Australia - you're standing in it

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Sheepdog started the topic in Friday, 18 Sep 2020 at 11:51am

The "I can't believe it's not politics" thread.

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 9:36am

…most ppl don’t require foreign influence to march in protest against occupation, apartheid, starvation and mass slaughter of civilians
- it’s called having a conscience and a moral compass

…foreign interference ;)

https://youtube.com/shorts/xOwY-J3OlCc?si=GArxAychLRzEkFQK

- 2 sides of the same coin ;);)

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Fliplid Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:21am

Yep, 100%

All I'm saying is that it's naive to think that only one side of the argument is targeted when all Iran are trying to do is disrupt the country, need two sides to stir up shit so why not give both sides a helping hand.

Same goes for Israel and their lobbying efforts they've been using here for years, maybe not trying to disrupt but definitely trying to get their agenda front and centre

.......Balance ;)

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Optimist Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:22am

Fliplid….did you know there was a large portrait of the Ayatollah at the front of the harbour bridge protest…..so yeh……
I wonder what the rest at the rear would think if they knew that.

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stunet Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:34am
Optimist wrote:

Fliplid….did you know there was a large portrait of the Ayatollah at the front of the harbour bridge protest…..so yeh……
I wonder what the rest at the rear would think if they knew that.

My wife was at the front of the protest. She reported nothing of the kind.

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basesix Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:36am

wait.. have you ever seen your missus and the ayatollah in the same room at the same time.?

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:39am

….hahaha

& ol flopti ;)

- relying on hearsay and nothing from direct experience (keep kissing that portrait of bibi the butcher)

… gonna need divine intervention to release your head being held hostage up ya rear ;);)

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garyg1412 Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:40am
Optimist wrote:

Fliplid….did you know there was a large portrait of the Ayatollah at the front of the harbour bridge protest…..so yeh……
I wonder what the rest at the rear would think if they knew that.

Thankfully the remaining estimated 89999 protestors were peaceful and behaved themselves.

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andy-mac Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:53am
basesix wrote:

wait.. have you ever seen your missus and the ayatollah in the same room at the same time.?

Haha, classic B6.
And big kudos to your wife Stu.
Peace.

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Fliplid Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:56am

Optimist I did a quick google and yeah, one guy held up a 'small' poster, so what? one guy in a crowd of thousands.

One thing though, he seems to have picked a great spot in the crowd for maximum media exposure, well played...which ever side was behind it

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Optimist Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 10:57am

True enough they did behave but the big photo was there near the front and it’s easy to see if you try……which made it weird.
Anyway , it’s a free country you can display whoever you want….just don’t try it in Iran or Gaza.

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andy-mac Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 11:00am

Meanwhile a sovereign citizen heavily armed nut is on the run in bush land after killing some innocent police.

WTF is happening to Australia.
We are better than this, well always thought that.

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blackers Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 11:18am
andy-mac wrote:

Meanwhile a sovereign citizen heavily armed nut is on the run in bush land after killing some innocent police.

WTF is happening to Australia.
We are better than this, well always thought that.

And this is the issue, not some false flag story about a poster of Khamenei at a rally of people protesting for peace.

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stunet Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025 at 11:23am
Optimist wrote:

True enough they did behave but the big photo was there near the front and it’s easy to see if you try……which made it weird.
Anyway , it’s a free country you can display whoever you want….just don’t try it in Iran or Gaza.

So from casting aspersions across the entire crowd, that they were somehow complicit in the regime, you've backtracked it to "it's easy to see if you tried".

Well, I'll take it further and say it wasn't easy to see if you tried.

Perhaps it's easy to see if, at a later date, you saw a photo of it in a news outlet. But at the time, in a crowd numbering tens of thousands..?

Nup.