot.
I would describe myself as on the left. By no means far left. I think the issue with anyone on the far side of anything is they cannot understand and appreciate anyone else’s opinions. It is healthy to have two sides and something three or four of an argument. The issue is the people who are on a far side have become heavily involved in the media and it is circulating and turning into many exaggerations and unfortunate lies.
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'Course it is. That’s why they’re almost extinct as a breed of political party.
The “far-right” in Australia are labelled as such when they argue that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
The “far-left” in Australia claim that they feel disgusted when male babies grow inside their womb.
Sure, the far-right position here perhaps fails to fully appreciate the opinions of others. The far-left position here is just batshit crazy.
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I see what you’re getting at. Why dance around with terms like “far right”, when “obviously homophobic” does the job perfectly.
[quote=“Firetorch, post:493, topic:1886”]
The “far-left” in Australia claim that they feel disgusted when male babies grow inside their womb.
[/quote]You’re off your rocker.
Erm, because we were talking about the terms far-left and far-right, and I was responding to turdall’s post?
Further, the notion that people who support marriage between a man and a woman “obviously have a phobia of gay individuals” is just so ridiculous - are you telling me Julia Gillard was homophobic when she pronounced her support for traditional marriage? Please speak in something other than cliches. You sound like a $2 Bill Shorten.
Really? Personally, I’d say you’re off your rocker by saying I’m off my rocker on that one. I think 99.5% of Australians would agree with me.
There were dark moments in the middle of the night (when all those dark thoughts come), when I felt sick at the thought of something male growing inside me. [Firetorch: since edited]
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Trump has already started campaigning for the 2020 election holding a rally in Florida.
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There were rumours that Hillary was going to create her own TV show and have another crack in 2020.
Doubt it’s true but. She’s also been rejected for the presidency twice so I hope she gets the point!
I dont think marriage equality is a far left or far right issue. I think the media and those in politics have made it that issue.
I was not having a go at you. Was just vdnting frustration at the far sides of anything and how that is ruining how countries run.
I am not sure if you are calling me a $2 Bill Shorten. If you are I am worth a lot more than that.
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Haha! No that was all at matlock.
Yep that is exactly what I was saying.
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Moved all the Gillard specific posts over to the Federal Politics thread.
Try and keep this thread to US Politics only. 
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The reason Trump is dangerous is that he has no respect for democratic norms. He will say anything to win, just like Francesca on here.
Today he fucking tweeted that the press is the enemy of the American people. Not that the media is his enemy, but the enemy of all Americans.
That should scare the living daylights out of any rational human being.
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Totally sane. We’re fucking doomed.
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To put this tweet into perspective, think of an Australian politician saying that Fairfax, the ABC, Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS (or any media outlet except those owned by News Corp really) is “Fake News” - this is basically the US equivalent of that.
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The ABC certainly is.
For the record, 70% of Australians rate the ABC as trustworthy. Pick a fight with the ABC at your own peril.
30% saying it is not trustworthy is a lot of people though.
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That is a lot lower than I would have thought.
Look, if you look at Q&A for example, and they put at the bottom of the screen which party the audiance support, it is always Libs/Nats with the highest percentage, yet when you look at the cheering and applause you’ll be forgiven for thinking the room was full of socialist! Look at the convicted terrorist Zachy Mallah or whatever his name is that asked a question and the audiance applauded him! WTF!
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