Angry Rant #24: Ain't whatcha' used to be!

Pauline Hanson.

The name itself instills enough negative energy in me for me to power a small bar fridge so that people may drink an assortment of beverages whilst having a good time at a house party for the whole night.

...and a barbeque too. 

However!

There are two types of people that have become apparent in this Pauline Hanson 'I'm like John Farnhnam' comeback:

1. Those who won't touch her name on a ballot paper with a 10ft ballot name touching poll
2. Those that think that she acts the way that most people think.

It would be nice to think that we're all happy-multicultural-embracing hippies who chill out and listen to jimi hendrix while smoking pot, but the fact of the matter is that we generally aren't. In fact, I'd be pretty confident in saying that everyone in this country has at some stage in their life, made or laughed at a racist joke. But in all fairness, this nation is built on people taking the piss out of one another. That's what happens when we have so many different people from different backgrounds mixing together. We live in a multi-ethic country, so to wish for a multicultural one would be like trying to find a story in Avatar.

James: Hey Sam, Look! A squirrel! Sam: That's so awesome!!"

So with so many different kinds of people who live in this country and for Hanson to come out and say that Australia isnt the place that it used to be, is not only ignorant and stupid, but affirming the fact that she has no idea what the words "to be Australian" are.

Her perception of what the average Australian is so massively distorted that I find it hard to believe that she could even challenge the NSW seat. Is she not aware that her country was built on immigrants - not Australians?

It's those damn immigants.

Or does she think that we should live in a society full of people with blonde hair and blue eyes? I am trying to understand where this perception came from. I could take the easy route and blame western media for creating the perception that all western people, or all Australians, when put together, look like a scene from Home and Away, which is what I believe she thinks. But I think about the hatred that she has for non-Anglo-Saxons and I think to myself, what the fuck are you doing? Why are you trying to run a multi-ethnic state? Look at you??!

Nom nom nom

There is only one reason as to why she's trying to have a stab at the top-job in NSW - she's flat broke. Either that or just stupid. We all just know how GREAT this state has been run by the current Puppet Premier, Kristina Keneally, whose pockets are probably very heavy since she began her little stint in office. Lets just hope Barry O'Farrell gets it right, otherwise we are royally screwed.

But until then...

Pauline Hanson - find a nice quiet place, preferably the Monster Island Penisular - and stay there.

Don't believe the lies and spin.