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September 20, 2004

Oh, Mr Howard Should Be So Proud | Election 2004

The marvellous Darp Hau has been fighting the good fight over in the seat of Bennelong, where he’s been helping out with the Andrew Wilkie campaign, working in the offices, distributing posters etc. He’s been on-hand to witness quite a few incidents involving our beloved PM and his crew of misfits supporters, so it’s definitely worth checking out Darp’s blog over this election period for interesting stories.

The following tale is not so much interesting as it is revolting, disturbing, worrying, upsetting and disgusting. How proud the conservatives must be of their young followers. How truly Christian and righteous of hem to display such compassion for others. Here’s an excerpt, but go read the rest over here.

Whilst going around replacing stolen posters I called by a big rental property where two Afghan refugee families reside. They’d previously given us permission to stake out a few posters in their yard which fronts onto a busy main road. Those posters went MIA along with all the others but I thought I’d check with these people first if they wanted some more up. I planted my stakes and stuck one on with a staple before heading up to the front door to say Salaam.

After the regulatory Salaam Aleykum’s the very shaken mother of one of the families told me what happened the night before.

She was awoken around midnight to the sound of rocks and other objects being pelted at her window. Loud incoherent abuse resonated around the property. She glanced briefly out the window and saw a group of five or six young men ripping the Wilkie posters out of the ground and causing a ruckus.

She moved all her kids (a very timid autistic daughter amongst them) into the back part of the house and switched off all the lights. The abuse continued for ten minutes before the mob moved on.

The story gets worse people.

Just as she was finishing up her account of the evening I hear “FUCK THE REFUGEES” and a 22-25 year-old bloke on a mountain bike rides by and rips down the Wilkie poster I was about to bolt in…

You can read the rest of the account on Darp’s site. Please do.

Thank you, right wing youths. I’m now even more certain that the Liberal Party just isn’t for me. Hopefully, if this story begins to circulate (and please, ausculture.com readers - tell your friends, tell your workmates, tell your parents, hell - even tell the doctor performing your prostrate exam\pap smear!) the Australian public will react appropriately on October 9th.

Posted by Jess at September 20, 2004 10:11 AM
— Filed under Common , Australian Federal Election 2004 , Politics

Comments

That's an absolute disgrace. The greens posters and supporters don't get treated like that out here in Mt Druitt and it's all Labor/Liberal mostly labor though.

Posted by: paulyt69 | September 20, 2004 4:41 PM