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The no argument was basically:
FEAR CHANGE! IF THINGS CHANGE THEY WONT BE LIKE THEY WERE AND YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THAT! BOO!
There are two “no” camps:
- This constitutional change is too much. We don’t want a body we didn’t elect having a voice to parliament.
- This constitutional change doesn’t do nearly enough. We don’t want a toothless voice that can’t really affect anything. We want a full treaty.
The first camp I can’t find common ground with. Every Billionaire in the country is an unelected individual who has a pretty big voice to parliament with their political donations and nobody bats an eye. But how dare we give a voice to the most powerless people in the country!
The second camp, I see their point. They’re worried that this will be an end to discussion regarding indigenous issues. They don’t think the voice is enough. They’re right - if you read the Uluru Statement from the heart, you’ll see that the voice is the first step towards a treaty. I personally don’t think this topic will come up again for a generation if the no vote wins, so I can’t really agree with them at all.
The Voice is one pathway to treaty.
I accept that there are people who genuinely believe in the ‘progressive no’ vote but I still think if you want a treaty and indigenous sovereignty recognised the Voice is a great opportunity for that.
second camp has a point…but it’s still not a good reason to vote no.
There is no good reason to vote no.
This constitutional change is too much. We don’t want a body we didn’t elect having a voice to parliament.
if albo goes ahead and legislates it anyway after a failed vote, you reckon they will still think that?
Haha Brexit
Genuinely took a few confused minutes of reading the other comments to realise this isn’t about Brexit
What gave it away? The community name?
No, the comments.
If we don’t get the Voice through this referendum I doubt it would ever get through at least for a few decades in a second one. It’s either enshrine A Voice this time or nothing. Referendums are hard.
more chance for the conservative cuntolition to show how gross they are before they become irrelevant
Yeah unfortunately that shit works. Maybe not on you, but it does work. It’s kinda like spam. It’s intentionally bad so the victims self-select.
Id love to float a hypothetical here.
Say the referendum fails. One of the big ‘No’ arguments, if you can call it that, is “wHY nEeD rEFeReNDuMB jUSt LegISLatE”
What if albo just legislates the body in.
Reckon they will be consistent and say 'see thats all you need!", or will heads melt.
Because we know, it has nothing to do with that at all
What if albo just legislates the body in.
It will be repealed next time the LNP get in, just like everything else.
i agree. i would LOVE to hear what the people advocating for legislation only as their argument for a NO vote would say, because I have a little feeling they actually dont want that, they just want NO because they are either misinformed, rascist or voting purely along party lines, which is bizarre for a referendum
