Mr DenmoreHard not to suspect that this insanity is being strategically fed into Australia by highly organised US far right terrorist groups ultimately sponsored by the likes of the NRA, Koches and Mercers. Same thing happening in NZ. Disaffected people targeted. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/wieambilla-property-owner-gareth-train-brother-nathaniel-missing-man-shooting-qld-queensland-police-officers
This is as big a threat to liberal democracy as the violent Islamism of the 2000s - perhaps bigger - but mainstream political parties and law enforcers aren’t taking it seriously because it is predominantly an angry white man phenomenon
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@mrdenmore As if gun- totin' angry white men aren't dangerous. 🙄
CattyEllieLou@mrdenmore Much bigger problem, I believe. If these hateful threats were being made by radicalised Islamists they'd be arrested immediately. White Supremacists seem to be able to carry on unimpeded.
Audr3y@CattyEllieLou @mrdenmore Hell, a notable proportion of police seem to be enmeshed in far right ideology themselves to varying degrees.
Andrew (ku7)@mrdenmore honestly I get the feeling there’s plenty of the mainstream political parties both spreading and enabling these people.
I’ve watched one person fall down that hole.
He and his wife went from completely normal respectful people to rude anti-science right wing nutters when they discovered Jordon Peterson.
I know his wife, we dated years before they met, and she was quite progressive. She doesn’t even resemble that woman anymore.
The next huge kick down the crazy lane was the NZ massacre, he shared me the guy’s memoir and said, “he has lots of interesting points, really makes you think”.
His journey continued with key names in this order.
Avi, Paul Joseph Watson, Trump, Sky News/Bolt, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro.
Definitely without a doubt though, Jordon Peterson was the cause.
skribe 🇺🇦 
@ku7 @mrdenmore I had a psychologist that said to me that Pauline Hanson had some points and they really made her think. That was our last ever session together. She appeared completely normal up until then, as opposed to the psychologist that told me I needed to buy some crystals to help with my depression in our very first session.
There are people that will latch onto any half-baked theory to justify their own personal fears, and hatreds just so they don't need to take personal responsibility for their beliefs or actions.
@mrdenmore @skribe so there goes the chance of asking a psychologist what’s going on lol.
I don’t think your wrong, these are the most scared people there are.
Easier to deny climate change than accept your killing your own children by your life choices.
Anger is a great dopamine hit, so these bubbles become addictive too.
@ku7 @mrdenmore Religions have been tapping into this for millenia. I expect we'll see Qs demanding the same rights soon enough.
ニルス・スキニール@mrdenmore No doubt. But it's a two way street. We've been the CIA's bagman, supported all US wars w/our blood, generally served as US' butt boys, and sent them the Murdochs. Rupie has done more to implement fascism in US than anyone else. The Anglosphere is the center of fascism today