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Yawn. Every day is White Men's Day. The only people who don't think so are white men.
It's well worth stopping from time to time to specially recognise the contribution made by minorities (and groups who are large in number but don't get the recognition or reward they should). If you're in the dominant group you can't understand what it means to have someone like you given credit and highlighted as a positive force and someone whose example you can follow.
So you havent got a response then. The theocratic subjugation of hundreds of millions of women continues...defended and celebrated by so-called "progressives".
What a disgrace
Classic case of white middle class guilt. This is the new Australia. And thus to answer the original question, why inane, token PC concepts like "Multicultural Round" and "Green Round" are invented.
Being able to eat a kebab and walk past people in turbans is not "multiculturalism".
Personally, I'm all for immigration as diversity can bring strength, but everyone has to be pulling in the same direction. Australia has previously had policies of integration and assimilation, which account for the success of the vast majority of our immigrants.
Damn, had a kebab for lunch today and thought I might've got some points back.
Bloody ordinary, it was. You'd think a place calling itself Ali Baba's would know how to make a decent kebab!
Speaking of ordinary....Souvlaki Hut - WORST souvlakis ever. Most disappointing.
Relaxing watching the footy and having a few beers / Going to the Church of your creed and praying with your family to your god / Wearing a Turban / Not working on Sundays / Working on Sundays / Whatever the heck you want it to be!What is Australian culture?
What is Australian culture?
There's a few defining features that all modern liberal democracies have in common:
A recognition of the equality of men and women, and a belief that women are free to live their lives independently.
A recognition of secularism and a belief that religion should be contained to the private sphere.
A belief that a persons sexuality is their own business and that gay and lesbian people have a right to live their lives free of intimidation and harassment
A belief in freedom of speech and expression.
People from Cultures that hold these values have thrived- both in Australia and overseas. People in Cultures that don't, have encountered problem after problem and have found themselves marginialised and alienated.
Once again the loopy left "out" themselves to the rest of the board. A couple of turns on the old organ handle and the monkeys dance and screech to the tune. Multiculturalism is a government policy. Being able to eat a kebab and walk past people in turbans is not "multiculturalism". Those things are the result of normal immigration, which I don't think anyone on here is against. Multiculturalism is a government policy which encourages and funds immigrant groups to continue living the same life as they were in their country of origin here in Australia (as closely as possible). It also preaches that all cultures are of equal value and relevance. This is not true. As someone has already mentioned, Australia is a liberal democratic society. Some of the people coming to live here come from cultures which do not share the ideals that we do as part of a liberal democracy. For example - democracy, individual rights for all, secularism, the rule of law etc, etc, etc. "Multiculturalism" reinforces to these particular people that their views are valid and freely encouraged as part of their "culture". What's more, taxpayer money gets thrown at them to support reinforcing this "culture". This is bad. Multiculturalism has been a spectacular failure worldwide, almost as big a disaster as Marxism was. If people want examples (you've got to be kidding, right?) look at Britain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden......wait......how about people give examples of where multiculturalism has succeeded? Much shorter list. Possibly consisting of zero. Personally, I'm all for immigration as diversity can bring strength, but everyone has to be pulling in the same direction. Australia has previously had policies of integration and assimilation, which account for the success of the vast majority of our immigrants. So you can still eat your kebab, ring up ABC talkback and tell Pravda how wonderful your ethnic neighbours are because that's normal immigration. With or without the policy of "multiculturalism". So please shut up about supporting "multiculturalism" because you like to eat kebabs.
Bingo...
The sad thing is, the penny won't drop for them. I tried outlining what 'multiculturalism' is bloody 4 pages and it just glides blissfully over their heads.. These morons will no doubt retreat from the debate with a post like 'well if it doesn't hurt anyone than why not?!?!'..
Oh shit, I just realised that by sticking up for 'multiculturalism' (whatever that may mean to different people), I'm all for genital mutilation and forced marriages.
My bad.
For all the people fighting mysogyny by keeping a whole lot of 'darkies' out of the country, what exactly are you doing about the hyper prevelant mysogynistic standards within our own society that happen every day?
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For all the people fighting mysogyny by keeping a whole lot of 'darkies' out of the country, what exactly are you doing about the hyper prevelant mysogynistic standards within our own society that happen every day?
Give this sanctimonious silliness a rest, would you?
There is no requirement for women in liberal democratic societies to cover up their "modesty "or to wear headresses
Women in western liberal societies are allowed to associate with whom they chose, sleep with whom they choose, have access to the birth control they choose, wear what they choose and pursue the career they choose.
The position of women in western liberal democracies may not be perfect, but is simply not comparable to that in Islamic theocracies - to suggest otherwise is simply adolescent contrarianism at its most pathetic.
The above goes double for gay and lesbian people. Homosexuality is a criminal offence in every single Islamic country (IIRC, Turkey may be an exception here). Of the seven nations in the world that proscribe the death penalty for homosexual conduct, all are Islamic.
But hey - ostentatiously demonstrating your own supposed tolerance and moral righteousness is far more important than these people's rights, isn't it?
Give this sanctimonious silliness a rest, would you?
There is no requirement for women in liberal democratic societies to cover up their "modesty "or to wear headresses
Women in western liberal societies are allowed to associate with whom they chose, sleep with whom they choose, have access to the birth control they choose, wear what they choose and pursue the career they choose.
The position of women in western liberal democracies may not be perfect, but is simply not comparable to that in Islamic theocracies - to suggest otherwise is simply adolescent contrarianism at its most pathetic.
The above goes double for gay and lesbian people. Homosexuality is a criminal offence in every single Islamic country (IIRC, Turkey may be an exception here). Of the seven nations in the world that proscribe the death penalty for homosexual conduct, all are Islamic.
But hey - ostentatiously demonstrating your own supposed tolerance and moral righteousness is far more important than these people's rights, isn't it?
**** me, I've been waiting for days for someone to inform me how "multiculturalism" has not worked.
Blahblahblah, IIRC this topic was about multiculturalism in Australia
'tis touching to see see you take time away from the Young Liberals' knees ups to fight for the rights of women and gays, but it sounds just a li'l ****in' sanctimonious to me
Yep, knew I'd screwed up there. Let me re-phrase that.
**** me, I've been waiting for days for someone to inform me, with a reasoned, fact-based argument, as to how "multiculturalism" has not worked.
I've got shit to do in the real world, but I cain't wait for the responses.
The platform's yours, you budding aristotles.
hooroo
Um, that is not the definition of multiculturalism. Like, at all.Once again the loopy left "out" themselves to the rest of the board. A couple of turns on the old organ handle and the monkeys dance and screech to the tune. Multiculturalism is a government policy. Being able to eat a kebab and walk past people in turbans is not "multiculturalism". Those things are the result of normal immigration, which I don't think anyone on here is against. Multiculturalism is a government policy which encourages and funds immigrant groups to continue living the same life as they were in their country of origin here in Australia (as closely as possible). It also preaches that all cultures are of equal value and relevance. This is not true. As someone has already mentioned, Australia is a liberal democratic society. Some of the people coming to live here come from cultures which do not share the ideals that we do as part of a liberal democracy. For example - democracy, individual rights for all, secularism, the rule of law etc, etc, etc. "Multiculturalism" reinforces to these particular people that their views are valid and freely encouraged as part of their "culture". What's more, taxpayer money gets thrown at them to support reinforcing this "culture". This is bad. Multiculturalism has been a spectacular failure worldwide, almost as big a disaster as Marxism was. If people want examples (you've got to be kidding, right?) look at Britain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden......wait......how about people give examples of where multiculturalism has succeeded? Much shorter list. Possibly consisting of zero. Personally, I'm all for immigration as diversity can bring strength, but everyone has to be pulling in the same direction. Australia has previously had policies of integration and assimilation, which account for the success of the vast majority of our immigrants. So you can still eat your kebab, ring up ABC talkback and tell Pravda how wonderful your ethnic neighbours are because that's normal immigration. With or without the policy of "multiculturalism". So please shut up about supporting "multiculturalism" because you like to eat kebabs.
Um, that is not the definition of multiculturalism. Like, at all.
Multiculturalism: the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country.
Please note that there is no reference to government policy or encouraging and funding immigrant groups to continue living the same life as they were in their country of origin in Australia.