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Australian Extremists Captured Discussing Bombs and Murdering Innocent People – RT ASAP
Retweet this if you’re on Twitter. The world needs to know about the scum our country ignores.
Good thing there aren’t any extremist Aussies who want to murder innocent people, right?
Just the tip of the iceberg, folks. It seems that even if a refugee embraces our culture and our national flag, they’re still the focal hatred point of the lower echelons of our society. And it’s so damn predictable – again and again we see that it is the people who come from dominantly white areas of our country, working in jobs that don’t even require a completion of Year 10. People who worship alcohol above anything else, see women as pieces of meat, splash their Facebook pages with pictures of trucks, trains, shitbox cars, dirt bikes and newborn babies. These people are the kind of people who should be packed onto a boat and sent into the middle of the ocean. They were lucky enough to grow up in a country free of war and with access to free healthcare, dental-care and education – none of which they actually made full use of. They are so ready to call for the death of people who have watched family members raped and killed, towns burned down, belongings stolen and trashed. And it gets worse – let’s take a look at some more comments. Proceed at your own risk.
Asylum Seekers: The Myths are getting Bigger
MYTH 1 : “Asylum seekers are illegal immigrants”
WRONG!!
Where are the real illegal immigrants from?
It seems the majority are from Britain.
The British illegal immigrants
But just look how quickly the asylum-seeker haters come to their defence. For instance “Sandra” is getting quite passionate about the supposed “rights” of deported EDL troublemaker and illegal non-citizen Martin Brennan.
MYTH 2: “Asylum seekers take things that belong to us”
WRONG!!
And please note the signature at the end of the letter.
We dealt with this matter here. Not our fault if the bogotariat are too thick to be able to read and comprehend facts.
MYTH 3: “Asylum seekers are criminals/terrorists/economic refugees”
Errr…
WRONG!!
MYTH 4: “Asylum seekers take entitlements from the homeless/pensioners/Indigenous people/[insert name of disadvantaged group here]”
The bogots love to pretend they really care about disadvantaged people. They don’t – unless they can use them as a stalking horse to attack refugees and asylum seekers. Here’s social policy expert Sharon Allen arguing with an opponent:
Oh dear, poor homeless if they have someone as lacking in compassion as Sharon “working” for them.
And like her opponent, we really don’t believe a word of what Sharon is saying.
Here are some facts on Canberra’s homeless. Seems the problem lies with the ACT Government’s allocation of resources – nothing to do with asylum seekers.
Back in August last year, Nielsen polled 1400 Australians on the question of the major parties’ asylum seeker policies.
Voters reject refugee plans of both parties
Phillip Coorey
August 16, 2011MORE than half the population believes asylum seekers arriving by boat should be landed and processed in Australia, contradicting the policies of the two main parties, which advocate processing in a third country, a poll finds.
The latest Herald/Nielsen poll of 1400 people was taken from Thursday night to Saturday evening, after the High Court imposed an injunction on the Malaysia plan.
The poll finds 53 per cent of voters preferred that asylum seekers arriving by boat be allowed to land in Australia to be assessed.Only 28 per cent felt they should be sent to another country for assessment, the approach of Labor and the Coalition, while 15 per cent said the arrivals should be ”sent back out to sea”.
Of those who thought asylum seekers should be processed in Australia, 55 per cent thought they should be held in detention while being processed, and 41 per cent thought they should be allowed to live in the community.
Half of those who opted for assessment in Australia or a third country thought those found to be refugees should be allowed to settle in Australia permanently.
The Greens are the only party that advocates processing asylum seekers in Australia. The government’s policy centres on Malaysia and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, while the Coalition would send the asylum seekers to Nauru.
A Labor MP from Victoria, Anna Burke, spoke out yesterday against her party’s Malaysia plan. ”I’m very concerned that we can’t really guarantee the safety of the individuals, the 800 who will be sent there,” she told the ABC.
A Unique Look at the Boat People ‘Problem’ in Australia
Media Watch: TT’s false facts fuel fear
Episode 37, 24 October 2011
With the government’s policy in chaos, a hundred and thirty-eight more asylum-seekers arrived at Christmas Island over the weekend. But why is it such a huge political issue?
Partly, at least, because many Australians believe that boat-people are being treated far too generously.
If you’ve just watched Sarah Ferguson’s 4 Corners report on the effects of detention, you might find that hard to believe. But far more people watch Seven’s Today Tonight. And get a very different picture.
According to TT, asylum-seekers and refugees live in luxury, costing the taxpayer squillions. Two weeks ago, they served up this:
Kylie Gillies: First tonight our investigation into how the Government is putting out the welcome mat for refugees. We’ve gone inside the so called ‘refugee resort’ where there’s no wire fencing, there’s no bars, and the inmates live in four star luxury…
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
See that? $400 a week. What was that figure based on? We aren’t told. But later in the report, we’ll see this:
Secret camera: how much do you get?
Refugee: Same as all the people. About $400.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
We’ve talked to that person. Media Watch has blurred his face. Today Tonight didn’t. As we’ll see later, he has good reasons not to want to be identified. But he told us:
I was talking about Centrelink payment. I get $400 a fortnight .
— Mohammed, Statement to Media Watch, 21st October, 2011
A fortnight. Not a week. Today Tonight have now told us that the graphic was
An error in the editing.
— Craig McPherson, Executive Producer, Today Tonight, 17th October, 2011
In the editing? Pull the other one. As we’ll see later, one of your interviewees says the false information was given to her too.
David Ecclestone’s report supposedly dealt with how asylum-seekers and refugees are treated. Yet it barely mentioned the detention centres where most unauthorised arrivals are locked up for months and years. Instead, we got this:
Voice: this is a two-bedroom apartment
David Ecclestone: Today Tonight has found asylum seekers put up in a four star hotel like this one, awaiting judgment on their immigration status.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
Today Tonight ‘found asylum seekers’ at the Virginia Palms Motel in Brisbane in July last year.
It hasn’t been used to house them since June this year. No motels are currently being used as detention centres anywhere in Australia…
Which isn’t to say that they won’t be soon, now that the Malaysia solution has collapsed. The Department of Immigration’s Sandi Logan told us…
A place of alternative detention is selected based on what is readily available, readily accessible and suits the department’s needs at the time for long-term accommodation for families and unaccompanied minors.
— Sandi Logan, Department of Immigration, 14th October, 2011
It’s all about families with kids. It’s not about luxury. But on with the show…
David Ecclestone: they even have a Facebook page. What better way to spread the word about the land of plenty to those back home?
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
Like the motel footage, this is old stuff. When Today Tonight showed that refugee’s Facebook page, in July last year, we got in touch with him.
We’ve concealed his identity. Today Tonight did not.
He told us that the photos on the beach at the Gold Coast were taken during an excursion while he was in detention. But most were not…
David Ecclestone: Others are taken to Sydney Olympic Park, Luna Park, and the Melbourne Aquarium.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
Those pictures of him, said the owner of the Facebook page, were taken
when i realesed from detention. like sydney olympic park and aroun opera house.
— Email to Media Watch, 8 July, 2010
Today Tonight has told Media Watch that its
contacts in the immigration department … maintain they were all taken while in detention.
— Craig McPherson, Executive Producer, Today Tonight, 17th October, 2011
As if ‘contacts in immigration’ would know better than the subject of the photographs.
But the most damaging misinformation was still to come.
David Ecclestone: The Australian government don’t want you to know the locations of their makeshift detention centres. Manned by 24hour security, they’re in permanent lockdown.
Secret camera: I didn’t tell you but they’re those refugees. Ohh right, from? Boat people.
Reporter: But we spoke to them.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
Really David? I seriously doubt it. That mysterious figure was filmed outside the Virginia Palms Motel last year. The interview was first broadcast in July 2010.
Secret camera: I didn’t tell you but they’re those refugees. Ohh right, from? Boat people.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 7th July, 2010
As we said, that motel no longer houses asylum-seekers. This man was filmed in the last month or so, in an entirely different location in Brisbane
Secret camera: Are you a refugee are you?
Refugee: I came to Australia by boat yes.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
He is not in detention at all. He’s been accepted as a genuine refugee, given a permanent visa, and is free to live wherever he can find a place he can afford.
How do we know? We tracked him down. He told us…
I was sitting outside the place where I live waiting for a friend and I was approached by a man. He said he was waiting for a taxi. He did not tell me he was a reporter. …He asked me ‘are you a refugee and how long have you been in this country’? I told him I am from Iran
— ‘Mohammed’, 21st October, 2011
So the man was being secretly filmed and recorded by a Today Tonight producer – in any other state than Queensland, that would be illegal.
He says he wasn’t told he was talking to a journalist. That would be against the journalists’ code of ethics.
Then his face was shown on national television, without his permission. That is grossly irresponsible.
It is not right for them to put me on television and show my face because it could cause a problem with the Government in my country in Iran. … When I was in Iran I was shot in my chest, a bullet went in my chest …I am very scared and am worried for my family.
— Mohammed, 21st October, 2011
Today Tonight‘s Executive Producer, Craig McPherson, assured us…
Naturally we don’t want to put anyone’s safety in jeopardy.
— Craig McPherson, Executive Producer, Today Tonight, 17th October, 2011
Really Craig? Then how about asking them before you put their faces on the screen? Or are you too busy showing what a luxurious life they lead?
Voice: how much do you get?
Refugee: Same as all the people. About $400.
Voice: Have you been here for long? How long?
Refugee: 5 months. It’s not too bad. But it could be better.
Margaret Thomas: Pensioners would be disgusted if they knew. I’m sure they don’t know what’s going on with all these boat people and what this government’s giving them.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
Hullo? That refugee actually gets a bit over two hundred and forty dollars a week Newstart allowance and just under sixty dollars a week rental allowance – normal benefits available through Centrelink to any Australian resident. Almost half his total income goes in rent.
I pay $140 a week for a room. We have shared bathroom, shared kitchen and shared toilet. There are 14 other refugees living on the same floor.
— Mahommed, 21st October, 2011
The lap of luxury, eh?
But Today Tonight‘s entire report was aimed at fuelling the myth that refugees are given extraordinary treatment.
Margaret Thomas: Well what have they contributed to our country? Nothing. And they’re giving them more money than we get.
— Channel Seven, Today Tonight, 10th October, 2011
And where did Margaret Thomas get that idea? Well, she says, from Today Tonight. She told us that the reporter had …
…showed me on his phone the video of that bloke saying he got $400 a week. Now that just got me very angry. …
I didn’t know he was getting $400 a fortnight. I think that’s very sad and Channel 7 should not do that…I would have preferred to have been told the truth
— Margaret Thomas, 15th October, 2011
Gee, so would we.
Here’s the truth. Asylum-seekers in detention get no cash benefits. Once given visas, refugees, whether or not they arrived by boat, get the same Centrelink benefits as everyone else.
Is it surprising that so many people are concerned about boat people, when they’re fed inflammatory nonsense like this by one of the most popular programs in Australia?
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The Threat of Violent Extremism in Australia
We read a lot about extremism and why we don’t want it in our country. No one can argue with that – we certainly don’t want to be harbouring violent extremists in Australia. We don’t want people here who will threaten or incite violence, or those who would seek to destroy the peace in our great southern land.
Home-grown extremism is perhaps even more baffling. Seeing what we have in this country – and how well it works – makes it hard to understand why anyone would want to threaten it.
Unfortunately, the wannabe perpetrators get far too little attention in the media – unless it’s the fervent, moronic ramblings of one Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon, whose ideals are despised and condemned far and wide. But there are other nutbags in our midst who remain largely ignored in the media, and who, in far greater numbers, pose a threat to our nation.
So let’s take a moment, steel ourselves, and have a closer look at the nutbags who seek to bring violence and extremism to our shores.
Anna, you seem to feel strongly about animal rights, and that’s a good thing. But it doesn’t excuse acting like a rabid animal yourself.
Fuck you, Jade. The majority of Australians aren’t looking to butcher people, and how dare you tarnish the rest of us with your idiocy.
Amazing how many cretins have come out of the woodwork following the mauling death of a four year old child. Takes a real fucking hero to make a joke out of that, doesn’t it Nathan?
Anti-discrimination legislation says otherwise.
Felix needs a dictionary. Classy? Easy going? WTF?
You’re right Diane, you shouldn’t say it. We don’t want to hear about the sick fantasies of people who want a war on our soil.
To each and every one of the arseholes above wishing violence to be perpetrated against others… Australia doesn’t need your murderous, idiotic, braindead psychobabble. You are all as disgusting as any other extremist out there, and we wholeheartedly condemn what you say and what you stand for. You sick, twisted fucks.
UPDATE
Save the Refugees Rally – Bondi Beach 8.5.10
Went to the rally this morning. A couple of hundred turned out in support of refugees, and opposing the Government’s decisions to not only ‘indefinitely’ suspend the processing of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan but also the decision to reopen the ‘hellhole’ that is Curtin detention centre – a place described as ‘worse than Woomera’.
It was a great atmosphere, and with a few hundred people in attendance by the end, there was no police presence whatsoever. That in itself, speaks volumes, considering they’re there in numbers whenever the racist bogans get together and organise their massive rallies. You know, the ones where 10 – 15 people turn up…
Protesters were organised into a large ‘life-ring’, and were asked to wear red and yellow to symbolise the lifesaver. The lifesaver does not discriminate, he/she saves those who are in need. The lifesaver acts with compassion. The lifesaver is a recognised symbol of this country, and many lifesavers work as volunteers, adding the value of selflessness to the character.
The next few photos are from http://bramijegan.wordpress.com/
This rally was organised and supported by several organisations, most notably Amnesty International Australia and GetUp. It followed on from the Refugee Action Council’s rally last week, where similar amounts of people were in attendance:
Now, in order to provide a visual demonstration of how the xenophobes figure they’ve got the majority on their side, one only needs to take a look at their attempts at organising peaceful protests against the rights of refugees:
Oh… And in case you were wondering… There have been some counter protests organised to muffle the loud whines of these 10 – 15 racist bogans. Here is what one of them looked like: (On the way to confront the APP at the Villawood Detention Centre)…
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