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By bargaining with children, Morrison's refugee strategy has a kidnapper's logic | Julian Burnside

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#USA #FERGUSON: a non-US perspective by First Dog On The Moon...

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How the healthcare system of Papua New Guinea is failing its most...

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#CLIMATE CHANGE: faith AND fact - you can have it all....

#CLIMATE CHANGE: faith AND fact - you can have it all.

Scientist and devout Christian Katharine Hayhoe (http://bit.ly/WP-KHayhoe) being interviewed by @BillMoyersHQ.



QUOTE:

For a long time, many of us have felt that scientists are on one side, espousing one set of values, and Christians and/or conservatives are on the other side. And so along comes this new issue of climate change, which in my opinion has enormous theological implications and is entirely consistent with the Christian faith, to love others and to love our neighbours. So along comes this issue of climate change, but who are the primary spokespeople? It’s these pointy-headed scientists, who have been on the other side of the fence on many other issues regarding creation and evolution, the age of the earth and even other issues today, like genetic modification and things like that. So. It’s no surprise that when you get a messenger who’s not trusted, who you perceive as not sharing your values, why would you believe them?

[…]

I get 5 times as much hate mail from Christians than from any other group.

[…]

Caring about climate is entirely consistent with who we are as Christians, but: over the last several decades, we have increasingly begun to confound our politics with our faith - to the point where instead of our faith dictating our attitudes on political and social issues, we are instead allowing our political party to dictate our attitude on issues that are clearly consistent with who we are.

[…]

We’ve been told that you can’t be a Christian, or you can’t be a conservative, or you can’t be a person of faith - or even a person of integrity - and agree that climate is changing, that humans are responsible and that there’s something really important we need to do about it.

/QUOTE

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Chelle Marie

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Papua New Guinea’s Tragic Witch-Hunts

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The twin challenges facing the 2015 Papua New Guinea budget: rebalancing and deficit reduction |...

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#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: options for dealing with refugees, by...

#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: options for dealing with refugees, by First Dog On The Moon.

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fatthefuckup: To my girls with thunderous thighs, fat bellies, and double chins, take up all the...

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"In other words, as human behavior is tracked and merchandized on a massive scale, the Internet of..."

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Some clarification from the courts in Papua New Guinea PM’s ‘fight to the very last breath’ –...

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bit.ly: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers LEGISLATION: a 4-page summary of the proposed legal changes...

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Michael Savage: GOP Must Impeach Obama, Stop Him Before He 'Triggers An Insurrection'

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Perverse migration bill shreds the rule of law

Perverse migration bill shreds the rule of law: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers LEGAL GORDIAN KNOT: new...

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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

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Questions raised over deportation of asylum seekers to Afghanistan

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Scott Morrison ignored departmental advice on visas for boat arrivals

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Reza Aslan killed these two "journalists"

Reza Aslan killed these two "journalists": "#MuslimCountries" ≠ "#AllMuslimsEverywhere"

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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC): #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #BUDGET CUTS: all you “the...

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Asylum seeker bill allows Australia to ignore risk of persecution

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Nancy Sullivan

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Rhetoric isn't enough to stop domestic violence. Here's five real solutions | Fiona McCormack

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Nauru staff report persistent child abuse and self-harm, leaked documents show

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Australia will segregate Muslim women in parliament. We are gripped by 'security' madness

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A toast to Scott Morrison for paying a war criminal $40 million to house refugees in abject poverty

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Sex-selective abortion debate is a smokescreen for an attack on women's reproductive rights |...

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Rick Perry suggests Joan Rivers might not have died under Texas abortion laws

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Jacqui Lambie says criticism over burqa post is a 'gross overreaction'

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#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: SBS’s “Living With The...

#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: SBS’s “Living With The Enemy” (episode 2) addresses the dynamic between someone with a virulently anti-everything view of refugees, and an actual refugee from Iran.

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Case of Indigenous man's indefinite jailing without trial sparks reform push

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High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it | Joyce Chia

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AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #REFUGEES: the Temporary Protection...

AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #REFUGEES: the Temporary Protection Visa (#TPV) was last introduced by Howard - and it was disastrous. If assessed as “genuine” (as opposed to “economic”) refugees (and >90% are), why continue to punish them by holding the Temporary status over their heads? People need to start rebuilding their lives, not living as if they’re on parole.

They didn’t come all this way just to get drunk & lie on the beach collecting dole payments - that’s reserved for OUR young people. They want to work, they NEED to work - qualified doctors, police, plumbers & electricians are driving taxis, working in abattoirs, rounding up trolleys at shopping centres, cleaning offices at night…

More information and details on how to write your state’s Senators, at http://bit.ly/ASRC_TPVs http://on.fb.me/1rtTHiL

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Scott Morrison to wind down Manus Island detention centre in favour of Nauru

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I’m black, my brother’s white … and he’s a cop who shot a black man on duty

I’m black, my brother’s white … and he’s a cop who shot a black man on duty: #USA #POLICE #SHOOTINGS...

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ASRC Human Rights Law Training Course

ASRC Human Rights Law Training Course: #AUSTRALIA #ASRC #AsylumSeekers: free online content for...

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Race and Repentance in America

Race and Repentance in America: #USA (#FERGUSON) #RACE RELATIONS: it’s complicated, &...

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SCHMALFELDT'S SATYRICON: Want To End Racism? Stop Scaring The White Folks!

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Black America and the burden of the perfect victim

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SSI Speaker Series: Perception is reality - Settlement Services International

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Sarah Palin Brutally Takes Down Elizabeth Warren

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thehotpotato.com.au

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Suzanne Earley

Suzanne Earley

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Gaza and the Loss of Civilization

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Selfie-addicted Russian soldier caught in Ukrainian territory by Instagram geo-tagging

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Interview With Protesters Reveals Immigration Opponents Have No Idea What They're Talking About...

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So many unfortunate similarities w/pictures of Jews during...

So many unfortunate similarities w/pictures of Jews during WW2…

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcoKC

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.

These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

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These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

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These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

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These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...

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These should both horrify you. Equally so.

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Children in Christmas Island detention 'sick and distressed'

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Global law and decency: our double standards on MH17 and asylum seekers

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Scott Morrison backflips and grants visa to boy who arrived by boat

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Free West Papua Campaign

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Hoskins Hotel

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Free West Papua Campaign

Free West Papua Campaign: #FreeWestPapua

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Corruption in Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Baden-Clay jury reaches verdict

Baden-Clay jury reaches verdict: GUILTY VERDICT: #BadenClay found guilty of murder.

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Sam Koim

Sam Koim: #PNG ANTI-#CORRUPTION ANTI-#TFS: #RPNGC members waiting for hours in front of the gate of...

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Scholars From 6 Nations Condemn Abbott Over Asylum Policies | newmatilda.com

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Sam Koim

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South Pacific Post Ltd

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Malum Nalu: PNG court dismisses police application to set aside Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's...

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Daniel Auragasi

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So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist...

So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.

QUOTE:

Dear Mark,

As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”

Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.

Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.

Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.

You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.

You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.

These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.

It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.

You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.

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So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist...

So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.

QUOTE:

Dear Mark,

As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”

Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.

Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.

Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.

You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.

You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.

These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.

It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.

You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.

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