Gralin
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We're very good at importing US culture war issues and strategy in Australia. But we're not doing it without help.
We've seen in the past how the NRA targeted One Nation with money to push for gun law changes.
We have the current No Campaign receiving funding from US Christian lobby groups
And now we have the attempts to cancel a book designed to teach teens about sex and consent
People talk about not in Australia, and we won't become the US but it is very clear that there is a concerted ongoing push to import the issues and strategies used in the US here.
Sky and other Murdoch owned media is constantly pushing the same kind of conservative ideals that we see in the US Bible belt.
We've got many politicians with links to US evangelicalism in politics.
The "debates" around trans people and drag performers, the conservative talking heads that tour here, and now the "groomer" moral panic that anything that teaches kids about sex is bad.
If you've been paying attention to whats happening in the US over the last few months, they've started targeting retail stores, going in and filming themselves destroying "rainbow" merchandise and harassing staff.
This tactic is now being employed here after the success they saw targeting councils to cancel drag story time and other queer events in Melbourne over the past few months.
The person pushing for this book ban is Rachael Wong who's been doing the rounds on radio shows like ABC and 2GB and either not getting questioned or getting supported for her comments, she's from an antitrans group and is now labeling anyone who wants to teach teenagers about sex and consent groomers
The strategy is clear, start with a minority group, target them and build a support base, use that support base to push back against more and more mainstream issues that you don't agree with.
It's been successful in the US and it's getting traction here.
We've started moving from trans people are the issue, to all gay people are the issue, to everything they don't agree with including an actual Doctor with a 20+ year career in adolescent healthcare are the issue and all groomers apparently
We've seen in the past how the NRA targeted One Nation with money to push for gun law changes.
'We could change Australia': One Nation staff secretly filmed courting NRA
An Al Jazeera investigation created a fake gun lobby group in Australia which covertly recorded meetings between One Nation and powerful players in the US gun lobby, in which the political party sought funding to change Australia's gun laws.
www.abc.net.au
We have the current No Campaign receiving funding from US Christian lobby groups
Indigenous voice: no campaign’s deep links to conservative Christian politics revealed
Exclusive: The no camp employs lobbyists that specialise in conservative Christian campaigning, Guardian Australia can reveal
www.theguardian.com
And now we have the attempts to cancel a book designed to teach teens about sex and consent
Big W has withdrawn Welcome to Sex from its stores to protect staff – but teen sex education can keep young people safe
Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang’s sex education guide for teens is a topic of hot debate for its frankness. It also provides comprehensive, inclusive sex education that combats misinformation.
theconversation.com
People talk about not in Australia, and we won't become the US but it is very clear that there is a concerted ongoing push to import the issues and strategies used in the US here.
Sky and other Murdoch owned media is constantly pushing the same kind of conservative ideals that we see in the US Bible belt.
We've got many politicians with links to US evangelicalism in politics.
The "debates" around trans people and drag performers, the conservative talking heads that tour here, and now the "groomer" moral panic that anything that teaches kids about sex is bad.
If you've been paying attention to whats happening in the US over the last few months, they've started targeting retail stores, going in and filming themselves destroying "rainbow" merchandise and harassing staff.
This tactic is now being employed here after the success they saw targeting councils to cancel drag story time and other queer events in Melbourne over the past few months.
The person pushing for this book ban is Rachael Wong who's been doing the rounds on radio shows like ABC and 2GB and either not getting questioned or getting supported for her comments, she's from an antitrans group and is now labeling anyone who wants to teach teenagers about sex and consent groomers
The strategy is clear, start with a minority group, target them and build a support base, use that support base to push back against more and more mainstream issues that you don't agree with.
It's been successful in the US and it's getting traction here.
We've started moving from trans people are the issue, to all gay people are the issue, to everything they don't agree with including an actual Doctor with a 20+ year career in adolescent healthcare are the issue and all groomers apparently